#ryukyukingdom — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ryukyukingdom, aggregated by home.social.
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From a Hungarian choir in Budapest to EU diplomacy in Brussels, the fate of minority languages reveals how states define themselves — and whom they protect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/11/world/fate-of-minority-languages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #languages #nationalism #hungary #ukraine #miyako #taiwan #yaeyama #yonaguni #okinawan #unesco #eu #transcarpathia #china #tibetans #uyghurs #mongolians #russia #crimea #ryukyukingdom
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Japan's government will hold a ceremony on Nov. 22 to mark restoration work being completed on Shuri Castle's main hall in Okinawa Prefecture, which burned down in 2019, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/02/japan/okinawa-shuri-castle-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shuricastle #okinawa #ryukyukingdom #naha
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Award-winning documentarian Jon Mitchell’s new book and the ongoing dialogue of scholars, advocates and artists are calling attention to Okinawa’s long history of geopolitical struggle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/03/02/issues/okinawa-voices-international-scholars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #okinawa #militarybases #usbases #usjapanrelations #ryukyukingdom
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The main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, which was destroyed in a fire in October 2019, has largely regained its iconic appearance after exterior reconstruction work came close to completion in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/shuri-castle-reconstruction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #shuricastle #ryukyukingdom
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Before I go back digging holes in the island tomorrow (in fact cleaning a castle wall this time, you can't always dig holes all over the place... 😁) , I translated my Oroku-baka tomb article for the english #Wikipedia :
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Aharen Beach was named 13th best beach in the world. But will a tide of camera-toting tourists be able to see the bigger picture? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/06/23/travel/aharen-beach-okinawa-tourism-japan/ #life #travel #okinawa #beach #ryukyukingdom #tourism #tokashikiisland
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Once thought lost forever, portraits of monarchs from the Ryukyu Kingdom have been discovered in the U.S. and sent back to Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/22/japan/history/displaced-artifacts-returned-to-okinawa/ #japan #history #okinawa #wwii #ryukyukingdom #museums #painting #art #portraits #artifacts