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Music
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Meet Okinawan rapper Awich, set to perform at SummerStage's Japan Champloo in the Park | amNewYork

Awich curates Japan Champloo in the Park at SummerStage, showcasing diverse Japanese artists and blending Okinawan, hip-hop, and Western cultural influences.
Arts
fromCN Traveller
2 weeks ago

In Okinawa, the enduring legacy of bingata textiles

Bingata is a centuries-old Okinawan stencil resist-dye textile craft, revived after wartime losses and still produced using traditional multi-month techniques.
World news
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 weeks ago

Fire on US warship off Japan burns for 12 hours, injures 2 sailors before being extinguished

A fire burned aboard USS New Orleans off Okinawa for about 12 hours, injuring two sailors and requiring multi-agency firefighting and tug assistance.
Renovation
fromstupidDOPE | Est. 2008
2 months ago

Inside NOT A HOTEL ISHIGAKI "EARTH" | stupidDOPE | Est. 2008

NOT A HOTEL ISHIGAKI "EARTH" offers a breathtaking tropical retreat designed to seamlessly connect architecture with the natural environment of Okinawa.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

sou fujimoto's circular green-roofed villa for NOT A HOTEL opens on ishigaki island, japan

Sou Fujimoto completes EARTH, a circular, green-roofed villa that seems to sink into the landscape of Okinawa's remote Ishigaki Island, designed for NOT A HOTEL.
Renovation
OMG science
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory

Paleolithic people utilized advanced seafaring techniques to navigate and settle in remote islands like Okinawa.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war. 80 years on, are the dead being betrayed?

Okinawa's Battle was one of the bloodiest in WWII, resulting in massive civilian casualties.
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Photography
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

I love humans it gives me the courage to approach them': the disarming work of Mao Ishikawa

Mao Ishikawa's photography captures the intimate lives of Okinawan women and is a form of political resistance against American military oppression.
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