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Yasukatsu Oshima Solo Concert in Hanaichizen, Kanagawa, Japan

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:43:58 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a solo concert in Kamakura City, Kanagawa on October 2 2010. The concert will be held in 'Hanaichizen'. More detailed information about the concert is available on the "Schedule" page of this website. Hanaichizen on Google Map

Yasukatsu Oshima Solo Concert in Cafemilton, Miyagi, Japan

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:21:15 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a solo concert in Shiroishi City, Miyagi, on November 13 2010. The concert will be held in 'Cafemilton'. More detailed information about the concert is available on the "Schedule" page of this website. Cafemilton on Google Map

Yasukatsu Oshima Solo Concert in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:09:58 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a solo concert in CITY JACK, Ishigaki City, Okinawa, on August 11 2010.　More detailed information about the concert is available on the "Schedule" page of this website. CITY JACK on Google　Map photo: Yasukatsu Oshima

"Ryukyu no Kaze 2010" in Foodpal Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:19:03 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will appear in a festival concert in Kumamoto city, Kumamoto in September. In this festival concert, "Ryukyu no Kaze 2010", singers from the islands of Okinawa will perform shimauta (island songs). You can also enjoy meals and drinks of Okinawa and Kumamoto. Other performers: Sadao China, Kazufumi Miyazawa, BEGIN、Yukito Ara with Satoshi "Sunday" Nakasone, Isamu Shimoji, Keiko Kinjo, Yasunori Kinjo, Claudia Oshiro, Sadahito China, Yurie Kinjo, Kariyushi, Rumi Ota, Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko, Ryudo Uzaki. MC: Mitsuru Tamaki, Ai Iwashimizu. More detailed information about the concert is available on the "Schedule" page of this website. photo: Ryukyu no Kaze 2009

Yasukatsu Oshima concert in Hayama, Kanagawa (Japan)

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:47:24 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a concert in Hayama Town, Kanagawa on August 28 2010. The concert will be held in 'Blue Moon', a seaside clubhouse on the beach of Isshiki Kaigan (Isshiki Beach). Masahiro Takekawa will accompany Oshima on violin and mandolin. More detailed information about the concert is available on the "Schedule" page of this website. Isshiki Kaigan is a beautiful beach located on the south coast of the Miura Peninsula, about 50km south from the centre of Tokyo. (Hayama Town Office Homepage) Yasukatsu Oshima has given a concert every year in 'Blue Moon' since its foundation in 1997. It was Ms. Miwa Natori who invited Oshima to Blue Moon in 1997. In 1999, she became Director of Ban Rom Sai, a home for HIV positive orphans in Chiang Mai , Thailand . (Ban Rom Sai Website) The Ban Rom Sai shop is open inside 'Blue Moon' (where Yasukatsu Oshima will perform) and Ban Rom Sai goods and crafts are available there. Purchasing these products will support Ban Rom Sai. photo: Keigo Saito

Solo concert in Okinawa (Japan)

Mon, 17 May 2010 14:11:39 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a solo concert in Naha City, Okinawa in June.

More detailed information is available on the "Schedule" page of this website.

Yasukatsu Oshima monthly concert in Kyoto (Japan)

Mon, 17 May 2010 14:08:02 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a monthly solo concert in Coffee House Jittoku, Kyoto, from July to December 2010.

More detailed information is available on the "Schedule" page of this website.

Coffee House Jittoku began in 1973 in Kyoto. In this atmospheric place, originally an old sake brewery building, Yasukatsu Oshima will present many island songs in a solo performance.

Yasukatsu Oshima 'Shimauta Kai 2010 Haru (island songs concert, 2010 Spring) ' at Yamamoto Nohgakudo, Osaka, Japan

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:10:06 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a concert in Osaka City after an interval of a year on April 24 2010. The concert will be held at Yamamoto Nohgakudo (Yamamoto Noh Theater), the oldest Noh Theater in Osaka, which is authorized as a Japanese tangible heritage site. Mika Uchizato, the young female singer, also born in Okinawa, on Minami Daito island, will appear as a guest with Yasukatsu Oshima. At this concert the musicians will perform without any Sound Reinforcement (SR) or Public Address (PA) systems, and they will sing without microphones. Photo: Keigo Saito (taken at Yamamoto Noh Theater) "Mika Uchizato is one of the few young singers who convey surely and steadily the old songs of Okinawa. The brightness of her singing is increasing in its depth every year. I hope you will enjoy our Shimauta concert with the deep feeling of Okinawa, at the Noh Theater". Yasukatsu Oshima Advance tickets will be on sale on February 13, 2010. More detailed information is available on the 'Schedule' page of this website. Photo: Mika Uchizato

Mika Uchizato Official Web Site (in Japanese only)

Film: Yuki & Nina

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:14:26 +0900

The recording of an Okinawan song 'Tinsagu nu Hana', sung by UA with Yasukatsu Oshima, is featured in the film 'Yuki & Nina'. This film is co-directed by Japanese auteur Nobuhiro Suwa and French actor Hippolyte Girardot, and it was screened at the Directors' Fortnight which was held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival 2009. The picture is on now in France and will be showing in Japan from January 2010. 'Yuki and Nina' is the story of a nine-year-old girl, Yuki (Noë Sampy), and her best friend Nina (Arielle Moutel), who both live in Paris. Nobuhiro Suwa is a Japanese film director. His second film, 'M/Other', won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and the award for best screenplay at the 50th Mainichi Film Awards. His film 'Un Couple Parfait' (2005) won the Special Prize of the Jury Award and the C.I.C.A.E. Award at the 58th Locarno Film Festival. In 2006, he participated in the French omnibus film 'Paris, je t'aime', which was the opening film of the Un Certain Regard selection at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Hippolyte Girardot is a French actor and film director. He appeared in many films made by famous directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Hou Hsian Hsien, Arnaud Desplechin, etc. The song 'Tinsagu nu Hana' is a children's song of Okinawa. The recording was recorded for the educational television program 'Utauua NHK Doremino TV'. Yasukatsu Oshima participated in the recording by singing and playing the sanshin. Here are some reviews of the film (most of them are written in French) : Yuki & Nina -- Film Review (The Holywood Reporter, May 16, 2009) Hippolyte Girardot. Conte peu cruel de la jeunesse ( www.humanite.fr December 9, 2009 ) Au fond des forêts de l'enfance ( www.lefigaro.fr November 9, 2009 ) Hippolyte Girardot:"Avec Nobuhiro Suwa, nous étions sur la même longueur d'onde" (www.lexpress.fr November 9, 2009) Yuki et Nina (www.lepoint.fr November 12, 2009) "Yuki et Nina" : ce que ressent l'enfant quand les parents se déchirent (www.lemonde.fr November 9, 2009) Un film réalisé par échanges d'e-mails entre Nobuhiro Suwa et Hippolyte Girardot (www.lemonde.fr November 8, 2009) YUKI & NINA (www.news-de-stars.com November 10, 2009) Yuki & Nina (www.excessif.com) This film was co-produced by Comme des Cinémas, Les Films du lendemain, Arte France Cinéma and Bitters End. The official website of Yuki & Nina in Japan (in Japanese only)

Yasukatsu Oshima monthly concert in Kyoto (Japan)

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:45:35 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a monthly solo concert in Coffee House Jittoku, Kyoto, from January to June 2010.

More detailed information is available on the "Schedule" page of this website.

Coffee House Jittoku began in 1973 in Kyoto. In this atmospheric place, originally an old sake brewery building, Yasukatsu Oshima will present many island songs in a solo performance.
Photo: Keigo Saito (1999)

Yasukatsu Oshima went to India

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:51:55 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima went to India in November 2009, with Kanako Hatoma and Satoshi 'Sunday' Nakasone, to perform in four cities, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata. In India, five concerts and two cultural exchange programs were organized by The Japan Foundation, The Consulate General of Japan, Munbai, The Consulate General of Japan, Chennai, and The Consulate General of Japan, Kolkata, with the cooperation of the Embassy of Japan at New Delhi. The concerts in Chennai was organized with ABK-AOTS Dosokai and Tamil Nadu Centre. More detailed information about the concerts is available on the "Okinawan Folksongs Performed in India" page of the Japan Foundation's website.　 The concerts and the cultural exchange programs have been really successful. The musicians and the members of the tour would like to express their deepest gratitude to the audiences in India and to all the people who were involved in this tour. Here are some of the newspaper articles on the concerts.
'Island songs in a coastal city' THE TIMES OF INDIA (November 18, 2009) 'Flavour of the islands' THE TIMES OF INDIA (December 2, 2009) 'From Okinawa with love' THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (November 21, 2009) 'A Japanese song in Chennai' NEWS TODAY (November 18, 2009) 'Songs of the Soil' INDIAN EXPRESS(November 28, 2009)
In addition, the newspapers below carried articles on the concert. DAILY THANTHI (November 18, 2009) TAMIL SUDAR (November 18, 2009) THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (November 13, 2009) (November 14, 2009) TRINITY MIRROR (November 13, 2009) MAALAI SUDAR (November 18, 2009)
A newspaper website http://www.dinamalar.com is broadcasting a news video about the concert. The interviewee in this video is Mr. M. R. Ranganathan, the chairman of ABK-AOTS Dosokai, one of the organisers of the concert in Chennai. He has been engaged in cultural exchange between India and Japan for more than 30 years.
Photo: the press conference at Chennai

Yasukatsu Oshima solo concert in Okinawa (Japan)

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:05:13 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a solo concert in Naha City, Okinawa on November 22.

More detailed information is available on the "Schedule" page of this website.

Photo: Adan shoots (edible buds of Adan), the Yaeyama islands' food, called 'Andarufuki' in Shiraho, Ishigaki island. Adan (Pandanus odoratissimus, Pandanus fascicularis or Pandanus tectorius) is a species of Pandanus (screwpine) native to Okinawa. It is edible after boiling. We have to peel off the outside leaves which have saw-like margins. They are used in soups and stir-fried vegetable dishes.

Yasukatsu Oshima's Official Website RSS feeds and Twitter page available

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:07:33 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima's Official Website RSS feeds and Twitter page became available. Below are the URLs :
http://www.oshimayasukatsu.com/english/rss.xml ('News' page) http://www.oshimayasukatsu.com/rss.xml ('お知らせ'page) oshimayasukatsu.com Twitter account
These RSS feeds and Twitter page will bring you the latest updates of our website.

Photo:Keigo Saito

Yasukatsu Oshima available on iTunes

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:35:08 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima's recordings became available on the iTunes Store in 22 countries (All the countries where iTunes Music Store is available, including The United States, The United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia). Below are the links to Yasukatsu Oshima's album pages on the iTunes Store in the United States.
Yasukatsu Oshima with Geoffrey Keezer

Island Journey

Island Time

Songs of My Island

Arinutou

Yasukatsu Oshima concert in Hayama, Kanagawa (Japan)

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:39:33 +0900

Yasukatsu Oshima will give a concert in Hayama Town, Kanagawa on July 20 2009 ('Marine Day', Public Holiday). The concert will be held in 'Blue Moon', a seaside clubhouse on the beach of Isshiki Kaigan (Isshiki Beach). Masahiro Takekawa will accompany Oshima on violin and mandolin. More detailed information about the concert is available on the "Schedule" page of this website. Isshiki Kaigan is a beautiful beach located on the south coast of the Miura Peninsula, about 50km south from the centre of Tokyo. (Hayama Town Office Homepage) Yasukatsu Oshima has given a concert every year in 'Blue Moon' since its foundation in 1997 (Blue Moon Website , Blue Moon Staff Blog). It was Ms. Miwa Natori who invited Oshima to Blue Moon in 1997. In 1999, she became Director of Ban Rom Sai, a home for HIV positive orphans in Chiang Mai , Thailand . (Ban Rom Sai Website) The Ban Rom Sai shop is open inside 'Blue Moon' (where Yasukatsu Oshima will perform) and Ban Rom Sai goods and crafts are available there. Purchasing these products will support Ban Rom Sai.