バイビーおきなわ@Bye bee Okinawa
バイビーおきなわ
故郷の沖縄を離れ、内地の大学に通うことを決めたのは、ただもっと音楽のことを知りたいという、きっと、まっすぐな欲望からだった。ついでに親からも離れて生活して、いちばんの環境で音楽を学んで、自分のちからで新しい世界にぶつかってみようと。
なのに私は、神戸の新しい部屋でひとり泣いていた。望んで来たのだけど、ここではすべてが違う。沖縄は東京から2時間半ほど南方に飛んだ、東シナ海に浮かぶ小さな島で、気候・植物・文化など様々な点で本土とは異なる独自の特色を持つ。また経済や科学技術などで本土に遅れをとる沖縄は、時に「10年前の東京」などと言われたりする。そんな小さな都会から来た私は、神戸の高いビルを見上げて、本当に一人になってしまったんだなァと思うと、冷たい風の中で全部が冷たく見えて、自分が家族に、南風に、民謡に、沖縄のすべてに育てられてきたことが生まれてはじめてわかった。
みなみ
Bye bee Okinawa
The reason why I decided to study in main land Japan, far away from my home island Okinawa was quite simple. It was from my pure desire for learning music more, I guess... Besides, I wanted to knock new world by alone while living apart from my parents.
Yet I was crying in my new room in Kobe. Everything is different from my island, I came here expecting it though. Okinawa locates nearly southernmost in Japan, 2 and a half hour flight from Tokyo. The island has its own unique climate, plants and culture, but it’s behind main land Japan on the point of economy and technology etc, and called like “Tokyo in 10 years ago” sometimes. I was from such a little Tokyo, looking up at high rise buildings in the chilly wind, feeling really lonely. Then I knew I’ve been brought up by my family, south wind, folksongs and everything in Okinawa... for the first time in my past life.
Minami
故郷の沖縄を離れ、内地の大学に通うことを決めたのは、ただもっと音楽のことを知りたいという、きっと、まっすぐな欲望からだった。ついでに親からも離れて生活して、いちばんの環境で音楽を学んで、自分のちからで新しい世界にぶつかってみようと。
なのに私は、神戸の新しい部屋でひとり泣いていた。望んで来たのだけど、ここではすべてが違う。沖縄は東京から2時間半ほど南方に飛んだ、東シナ海に浮かぶ小さな島で、気候・植物・文化など様々な点で本土とは異なる独自の特色を持つ。また経済や科学技術などで本土に遅れをとる沖縄は、時に「10年前の東京」などと言われたりする。そんな小さな都会から来た私は、神戸の高いビルを見上げて、本当に一人になってしまったんだなァと思うと、冷たい風の中で全部が冷たく見えて、自分が家族に、南風に、民謡に、沖縄のすべてに育てられてきたことが生まれてはじめてわかった。
みなみ
Bye bee Okinawa
The reason why I decided to study in main land Japan, far away from my home island Okinawa was quite simple. It was from my pure desire for learning music more, I guess... Besides, I wanted to knock new world by alone while living apart from my parents.
Yet I was crying in my new room in Kobe. Everything is different from my island, I came here expecting it though. Okinawa locates nearly southernmost in Japan, 2 and a half hour flight from Tokyo. The island has its own unique climate, plants and culture, but it’s behind main land Japan on the point of economy and technology etc, and called like “Tokyo in 10 years ago” sometimes. I was from such a little Tokyo, looking up at high rise buildings in the chilly wind, feeling really lonely. Then I knew I’ve been brought up by my family, south wind, folksongs and everything in Okinawa... for the first time in my past life.
Minami
3 Comments:
an old post...don't even know if anyone still read it.
first time i heard of okinawa was many years ago when Ryuichii Sakamoto composed a song with some "never heard before" chants and singing that were captivating. was told then those were sound from Okinawa.
the place i lived in has always been considered at the forefront of technology, highrise buildings, Mass Transit vehicles...but is it necessarily a better place to live in? i am still trying to find out. the old streets, buildings, crafts are disappearing fast, and what have we built in return? Utopia? definitely not.
Hello an+dh...
I think everyone is in the same dilemma now, especially those of artist, conservationist or any educator. Right now eveyone seems to work separately, but I wish someday they will work as one. Save the building, keep the music, you'll have your crafts on the old streets.
I will leave it to my friend to comment if those chants and singing were sound of Ryukyu land...she is one of the "keeper" :)
We are working on more materials to post here, but every post here will be a new issue/concern for someone, I guess.
Cheers! :)
many years ago while i was on a plane returning to HongKong from England, sitting next to me was a Japanese student who just finished her study in English language and was en route to Osaka via Hong Kong. we had conversation and when it was time to say farewell, she gave me as a token of friendship an origami - a paper crane. in return, i searched for something in my backpack that i could give to her, and in the end, all i could find was some loose coins from HongKong... a great representation of a capitalistic economy! quite embarassing.
money matters seems to be of paramount importance in this city, and people's general sole objective seems to be making more and more money. when your eyes are blinded by the bank notes, you no longer have much feelings towards the things around you.
there are exceptions of course, where people are still very much interested in art, music, culture, but it's an upward hill that requires a lot of passion.
as for the local music scene...
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