Category Archives: International

Boxing: Fatalities in Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Posted on February 13, 2015 by loochoo77

[Note: This article, “Boxing: Fatalities in Hawaii, December 7, 1941,” by Joseph R. Svinth, was first published in Journal of Combative Sport, December 2000. It is republished here with Mr. Svinth’s kind permission. -editor] Contributors: Newspaper and archival research: Patrick … Continue reading →

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‘Continuity & Change in Shuri-Style Kumiwudui’ 2/15/15

Posted on February 13, 2015 by loochoo77

If you’re free this Sunday, you might want to see this — IT’S FREE! Center for Okinawan Studies School of Pacific and Asian Studies University of Hawai’i at Manoa 1890 East-West Road, Moore Hall 316 Honolulu, HI 96822-2318 Webpage:  http://manoa.hawaii.edu/okinawa … Continue reading →

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Karate Pioneer Kentsu Yabu, 1866-1937

Posted on February 10, 2015 by loochoo77

Updated 2/13/15 [Note: This article, “Karate Pioneer Kentsu Yabu, 1866-1937,” by Joseph R. Svinth, was first published in Journal of Combative Sport, June 2003. It is republished here with Mr. Svinth’s kind permission. -editor] By Joseph R. Svinth Acknowledgments: An … Continue reading →

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Teachers in Okinawa, Bingata, Mēgā Gama Cave, Unaigumi, International Orchid Show

Posted on February 6, 2015 by loochoo77

Updated 2/7/15 You have to be smarter to be a teacher in Okinawa. In “One in 5.7 pass teacher employment examination,” Japan Update reports that the competitive rate for being a teacher in Okinawa is 11.5, the highest in Japan. … Continue reading →

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HUOA Study Tour 2015 – Oct. 7-18

Posted on February 6, 2015 by loochoo77
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Uncle Hoso: A Hero and a Loving Father

Posted on February 6, 2015 by loochoo77

For many years when I was at my Aunty Annie’s (dad’s twin sister) apartment across from Punahou School and went to the bathroom, I used to pass some family pictures that hung on her hallway wall. I would sometimes stop … Continue reading →

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Marines Protecting Orphan – Battle of Okinawa

Posted on January 27, 2015 by loochoo77

Special thanks to Ed for sharing the link to this precious photo of two U.S. Marines, during the Battle of Okinawa, protecting an Okinawan child orphaned by the battle.

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Haneji Community Center – Sometime After 1945

Posted on January 27, 2015 by loochoo77

Updated 1/27/15, 23:00 I was told by my cousin, Yasuo Inafuku, who lives in Taira village, Haneji, Okinawa, that the photo below is of the Haneji Community Center, which was located next to Oyakawa village. My dad, Ronald Inefuku, had … Continue reading →

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Dennis K. Asato’s Videos: ‘Okinawan Festival Hawaii 2014 Bon Odori’

Posted on January 24, 2015 by loochoo77

Published on YouTube 4 Sep. 2014. Asato: “Video Taped about a dozen Okinawan Bon Odori Dances at the Yagura (Tower). This is just the raw format; need to move your video bars to dance (Odori) and song (Uta) of your … Continue reading →

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25th Hawaii-Okinawa Student Exchange Program 2015 Feb 28-Mar 14

Posted on January 11, 2015 by loochoo77

Updated 5/25/15

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Hawaii Exhibition of Okinawan Children’s Peace Messages – 2015 Jan. 21-25

Posted on January 11, 2015 by loochoo77
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Ishigaki, Akama Athletic Park, Karate, Ssit-kkim-gut, Naminoue, Okinawa Prefectural Museum

Posted on January 4, 2015 by loochoo77

Stephen Mansfield, “Isolation Helps Preserve Ishigaki’s Unique Charm,” Japan Times, 12/27/14 – A different past was evident in the older back streets of the port town, which were like dusty medinas — crooked lanes of salt-eroded cement homes covered in … Continue reading →

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HUOA 2014 Uchinanchu of the Year

Posted on January 4, 2015 by loochoo77
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Maui Loochoo Identity Conference 2015 – March 20-22

Posted on January 4, 2015 by loochoo77

Updated 2/13/15 Updates 2/13/15.

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Harrison Inefuku Makes Research Available to the World

Posted on December 29, 2014 by loochoo77
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Hawaii Nisei Okinawans in Itoman for 12/6/14 Symposium on Battle of Okinawa

Posted on December 19, 2014 by loochoo77

Updated 12/26/14 Excerpts from the Ryukyu Shimpo, 12/7/14: “Former US soldiers of Okinawan descent; war destroys all.” “[Yoshinobu Oshiro, 86] who was born and raised in Hawaii, experienced the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. He was enlisted in … Continue reading →

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Battle of Okinawa, Uchinaguchi

Posted on December 17, 2014 by loochoo77

Ryukyu Shimpo, Ota Masahide, Mark Ealey and Alastair McLaughlan, “Descent into Hell: The Battle of Okinawa.”1 The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 47, No. 4, December 1, 2014: “Those who had not been able to take their own lives with … Continue reading →

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Base Relocation, Student Exchange, Single Moms, Naha 6th in World, Naha Marathon, Science & Technology, Rinsho Kadekaru, Kumejima, HK Investors

Posted on December 11, 2014 by loochoo77

“[Japan’s] Supreme Court rejects residents’ demand for new Okinawa base relocation assessment,” Japan Times/Kyodo, 12/12/14. “The central government is pushing for the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the densely populated area city of Ginowan on … Continue reading →

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Dr. Koichi Shimamura ‘The Current State of Ryukyuan Literature & Ryukyuan Studies’ 12/12/14 at University of Hawaii-Manoa

Posted on December 11, 2014 by loochoo77
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Jake Shimabukuro & Friends Concert, Honolulu, 12/5/14

Posted on December 4, 2014 by loochoo77
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2015 Okinawan Festival (Honolulu) – Sep. 5 & 6

Posted on December 2, 2014 by loochoo77

Updated 8/13/15, 9/5/15 Okinawan Festival Hours Saturday, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 Festival Festivities begin at 9:00 am Most food booths & tents close at 6:00 pm Only select food booths open until 8:00 pm Live Entertainment at Kapiolani Park Bandstand: 9:00 … Continue reading →

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Center for Okinawan Studies: Spring 2015 Course Offerings

Posted on December 2, 2014 by loochoo77

Center for Okinawan Studies University of Hawai‘i at Manoa ASAN 320O Asian Nation Studies: Okinawa: Multidisciplinary examination of Okinawa; cultural, social, economic, and political lives of its people. Prerequisite: 201 and 202, or consent. JPN 472 Okinawan Language and Culture … Continue reading →

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Okinawa Study Opportunity for UH-Manoa Students – Apply by 2/1/15

Posted on November 26, 2014 by loochoo77
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Oahu High School Students Needed to Host 10th-11th Graders from Okinawa from Feb 29-Mar 14, 2015

Posted on November 26, 2014 by loochoo77
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Uchinanchu Dispersion in the World (2010?)

Posted on November 17, 2014 by loochoo77
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‘Okinawa Hai!’ 2014: Oct. 1-Nov. 10

Posted on November 16, 2014 by loochoo77

Updated 12/3/14 Okinawa Hai is managed by Marie Lewis, and it features some of the best articles by people who are actually on the ground in Okinawa and writing about their own experiences in a style that’s informal, readable, informative, … Continue reading →

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My 3rd Trip to China: The China-Okinawa Connection

Posted on October 28, 2014 by loochoo77

One day in Shanghai, we spent a few hours at the City God Temple shopping center looking around. We had finished a delicious multi-course lunch there in one of the restaurants and were waiting for our bus to come pick … Continue reading →

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Book: ‘Descent into Hell: Civilian Memories of the Battle of Okinawa’

Posted on October 23, 2014 by loochoo77

Source: “Descent into Hell: Civilian Memories of the Battle of Okinawa by New Zealand translators published in US,” Ryukyu Shimpo, 7 Oct. 2014. Descent into Hell: Civilian Memories of the Battle of Okinawa, published by Merwin Asia, is a translation … Continue reading →

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Vancouver, BC, Okinawa Taiko 2014

Posted on October 21, 2014 by loochoo77

The title of this YouTube video is “ミルクムナリ (Mirukumunari), Vancouver Okinawa Taiko, 2014 Chinese New Year Event.” It was uploaded by Okipri14 on 2/3/14. Description: “Feb.02, 2014 Okinawan Drum Dance performance for Chinese New Year Event at Landsdowne Center in … Continue reading →

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Okinawa’s Elevated Storehouses

Posted on October 12, 2014 by loochoo77

Last updated 10/13/14 One day my Dad made a sketch of Uncle Hoso’s house in Oyakawa Village in Haneji, Okinawa. (See “The Floor Plan of Houses in Old Okinawa.”) On another day he took a notepad and sketched an elevated Okinawan … Continue reading →

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