A very lovely Bingata and tea experience with Kinjo先生. So grateful to all the opportunities I am able to experience while I'm here in Okinawa.
Library funding is almost always justified through patron numbers. The more people a library serves, the more funding it gets. So even if you don't regularly use a public library, get a library card. It costs you nothing and helps everyone in your community.
Sata Andagi – Okinawan Dango Moililili Hongwanji Temple (Hawaii) Ingredients: 4 cups Flour 2 cups Sugar 4 teaspoon Baking Powder 1/2 teaspoon Salt 1/3 cup Evaporated Milk /3 cup Water 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 2 Tablespoon Veggie Oil (I use Sunflower Oil, nothing is bromated in that)
Spam wasn't consumed en masse until World War II. It's a food that can last in more dire situations or when other food isn't readily available and that's why it's popular in both places (because they both have a high concentration and were impacted by the US Military).
While both are in the Pacific Islands, Okinawa isn't a Pacific Island in the Pasifika sense. In that scenario, it's probably the other way around in that Hawaiʻi has a large Okinawan population (Japanese don't consume pork like Okinawans do). But personally, I think it's the US Military influence.
Between today, Chevron, the reversal of Roe, and Citizens United, I feel like it would be pretty tough to name a more destructive Supreme Court than John Roberts'
This is a great (free!) short piece by an Okinawan activist who also won Japan’s Akutagawa Prize. Also check out the manga Okinawa by Susumu Higa. Also, I did a podcast episode on Okinawan/Ryukyuan lit—a lot of it is about the influence of US bases. I’ve got a reading list if you want fiction.
Against the U.S. military presence in Japan.
UN experts "horrified at details emerging from mass graves unearthed in the Gaza Strip. Over 390 bodies have been discovered at Nasser & Al Shifa hospitals, including of women & children, w/ many reportedly showing signs of torture & summary executions, & potential instances of people buried alive.”
GENEVA (6 May 2024) – UN experts* today condemned the continued and systematic onslaught of violence committed against Palestinians in Gaza, with most victims being women and children over the past se...
