The Shinugu Festival in the tiny hamlet of Ada, is a celebration of traditions, with hopes for good health and a good harvest.
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Denny Tamaki the governor of Okinawa, attended the festival for the first time. (Second person on second row, standing next to guy in the green shirt.)
Shinugu festival, an intangible folk cultural asset of Japan, Ada, Kunigami Village, Okinawa, Japan.
The lady in the picture below told me she had to wait 2 more years to be 100. Full of life, every time she referred to herself she touched her nose with her drumstick. She bossed around all the younger ladies in the group. Young ladies who were only in their 70’s or 80’s.
Shinugu festival, an intangible folk cultural asset of Japan, Ada, Kunigami Village, Okinawa, Japan.
TRAVEL 67 : Chris Willson Photography 