JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – pumpkin

Japanese – kabocha?(????)

Hogen – chinkuwaa?(?????)

Wednesday January 18, 2006 [C(10/365) D(5/365) LW(12/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (3/365) C-cloudy (10/365) PC-partly cloudy (5/365)
D-drizzle (5/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (12/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (38/365) C-cloudy (76/365) PC-partly cloudy (116/365)
D-drizzle (21/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (74/365) LW-light winds (120/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

It’s been a while since I’ve written about goings-on in the local music scene. There are two items of interest this week. First, a prerecorded radio interview by Nakao Akira with the members of JET will air on Saturday 21 January at 5:00 p.m. The Japanese language interview will be broadcast on the RBC AM radio station 738 program Okinawa Jikan. Second, the former lead singer of Marie with Medusa, Marie, opened a new place on B.C. Street. Although I haven’t been there personally, I have been told it is a compact-size club with a piano bar type of atmosphere. So if you get the chance, check these two happenings out.