If you love laid-back Okinawan culture you'd best not miss this FREE, family-friendly festival at Cafe Oto!
The Okinawa Festival is on from 1pm to 5pm this Saturday, 20th June, with two musical performances by the London Okinawa Sanshin Group, at 2pm and 4pm.
'The London Okinawa Sanshin group is a bunch of people who are crazy about Okinawan folk music.
Okinawa is one of Japan's southern prefectures, and consists of hundreds of islands in a chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from Kyushu (the southwestern most of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan.
The cornerstone of Okinawan folk music is a traditional instrument called the sanshin. The sanshin (literally meaning "Three strings") is a precursor of the Japanese shamisen. Often likened to a banjo, it consists of a snakeskin-covered body, wooden neck and three strings. Many modern sanshin no longer use snakeskin but are covered with nylon instead.
The London Okinawa Sanshin Group plays concerts throughout the year at a variety of events where their performance included an Okinawan festival dance called Eisa. Eisa is a lively dance involving a group of dancers some of them carrying and playing drums.
There will be a stall selling Okinawan food and their local produce.'
Cafe Oto is at 18 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL.
Tube: The nearest station is Dalston Kingsland just one minute walk from Cafe OTO. Dalston Kingsland is now part of the London Overground network so you can use your Oyster card. Take the tube to Highbury & Islington (Victoria line) then change to the London Overground. Alternatively take the Tube to Liverpool Street then bus 149 or 242.
Bus: Dalston is well served for buses from all-over London . The following buses stop nearby: 30, 38, N38, 67, 76, 149, N149, 56, 277 & 242
沖縄まつりのお知らせ
沖縄イベントがロンドン市内で開催されますのでそのお知らせです。
沖縄出身者を中心として活動しているロンドン三線会と沖縄県人会主催。
沖縄戦が終了した慰霊の日にちなんで
平和＆歌コンサートとエイサー（沖縄の集団太鼓円舞）を行います。
沖縄に興味のある人、沖縄がすきな人、沖縄知ら
ないけど知りたい人、南国の雰囲気がロンドンで
体験できますので会場へ足を運んでみて下さい。
沖縄料理、泡盛、沖縄菓子も楽しめます。
もちろんちびっこも同伴で参加できます。
日時 ： 6 月20 日（土） 午後1 時～5 時
場所 ：カフェオト、18 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL
(http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/contact.shtm)
入場無料 （お食事・お飲み物代は別途）
公演2 回, 第1 部： 2 時～3 時、第2 部： 4 時～5 時
カフェオトはロンドンOverGroundのDalston Kingsland駅下車１分、Liverpool Street駅からはバス１４９番あるいは２４２番で約２０分です。バスはほかに３０，３８，６７，７６，５６，２７７が使えます。
