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 ...

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 ...

OKINAWA CITY, Okinawa — Leaping in the air in perfect step, performers pounded taiko drums as graceful dancers in colorful kimonos followed and clowns with painted faces cavorted with the crowd Sunday ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Like the beat of our hearts, the beat of the drum can be a powerful force. The Eisa Drum Festival and Daiichi Hirata are pleased to announce a new show called "Drums of Hope ...

Following the success of a spectacular Eisa show performed at the JCCC last summer 2013, Okinawan dance and music performance group Karakoro will be back with another energetic and joyous concert in ...

OKINAWA CITY — The island’s Eisa season ends with a bang next weekend with the 50th Annual All-Island Eisa Festival at Koza Stadium, near Kadena Air Base. If recent years are any measure, more than ...

Eisa is a dance from Okinawa usually performed to mark the end of the Obon period (an annual Buddhist event to honour one’s ancestors). Like most things Okinawan, it's been enthusiastically embraced ...

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 ...