A Happy New Year!We hope you enjoy our magazines "The Okinawan" and "Okinawa Karate News" in this year, too.
新年明けましておめでとうございます。
今年も雑誌『ジオキナワン』並びに『沖縄空手通信』をどうぞ宜しくお願いします。
A Happy New Year!
An advertisement for our magazine "THE OKINAWAN" and "Okinawa Karate News" is on JKFan, a monthly Karate magazine published by Champ. Good reading and a happy new year!
An advertisement for our magazine "THE OKINAWAN" is on the official guidebook of Naha Marathon that was held on December 7. We didn't run it but... we wish you a Merry Christmas hoping that everybody will be reading "THE OKINAWAN" during the holidays. Have a Merry Christmas!(N.U.)
A general meeting of the group "Okinawa kanko (Tourism) no
Miyazato Eiko sensei and his wife came to our office this afternoon. As always the charming couple brough with us some delicious treats, to say handmade Okinawan sweets. For those who had the chance to visit sensei's house and sit at his table, you know what I mean... Itadakimasu!
I went to see the Air Festa 2008 in Naha Air Base last Sunday. It was my first time to attain this festival and I enjoyed watching many fighter planes, helicopters, and missiles. The best was definitely Team Blue Impulse showing acrobatic demo flight in the blue sky.
We introduced the pottery of Tsuboya in THE OKINAWAN Vol,1 No,1. So I was interested in how to make pottery. Last Saturday, I went to the pottery class of Ikutoen Naha to learn about Tsuboya yaki. It was an exciting experience. If you have the opportunity to try, don't miss it!
Walking in Okinawan parks can sometime be like walking in history.
Since last week, I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Sakima, from the Sakima Museum. His story is so interesting that we decided to make an article about him in the next The Okinawan magazine to be published in January 2009. Having been a few times now to the museum (3 times in 5 days), I can say that the whole location is truly special: a green haven of peace with at its center the horror of the war depicted on paintings and surrounded by modernity and base, two entities busy and noisy in their own rights... But the green and the beauty of the site is as charming as the people of the museum and Mr. Sakima. More in The Okinawan 6 edition to be released January 25, 2009!
I went to Itoman City to watch runners of Naha marathon. So many runners and walkers... While I took some pictures from the top of the bridge, I felt the earth move.
In order to offer music CDs and DVDs on Okinawa Media Planning's website, we visited Takara Record last week. There we met with Masahiro Takara to finalize the project. So check out
Last week, I had the chance to go on a half business half pleasure trip to Tokyo. While I always (and I did) eat great French food there, I also visited Eataly out of Daikanyama.