Category Archives: Cultural Links
Okinawa Goya Project 2011
Kevin Maher, U.S. diplomat and former Director of Japanese Affairs, made discriminatory remarks towards the Okinawan people, stating that they are too lazy [to make goya] and accusing them of manipulation and distortion. With that said, this angered many Okinawans, … Continue reading
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DOR39
http://dor39.jp/ Founded as a part of Discover Okinawa Promotion Project for Island Tourism, DOR39 collects and displays photos, videos, and other media from voluntary participants with the purpose of sharing their island experiences and bringing more visitors to 39 islands … Continue reading
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Books and Music on Okinawa
Selected books and music on Okinawa from the Okinawa Peace Network of Los Angeles website: http://www.uchinanchu.org/resources/bibliography.htm Includes: Norma Fields’ In the Realm of a Dying Emperor/Japan at Century’s End, Tomiko Higa and Dorothy Britton’s The Girl with the White Flag, … Continue reading
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Okinawa Artist Bank
http://okinawa-artistbank.com/pre/index.html A website which supports young, Okinawan artists by networking with communities and companies, promoting artists’ exhibitions, e-commerce selling artists’ products, running art-related events, and helping create an art market in Okinawa. Information only available in Japanese (for now…?)
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Afro-Okinawan Family Network, grits and sushi
I had the pleasure of meeting Mitzi at the Lessons From the Battle of Okinawa symposium held this past weekend in San Francisco. Mitzi is a PhD candidate in the Anthropology Dept at Berkeley. You can read about being blackanese … Continue reading
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Adoption in Okinawa, Part 2
This is part two in a series on Adoption in Okinawa. Last article we reviewed information offered by the US bases and an international adoption support group on island. In this installment, we tackle off-base services involved in the legal … Continue reading
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Adoption in Okinawa, Part 1
The adoption of a child is a very important and intense process to consider, let alone pursue. And stepping outside of the political and cultural borders of whichever country the prospective parent is a citizen, probably doubles the anxiety.
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Postwar Okinawan Artists
Do you own or know of anyone who owns paintings by Okinawan artists ADANIYA Masayoshi, ASHIMINE Kanemasa, TAMANAHA Seikichi, GUSHUKEN, Itoku and ASHITOMI Chosho? An exhibit of photos and paintings by these artists, who were part of the Nishimui Artists … Continue reading
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Wanted for Okinawa Prefectural Museum
The Okinawa Prefectural Museum is looking for items to display. "Wanted! Okinawa symbolic things and items of the World"
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Cultural Links
Ryukyu Culture Websites on Okinawa Culture and Society LINKS TO OTHER OKINAWAN SITES Awamori-Kan – A company bringing you Okinawa’s favorite liquor, Awamori. Features information and history about the distilled liquor. Internet-Okinawa.com – A cooperative web effort by a group … Continue reading
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