Category: After the Reversion to Japan

CHINA Sadao
During the Okinawan music boom in the early 1990s, there … Continued

Field Party (Mō-ashibi)
Mō (毛) means “wild field” in the Okinawan language. It … Continued

Folk Music Labels
The Ryukyu archipelago has walked history on a different path … Continued

Hachigatsu Odori in Tarama
Tarama Island is located right in-between Miyako and Ishigaki Islands. … Continued

Latin American Dishes
Latin Americans are known for their love of music and … Continued

Mibae (Fruit Flies)
“Do you know mibae (fruit flies)?” If you ask the … Continued

Ōshima Tsumugi
A type of fabric. Albeit the fact that it is … Continued

Pineapples
Every year when the old date for the Bon Festival … Continued

Rinken Band
In 1990, Rinken Band’s cassette album Arigato (Maruteru Recordings) was … Continued

Ryūka (Okinawan Poetry)
An assumption says that what was simply called “uta”—song or … Continued

Ryukyu Ayu-fish
A while back, ayu-fish different from those of mainland Japan … Continued

Sakurazaka
They say that long ago bandits and highwaymen began to … Continued

SENAGA Kamejiro
(1907~2001) Senaga Kamejiro, who was nicknamed “Kame-san (Mr. Turtle)” by … Continued

Shikina-en
Shikina-en also known as Shichinanu udwun reduced to ashes in … Continued

Shishi-mai (Lion Dance)
Shishi-mai—the lion dance is a folk performing art traditionally handed … Continued

Southwest Air Lines
In a connecting bus at the Haneda Airport, some young … Continued

Translation Houses
Following the Pacific War, there was a place among the … Continued

Unexploded Ordinance
In the summer, I like to go to outlying islands. … Continued

U.S. Military Bases
Tu nu yū kara Yamatu nu yū From the Chinese era … Continued

War-time Malaria
As the organized resistance by the Japanese military was about … Continued