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Okinawa History, Okinawan Language, Okinawan Crafts, Ryukyuan dance, Okinawa Karate, Okinawan Music, Okinawa Traditional, Okinawa Time, おきなわタイム, 沖縄タイム，沖縄 時間，沖縄，
August Events in Okinawa
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/08/04
Posted in Okinawa time 沖縄タイム, Okinawan Culture | Tagged: おきなわタイム （okinawatime, エイサー, Eisa-, event, events, Festival, Japan, Okinawa, Okinawa Culture, Okinawa Dance, Okinawa Island, okinawa time, Okinawan Culture, Okinawan Music, okinawatime, Travel, 沖縄, 沖縄 タイム, 沖縄の島, 沖縄タイム, 沖縄文化 | Leave a Comment »
読谷山花織(ゆんたんざはなうい)Yuntanza Hanaui
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/05/11
読谷山花織(ゆんたんざはなうい)
Yuntanza Hanaui
Author; かーりー Carly
読谷村座喜味の役所市の近くにある読谷山花織事業協同組合
で商品は販売しています。織工場は別に有りますが、基本的に
織手の方は自宅に機織を置いて、織物を作っています。
歴史
約６００年前、ブータンより花織布が伝来。沖縄で独自に織ら
れるようになり、明治の中期に衰退幻の織物となるが、昭和３
９年に復活。
Posted in Okinawan Culture, Okinawan crafts (Ryukyuan crafts) | Tagged: おきなわ, 花織, 読谷, 読谷山花織, Okinawa, Okinawa Culture, Textile Weaving, Weaving, Yomitan village, Yuntanja Hanaui, 沖縄 | Leave a Comment »
Discovery of huge ancient cities in the waters off of Okinawa
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/05/07
与那国島海底遺跡
Sunken city echoes Atlantis a Japanese researcher claims there are ruins of an ancient civilization under the Pacific Ocean.
Posted in Okinawa, Okinawa History, Okinawa Islands, Okinawa Time (おきなわタイム), Okinawa time 沖縄タイム | Tagged: ancient, Asian, atlantis, おきなわ, おきなわタイム （okinawatime, civilization, 琉球, 琉球王国時代, diving, Lemuria, Mu, Ocean, Okinawa History, Okinawa Island, pacific, Ryukyu, sunken, Tour of Okinawa, Travel, 古代文明, 沖縄, 沖縄 タイム, 沖縄の島, 海底遺跡, 与那国島 | Leave a Comment »
Okinawan Language – Greetings
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/30
Here’s some greetings in the Okinawan Language.
If you’re interested to learn more Okinawan language it is listed on my page “Okinawan Language”
Enjoying communicating with Okinawans.
Posted in Okinawan language | Tagged: おきなわ, おきなわタイム （okinawatime, 琉球言語, 用語, 言語, Okinawan, Okinawan Language, ryukyuan, Uchina-guchi, Uchinaaguchi, vocabulary, word, words, 単語, 方言, 沖縄, 沖縄 タイム, 沖縄タイム, 沖縄語, 沖縄口, 沖縄方言 | Leave a Comment »
Okinawan Language – Body
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/28
沖縄語 ，Okinawan Language – Body
The listed vocabulary meanings are in Nihongo (In Japanese), Japanese Rômaji, Uchinâ(Okinawa)Guchi, Uchinâ Guchi Rômaji, and in English.
The listed words are below and if you’re
Posted in Okinawan language | Tagged: おきなわ, おきなわタイム （okinawatime, 琉球言語, 用語, 言語, 語, Okinawan, Okinawan Language, ryukyuan, Uchina-guchi, Uchinaaguchi, vocabulary, word, words, 単語, 方言, 沖縄, 沖縄 タイム, 沖縄タイム, 沖縄口, 沖縄方言 | Leave a Comment »
Whoa! It’s an amazing performance in Sanba 三板(さんば)
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/27
Aiko Yohen’s Sanba 饒辺愛子さんの三板
Aiko Yohen 饒辺愛子（よへんあいこ） is an Okinawan folk musician 民謡歌手and in this video, at Koza Music Guide, she is giving lessons and courses of Okinawan folk music.
Posted in Okinawa Travel & Events, Okinawan folk music | Tagged: Aiko Yohen, おきなわ, なんた浜, 饒辺愛子, folk, koza, Music, Musician, Okinawa, Okinawa Culture, Okinawan, Okinawan folk music, performance, sanba, Sanshin, song, 民謡, 民謡歌手, 沖縄, 沖縄 タイム, 沖縄タイム, 沖縄舞踊, 三線, 三板 | Leave a Comment »
Okinawan Language – Numbers
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/27
沖縄語 ，Okinawan Language – Numbers
The listed vocabulary meanings are in Nihongo (In Japanese), Japanese Rômaji, Uchinâ(Okinawa)Guchi, Uchinâ Guchi Rômaji, and in English.
The listed words are below and if you’re
Posted in Okinawan language | Tagged: おきなわ, おきなわタイム （okinawatime, 琉球言語, 用語, 言語, 語, Okinawan, Okinawan Language, ryukyuan, Uchina-guchi, Uchinaaguchi, vocabulary, word, words, 単語, 方言, 沖縄, 沖縄 タイム, 沖縄タイム, 沖縄語, 沖縄口, 沖縄方言 | Leave a Comment »
Okinawan Language – Family and Relative
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/26
沖縄語 ，Okinawan Language – Family
The listed vocabulary meanings are in Nihongo (In Japanese), Japanese Rômaji, Uchinâ(Okinawa)Guchi, Uchinâ Guchi Rômaji, and in English.
The listed words are below and if you’re
Posted in Okinawan language | Tagged: おきなわ, おきなわタイム （okinawatime, 琉球言語, Okinawan, Okinawan Language, ryukyuan, Uchina-guchi, Uchinaaguchi, 沖縄, 沖縄 タイム, 沖縄タイム, 沖縄語, 沖縄口, 沖縄方言 | Leave a Comment »
Ryukyu Glass 琉球グラス
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/22
If you are interested in making a beautiful Ryukyu Glass 琉球グラス, you can craft your own hand made Ryukyu glass in the glass making lessons in Okinawa…
Posted in Okinawa, Okinawan Culture, Okinawan crafts (Ryukyuan crafts) | Tagged: おきなわ, おきなわタイム （okinawatime, craft, 琉球, 琉球ガラス, 琉球グラス, Glass, glass bottles, glass crystal, island glass, military glass, Okinawa, Okinawan crafts, resort, Ryukyu, Ryukyuan crafts, Travel, wine glass, 沖縄, 沖縄 タイム, 沖縄の島, 沖縄タイム, 沖縄文化 | Leave a Comment »
Ryukyu Mura (琉球村)
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/16
Ryukyu Mura (Ryukyu Village)
Ryukyu Mura is model village that has been built in the park. This Village gives flavor to the old time Okinawan life style. There are original Okinawan style houses that have been collected from various places in Okinawa.
Posted in Okinawa, Okinawa Travel & Events, Okinawan Culture, Okinawan Dance (Ryukyuan Dance) | Tagged: おきなわ, ハブ, マングース, 獅子舞, 琉球村, dance, 黒糖, Habu, Lion Dance, Mongoose, Okinawa, Okinawa Culture, Okinawan, Ryukyu Mura, Shishi-Mai, Travel, water buffalo, 沖縄, 沖縄舞踊 | Leave a Comment »
Nishinjo bushi 西武門節
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/03/31
西武門節 Nishinjo bushi by Hiroe Ishikawa and Tom Pressley
This is a video of Tom Pressley and Hiroe Ishikawa performing Nishinjo Bushi on December 2nd 2007 at Uehara Masao’s 50 year commeration recital.
Posted in Okinawan folk music | Tagged: トム・プレスリ, bushi, 石川ひろえ, 西武門節, folk music, Ishikawa Hiroe, kunkunshi, min'yo, nishinjo bushi, nishinjyoubushi, Okinawa, Sanshin, Tom Pressley, 工工四, 民謡, 沖縄, 沖縄民謡, 三線 | Leave a Comment »
Shito Ryu vs Goju Ryu
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/03/24
Shito Ryu vs Goju Ryu
Shihan Angelo Mendoza (Shito Ryu) and Sensei Yagi Akihito (Meibukan Goju Ryu Okinawa, son of Grand Master Meitatsu Yagi) in a friendly match. Also, Shihan Angelo performed some Tai jutsu techniques.
Posted in Okinawan Karate | Tagged: おきなわ, black belt, 空手, 組手, 黒帯, Goju-Ryu, Karate, kobudo, kumite, Kuro-obi, Meibukan, Meitatsu Yagi, Meitetsu Yagi, Meitoku Yagi, Okinawa, Okinawa Goju-Ryu, Okinawan, Okinawan Culture, Okinawan karate, okinawan kobudo, SEIENCHIN, SEIPAI, Shihan Angelo Mendoza, Shito Ryu, te, ti, Yagi Akihito, 八木明徳, 剛柔流, 古武道, 古武術, 手, 明武館, 格闘術, 極真, 武器, 沖縄, 沖縄空手, 沖縄空手道古武道, 沖縄剛柔流, 沖縄武術 | 1 Comment »
Battle of Okinawa and Japan’s Textbook Inspection Which Denies Historical Truth…
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/03/20
Japan’s Textbook Inspection Which Denies Historical Truth…
In March 2007, the national education, culture, sports, science and technology ministry advised textbook publishers to reword descriptions that the embattled Imperial Japanese Army forced civilians to kill themselves. They prefer descriptions that just say that civilians received hand grenades from the military.
Posted in Okinawa News & Politics, Okinawa WW 2 | Tagged: 1945, Battle of Okinawa, Battlefield, 第２次世界大戦, 集団自決, 読谷村戦時記録, Iceberg, Japan, military history, Okinawa, Okinawa History, Okinawa WW 2, Operation Iceberg, Pacific War, U.S., ww2, Yomitan village war record, 太平洋戦, 日本軍, 沖縄, 沖縄戦 | 1 Comment »
Operation Iceberg began on March 1945
Posted by okinawatime on 2009/03/18
Battle of Okinawa 1945. The amphibious assault on Okinawa with codename Operation Iceberg began on 03/26/1945.
UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II The War in the Pacific
OKINAWA: THE LAST BATTLE
by: Roy E. Appleman, James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler, and John Stevens
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Posted in Okinawa WW 2 | Tagged: 1945, Battle of Okinawa, Battlefield, 第２次世界大戦, Iceberg, Japan, military history, Okinawa, Okinawa History, Okinawa WW 2, Operation Iceberg, Pacific War, U.S., World War II, ww2, 太平洋戦, 沖縄, 沖縄戦 | Leave a Comment »
