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Showing posts with label sabani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sabani. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Wordless Wednesday: Sailing Sabani Race

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Sunday, August 13, 2017

Special T-shirt Arrived Overnight

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Late Night Message Saturday night, sometimes finds me in a local watering hole and, it was one of those nights. DING: A message...
Monday, July 17, 2017

In the Shower - Pentax K1 After 3 Days at Sea

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Not an Everyday Event This is the camera, I used last weekend for shooting the annual sailing sabani races. We were out at ...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Ocean Image: A Sailing Sabani

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Tomorrow Is Ocean Day in Japan Last weekend, I was out in the Kerama Islands with this sabani team. This is one of my favorite,...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Island Image: Start of the 2017 Sailing Sabani Race

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Furuzamami Beach Last Sunday was my 5th time traveling to Zamami Island for these races, as a photographer. It's sort of a wo...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

Travel Transportation Shot: Queen Zamami

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Visiting Outer Islands Just a quick post before the laptop gets thrown in my backpack. The cameras and lenses are packed away f...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Wordless Wednesday: Old Time Sabani Construction

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Sunday, July 10, 2016

5 More GIF Images from the 2016 Zamami to Naha Sabani Race

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Four Hours from the Start     Remember, this boat capsized about half an hour into the race . They, up-righted the sabani, ba...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Travel Shot: Lunar New Year Ritual at Hakugindo Shrine

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Ken Uehara and Friends       Things move along quickly at some of the cultural events, I attend and it was one of those days. O...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

12 Animations from the 2015 Sabani Sailing Race: Zamami Island

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The GIFs Can Do the Talking     In no particular order, have a peek at these traditional Okinawan boats sailing. When I g...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Culture Photo: Lunar New Year Visit to a Shrine

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Sabani Boat Teams at Hakugindo Shrine     Those gathered at the shrine have just sailed and rowed their sabani boats throug...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Itoman Sailing Sabani Race 2014 Colorful GIF

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The better part of a sunny Sunday was spent at this event. This motion GIF is just a tiny sample of what was photographed at the sa...
Friday, July 25, 2014

A Sailing Sabani Boat Dog Presented in Motion GIFs

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When I first met this gal, she wasn't too fond of me. Her owner, Takashi, calls her his daughter, Maruko and takes good care of...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Just a Good Old Wooden Sabani and Crew Sailing

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Temporarily Offline   The WI-Fi connection, I was assured would be available, is up and running, now. All is well on the island of ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Wishing for Good Weather at Sunday's Sailing Sabani Race

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This photo was taken last June under some nice blue skies. More than likely, every member of the sabani teams is watching the weathe...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Kin Town Harii Aka -- Dragon Boat Races

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Ten Photos of Sabani Boats in Action     It's a good thing, I changed my mind and went to this activity today. No alcoh...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Ten Photos of What Takes Place Before a Sabani Race from Zamami to Okinawa Island

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A Well Organized Annual Event     There may be anywhere from 30-40 teams participating in the race. Furuzamami Beach is the sta...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Looking Forward to Visiting the Kerama Islands Later this Month

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The invitation was accepted and, I'll be going along with the Umimaru, again this year. Hopefully, we'll have blue skies an...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Travel Photo: Educational Street Art in Itoman Okinawa

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A talented artist painted this on corrugated metal. It is displayed at the Uminchu Art and Craft Center near Itoman Port. It gi...