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From Privation to Prosperity, Unfailing Service to Others is Key

My father, Yoshio Kinjo, had zero toys as a child. Toys were a luxury in post-World War II Okinawa.…

Raymond Kinjo • Feb. 13, 2025

business California economics family-owned businesses finance health insurance insurance life insurance management Okinawa Southern California United States

Hibiki: We have an appointment with Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Peru

We are in Peru, we are a product of Japanese immigration, our country is the second with the most J…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Feb. 12, 2025

dance drum eisa (dance) folk dances Japanese Peruvians music Okinawa Peru Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko taiko

Gus Hokama: “The Past in a Song”

From the windows of his house, Gus Hokama can see the city of Posadas. The capital of Misiones Prov…

Fernando Krapp • Jan. 29, 2025

Argentina Discover Nikkei Fest (event) Discover Nikkei programs (event) Gus Hokama interviews music musicians Okinawa Okinawans Paraguay singer-songwriters Uchinanchu

Much Mahalos

He get da Eye of da Lion! Jon Itomura stay Perpetuating Okinawan Lion Dance in Hawai‘i

Jon Itomura, 61 stay da Executive Director of da Hawai‘i United Okinawa Association (HUOA) and Co-F…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Jan. 7, 2025

Chinese lion dance dance Hawai'i Hawaii United Okinawan Association Lee Tonouchi Okinawa Okinawans shishimai (dance) Uchinanchu United States

Much Mahalos

No Longer One Need for Speed: Sanshin Master Kenton Odo on mastering da moment

It’s kinda funny how growing up Kenton Odo always wanted for be da fastest. Like da fastest for r…

Lee A. Tonouchi • July 9, 2024

Hawai'i Japan Lee Tonouchi music musical instruments Okinawa Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Ryukyu Islands sanshin Uchinanchu United States uta-sanshin

Kariyushi Eisá Daiko—The Group Preserves and Disseminates Okinawa’s Cultural Legacy

Nisei on his father’s side and Sansei on his mother’s, Tadashi Gabriel Nishihira Katsuren, 31, trac…

Tatiana Maebuchi • March 26, 2024

Brazil Campo Grande cultural heritage cultural identity eisa (dance) folk dances group identity Kariyushi Eisá Daiko Mato Grosso do Sul Okinawa

Stephanie Ajifu, Shibuchoo, Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko LA—Reflects on her Okinawan Cultural Heritage

On March 9, 2024, Discover Nikkei will host “Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Identity t…

Karen Kawaguchi • March 6, 2024

California eisa (dance) folk dances Los Angeles Okinawa Okinawan dance Ryukyu Buyo (Okinawan classical dance) Ryukyu dance Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko United States Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event)

Aiko Yamada: Eisa to Remember Peru

Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto grew up in Lima, Peru, but her connection to traditional eisa dance of Okinaw…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Feb. 22, 2024

Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto culture eisa (dance) folk dances Okinawa Peru Seiryu Eisa Kai Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event)

John Azama: The Peruvian Nikkei Who Revitalized Ryukyu Damashii, the Eisa Group of Dallas-Fort Worth

“I was a very shy child,” he confesses, preferring to be at the back of the group during sanshin pr…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Feb. 16, 2024

bicultural identity biculturalism communities Dallas eisa (dance) folk dances generations identity Japan Japanese American communities Japanese Americans Japanese Peruvians John Azama Lima music Okinawa Okinawans Peru Ryukyu Damashii (performance group) singers Texas Uchinanchu United States Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event) Yonsei

Reunion with my roots

It is difficult for me to tell this, I do not know if this scene was repeated in all Okinawan homes…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Sept. 25, 2017

eisa (dance) families folk dances identity Japan Okinawa Okinawan language Okinawa Prefecture Peru Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Uchinaguchi

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