Those of us who live on Okinawa started to notice something going on back in early June. Perhaps it was the rhythmic beat of the drums in the cool evening air. On some occasions, maybe you heard the ...

On Sept. 14, 1975, the sky above Osaka was cloudless. In the city’s Taisho Ward — home to many people from Okinawa Prefecture — the first-ever Eisa dance festival was held by a group of young ...

OKINAWA CITY — The beat of the taiko drum resonates in Robert Siegrist’s soul. That’s why the Seattle native and former Marine was among about 30 Okinawans putting on the finishing touches to their ...

Members of a Sydney-based Okinawan dance group, Eisa Champroo. Yasue Taggart, the founder of the group (front centre) Source: Yasue Taggart Yasue Taggart started a Sydney-based Okinawan dance group ...

Eisa is a form of Okinawan dance usually performed to mark the end of the Obon period. Like all things Okinawan, it's been enthusiastically embraced by the rest of the country, and this Shinjuku ...

Aug 18, 2019 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Add to Calendar 18-08-2019 13:00 18-08-2019 15:00 America/Toronto Karakoro EISA Japanese Dance and Drum Group coming to Winnipeg SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2019, 1 – 3PM ...

Eisa is a form of Okinawan dance usually performed to mark the end of the Obon period. Like all things Okinawan, it's been enthusiastically embraced by the rest of the country, and this Shinjuku ...