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UCHINANCHU WORLDWIDE: STATE OF THE SPIRIT - A Perspective on Okinawans Worldwide and in the “Motherland” - Part 1 of 3

On December 2011, veteran Okinawa broadcaster Shinichi Maehara was awarded an honorary doctorate of…

Shinichi Maehara • May 2, 2013

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Uchinanchu Journalism - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> While Higa and Kaneshiro’s Uchinanchu journalism is aimed at Uchina…

Ayako Mie • Sept. 15, 2010

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Uchinanchu Journalism - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Higa is not the earliest pioneer of Uchinanchu journalism in America. That w…

Ayako Mie • Sept. 8, 2010

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Uchinanchu Journalism - Part 1

Chogi Higa basked in his backyard in Gardena, California. It was in full bloom with white orchids a…

Ayako Mie • Sept. 2, 2010

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My Taikai Experiences – Thoughts on the Uchinanchu Global Network

Growing up, my father would talk about relatives we had in Hawaii and relatives we had in Brazil. A…

Yuko Yamauchi • April 16, 2008

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Meeting Cubanchu "Cousins" - Worldwide Uchinanchu Join Cuba’s Okinawans in Celebrating Their Centennial - Part 1 of 4

The five of us boarded our flight to Mexico with little knowledge and much anticipation of what awa…

Lesley Chinen • April 8, 2008

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The Okinawan Network and the Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival: Identity, Uniqueness of Hawaii and Gender of Uchina Networking

IntroductionIn this report, I first would like to discuss the final result of the survey we conduct…

Naomi Noiri • March 26, 2008

Okinawans Uchinanchu

Geographical Experiences of Uchinanchu’s Migrations Between the Birthplace and the Place of Residence

I. IntroductionChanging the place of residence will switch people to new social relations in their …

Kentaro Kuwatsuka • March 21, 2008

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Uchinanchu Taikai and the Global Network of Okinawans

Okinawans, also called “Uchinanchu”, have emigrated to mainland Japan and to many other…

Hiroyuki Kinjo • Feb. 29, 2008

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The Okinawan Wives Club

A few years ago, I came up with an idea to make a documentary about overseas Okinawan communities. …

Bobby Okinaka • Feb. 22, 2008

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