CULTURE
Pick Up Stories
Spotlight on Yomitan, most populous vill… [Community Okinawa Series]
By Natalie Nakamatsu Yomitan is located on the west coast of central Okinawa, bordered by Onna Village to the north, Okinawa City to the eas...Read More
Learn and Improve your Japanese in Okina… [Education Japanese Lesson]
Since 2010, Touyou Gengo Bunka Gakuin (Asian Language & Culture College) in Midorimachi, Uruma City has been providing quality Japanese ...Read More
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.16… [Japanese Lesson]
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2018.03.27
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.145 [Japanese Lesson]
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2018.03.20
“Onna Village” – A Relaxation Paradise [Okinawa Series]
Onna Village is located on the west coast of central Okinawa and occupies a long, narrow stretch of the coastline, extending 27.4 kilometers north to south and 4.2 kilometers aroun...
2018.03.07
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.144 [Japanese Lesson]
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2018.02.28
Higashi Village, a Natural Paradise [Okinawa Series]
Higashi Village is well known for its scenic beauty, fresh air and abundant nature. It sits on the north eastern part of the Okinawan main island, surrounded by the Pacific ocean ...
2018.02.14
‘Year of the Dog’ begins in Okinawan fishing communities [Community]
Legend has it that Buddha asked all animals to meet him on the Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one, and announced that people born in each animal’...
2018.02.14
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.143 [Japanese Lesson]
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2018.02.13
Valentine’s Day in Japan is all about romance and chocolate with a twist [CULTURE]
February 14, Valentine’s Day, is considered world over a day when romance blooms and lovers whisper sweet nothings to each others’ ears. Seemingly, there is no one in the entire wo...
2018.02.09
Take Me Out To the Ball Game! [History]
The U.S. Consulate General in Naha is excited to bring the photo exhibition Pacific Pitch to Okinawa. The photographs in this exhibition span almost the entire length of US-Japan r...
2018.01.29
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.142 [Japanese Lesson]
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2018.01.10
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.141 [Japanese Lesson]
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2017.12.28
Hatsumoude, first visit to shrine is proper way to begin New Year [CULTURE]
The first visit of the year to a shrine or temple is an important Japanese tradition. About three quarters of the Japanese are said to be following the tradition with the first vis...
2017.12.27
What do you do on Okinawa during the New Year? [CULTURE]
It’s finally the end of the year 2017, and so it’s time to ask how was your year 2017? Good memories, bad memories, each person has their own. Probably many local people are still ...
Prefectural library to close temporarily in April [Community]
The Okinawa Prefectural Library in Naha will be closed in April while it moves into a new facility in the new Naha Bus Terminal in Asahibashi. The library stays partially closed th...
Display at AEON Mall shows 20 bus routes real time [Community]
The Okinawa General Bureau has started a demonstration and experiment of real-time display of 20 bus route services at five places in the premises of AEON Rycom in Kitanakagusuku. ...
2017.12.05
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.139 [Japanese Lesson]
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2017.11.16
Ichihanari Art Project draws attention to Uruma’s outer islands [Community]
Ikei Island north of Katsuren Peninsula has seen its resident community to shrink as young people moved off the island to cities and towns in search for easier life, and fewer chil...
2017.11.15
Okinawan Kumiodori is UNESCO-registered performing art [CULTURE]
Kumiodori is a classical Ryukyu musical and theatrical performance with a story presented using lyrics, traditional sanshin music and dance. Chokun Tamagusuku, who lived 1684-1734,...
2017.11.13
Discover Kumiodori 2017 [CULTURE]
Introducing popular plays with audio guidance in English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese languages so that foreign visitors can casually enjoy the aesthetic beauty of Kumiodori, whi...
2017.11.10
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.138 [Japanese Lesson]
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2017.11.03
Japanese Lesson by Global Village Vol.137 [Japanese Lesson]
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