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[2009-11-12] George Kofas is a fine arts professor at the University of Maryland and Kadena Elementary School.
He’s also an artist, and his latest exhibition is set to open Saturday at Gallery Lafayette here in Okinawa. Read More! [2009-11-12] The biggest single reason folks of Gushiken Village say they’re doing so well is Shinigu, a dance that’s the highlight of the village festival. Shinigu’s just completed its 2009 event November 6th, running for a week on the lunar calendar, meaning it took place July 19th through 26th. Read More! [2009-08-13] Hakugindo a shrine tucked alongside a highway just south of the Itoman City, attracts thousands of visitors each year who take time to stop, ponder the legend of two men whose paths crossed four centuries ago, and ultimately led to wisdom and peace.
Itoman City’s Chamber of Commerce Tourism Section has marked the Hakugindo shrine’s 400th anniversary with a symposium, reaching out to the community to highlight the patience and goodwill a lowly fisherman displayed in an encounter with a rich mainland Japanese samurai. Read More! [2009-07-30] The Kijimuna Festa, the International Festival Okinawa for Young Audiences kicks off its nine-day run Saturday in Okinawa City. It’s large and magnificent, offering more than 115 distinctly different programs for visitors over the nine days. Read More! [2009-06-25] At least 17 countries will participate in the International Festival Okinawa for Young Audiences, a nine-day festival set to begin August 1st.
A total of 138 stages are being set to showcase 50 works during the festival. Read More! [2009-06-18] Gallery Lozan is unique, to say the least, as it only opens when it has an exhibition or event it believes is very special and worthy of viewing by enthusiasts.
This weekend is one of those special times, as it introduces ‘Loving Japanese Comfort Exhibition’ featuring products from Kamikouchi, and Hida in Kyoto area. Read More! [2009-04-24] The eight-meter-long fish-shaped streamers are showing up all over Okinawa this week as the clock ticks down to Kodomo no hi, Children’s day.
There are more than 600 of the carp-shaped streamers in the greater Kadena area, with 40 swimming above the Hija River, site of the Hija River Festival that begins on Sunday. Read More! [2009-04-03] The shishi dog absolutely rules this weekend at its birthplace in the Tsuboya pottery district of Naha City.
The three-day Tsuboya Shishi Festival runs Friday through Sunday, paying homage to Okinawa’s finest pottery, which dates back to the Ryukyu Kingdom era centuries ago. Read More! [2009-03-27] Yoshiko Gordon set out for America 34 years ago to “entrust her dream” as a graphic designer, five years after graduating from the Kuwazawa Design Institute.
Today, she’s back in Okinawa making her life’s work by “natural living words and pictures growing together. Read More! [2009-03-12] She loved natural scenery and green plants, and then she encountered the vivid colors of bingata.
Love at first sight, Sachiko Yafuso says, an excitement nurtured by her high school art teacher who introduced her to the bright colors found in bingata. Read More!
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