James Knott is doing a video series on Okinawa, featured on his website StrayCompass.com. He is on episode 13 and promises more to come. Below is the first episode to get you started on your virtual tour of Okinawa.
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Our i-O Photographer Myron Akana is back from Okinawa with a ton of photographs to share from his recent visit. He attended the Eisa Festival and has many wonderful pictures posted on the Internet-Okinawa.com Flickr page. So, please visit the gallery and leave your comments for us! Enjoy!
October’s Ryūkyū Festival in Tokyo ‘06
Published by September 15th, 2006 in Music, Travel and Concerts. 6 CommentsLucky you live Tokyo (this is for you Mark). Come October 8th, visitors to and residents of Tokyo alike will be able to catch one helluva event. The Ryūkyū Festival in Tokyo ‘06 will feature artists from all around Okinawa and from Amami-Ōshima too. The event will take place at the Hibiya Yagai Ongakudou with the show set to begin at 4:00 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are ¥6,800 with tickets on the day of the event going up to ¥7,300. Information can be found over here.
Here’s a list of the artists who’ll be participating:
- NOBORIKAWA Seijin
- MAEKAWA Shuken “Gen-chan”
- Diamantes
- Parsha cluB
- ŌSHIMA Yasukatsu
- KAMIYA Chihiro
- U-DOU&PLATY
- Ryūkyū Chimudon Gakudan
- ATARI Kousuke
- ŌYAMA Yurika
KAWAMITSU Shien-Shiē will be the event’s MC.
August is the month where rock festivals show up all over Japan. If you’re lucky enough to be there during that month, it’ll be a great chance to check out these artists from Okinawa. The ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2006 in Ibaraki Prefecture (my cousin Shoko lives there!), takes place from August 4th to the 6th and will feature Cocco who will be performing on the 5th.
The RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2006 in EZO (Hokkaido), will feature punk rock band MONGOL800 and J-pop band HY. This festival will take place on August 18th and 19th. [Via bounce.com.]
Lineups for both festivals are still ongoing so I’ll have an updated post as the month draws closer.
A Glimpse of Okinawa at San Fran’s Cherry Blossom Festival
Published by April 30th, 2006 in Music, Food & Drink, Community, Performing Arts and Travel. 0 CommentsLJ blogger gekka_no_neko (who, btw, does awesome work on all things Gackt) recently posted an entry on the sites and sounds (oh, and the tasty food like Okinawa soba and sataa andaagii) of this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco. The parade featured a performance by the Northern California Okinawa Kenjinkai (pictured above) complete with shiisaa and eisaa drummers with musical accompaniment.
G_n_N also spotted an Okinawan store in Japantown called Akabanaa (pictured above) with a banner that reads: “The unique products from Okinawa. Coming Soon!” Cool!
[Nifee to gekka_no_neko for the story and pics! Link.]
