Category: After the Reversion to Japan
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CHINA Sadao
During the Okinawan music boom in the early 1990s, there … Continued
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Field Party (Mō-ashibi)
Mō (毛) means “wild field” in the Okinawan language. It … Continued
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Folk Music Labels
The Ryukyu archipelago has walked history on a different path … Continued
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Hachigatsu Odori in Tarama
Tarama Island is located right in-between Miyako and Ishigaki Islands. … Continued
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Latin American Dishes
Latin Americans are known for their love of music and … Continued
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Mibae (Fruit Flies)
“Do you know mibae (fruit flies)?” If you ask the … Continued
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Ōshima Tsumugi
A type of fabric. Albeit the fact that it is … Continued
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Pineapples
Every year when the old date for the Bon Festival … Continued
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Rinken Band
In 1990, Rinken Band’s cassette album Arigato (Maruteru Recordings) was … Continued
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Ryūka (Okinawan Poetry)
An assumption says that what was simply called “uta”—song or … Continued
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Ryukyu Ayu-fish
A while back, ayu-fish different from those of mainland Japan … Continued
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Sakurazaka
They say that long ago bandits and highwaymen began to … Continued
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SENAGA Kamejiro
(1907~2001) Senaga Kamejiro, who was nicknamed “Kame-san (Mr. Turtle)” by … Continued
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Shikina-en
Shikina-en also known as Shichinanu udwun reduced to ashes in … Continued
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Shishi-mai (Lion Dance)
Shishi-mai—the lion dance is a folk performing art traditionally handed … Continued
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Southwest Air Lines
In a connecting bus at the Haneda Airport, some young … Continued
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Translation Houses
Following the Pacific War, there was a place among the … Continued
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Unexploded Ordinance
In the summer, I like to go to outlying islands. … Continued
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U.S. Military Bases
Tu nu yū kara Yamatu nu yū From the Chinese era … Continued
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War-time Malaria
As the organized resistance by the Japanese military was about … Continued