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Okinotorishima (沖ノ鳥島, Okinotori-shima), or Parece Vela, is a coral reef, geologically an atoll, with two rocks enlarged with tetrapod-cement structures. It is administered by Japan with a total shoal area of 8,482 m 2 (2.10 acres) and land area 9.44 m 2 (101.6 sq ft). [ 1 ]
The "Song of Okinawa Prefecture" (Japanese: 沖縄県民の歌, Hepburn: Okinawa kenmin no uta) was adopted on May 15, 1972, upon the United States' return of Okinawa Prefecture to Japan. Its lyrics were written by local teacher Seiko Miyazato [ ja ] , with music composed by University of the Ryukyus professor Shigeru Shiroma [ ja ] .
No. Title Writer(s) Length; 1. "Shimanchu nu Takara" (島人ぬ宝)Begin: 5:20: 2. "Nami" (波, "Wave")Donto: 5:04: 3. "Soredemo Kurashi wa Tsuzuku kara, Subete o, Ima, Wasureteshimau Tame ni wa, Subete o, Ima, Shitteiru Koto ga Jōken de, Boku ni wa Totemo Muri dakara, Hitotsuzutsu Wasureteiku Tame ni, Aisuru Hitotachi to Te o Tori, Wakeatte, Semete Omoidasanai Yō ni, Kurashi o Tsuzuketeiku ...
Geographic name servers: according to the NGIA GNS server, "Okino-tori-shima" is the BGN Standard. Japanese government also uses Okinotorishima. Okinotorishima gets 79 pages while Okinotori gets 17 pages and some of the latter are actually Okinotori-shima or Okinotori Shima.
Okinawa's folk songs are generally accompanied by one (or more) sanshin. The suffixes -ondo and -bushi (both meaning "song" or "melody") may also be attached to the title of folk songs, however songs named without these clarifiers are more common. [citation needed] Eisā and kachāshī are Okinawan dances with specific music styles that ...
Iōtorishima (硫黄鳥島, Literal: "sulfur bird island") or Iwo Tori-shima, also called Okinawa Torishima (沖縄鳥島), is a volcanic island part of the Ryūkyū Island chain with the only [1] active volcano in Okinawa Prefecture.
Begin (ビギン, Bigin, IPA:, stylized as BEGIN) is a Japanese pop rock group from Ishigaki Island in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Their sound contains many elements of traditional Okinawan music, and prominently features the sanshin.
Japanese /ki/ and /ku/ are usually /kʰ/ in Eastern Okinoerabu, but some words have /t͡ʃʰi/ for Standard Japanese /ki/. Reflexes in /k˭/ is occasionally found as well. Historical /r/ is dropped when it appears between any vowel and /i/. /kʰ/ and /g/ palatalized before /i/. Standard Japanese /ki/ and /gi/ correspond to Eastern Okinoerabu ...