Advance booking discount 2000 yen (High school students and younger can bring in food and drink for free)

2500 yen Same-day (High school students and younger can bring in food and drink for free)

Cast: Melissa Araki (Peru/Ishigaki Island)
Friendship Performer: Lucy Nagamine (Peru/Okinawa)
Seat opening: Oishi Sadaharu (Okinawa/Ishigakijima)

“A Hug to My Heart” with music. Japanese Peruvian Uchinanchu's Melissa Araki's solo performance. Held for the first time in almost 3 years.

time table
Doors open at 16:30
17:00 Zabiru Oishi Sadaharu/Ohama Seinkai
17:20 Lucy Nagamine with Melissa Araki
18:00 Melissa Araki

Melissa Araki
Born in Peru and raised in Lima. Once upon a time, I moved to Okinawa from Lima in the spring of 2018 in search of my own roots out of love and respect for my ancestors who immigrated from Okinawa to Peru. Lived in Ishigaki Island since spring 2021. My dream is to hug the hearts of everyone in the world with a song.

Lucy Nagamine
Born and raised in Peru, both parents are Okinawan 3rd generation Okinawans. When I was 5, I started singing Okinawan folk music on the Sanshin (Three-string guitar) played by my grandmother, and from age 10, I picked up the Sanshin (Three-string guitar) myself and began performing. He came to Okinawa in 1994 and officially began studying Ryukyuan classical music, Ryukyu folk songs, and Yaeyama classical music. In the end, they won the highest award at all competitions, and obtained teacher/teacher licenses for Ryukyuan classical music and Ryukyu folk songs. They also won Tubarama Tournament” in 2002. Currently, in addition to live activities, they are active in a wide range of activities, such as solo singing on various stages, singing songs, and teaching young people.

Oishi Sadaharu
A folk singer from Ohama, Ishigaki City. He joined a Local youth club in the Ohama district at age 22, and is making efforts to preserve the culture of Yaeyama folk music and events. A singer representing Yaeyama who began learning sanshin from Ishigaki City's Nagahama Hiroshi when he was 26 years old, and won the first prize at the competition for the representative folk song “Tobarama,” which is also an intangible cultural property of Ishigaki Island, at age 37.

• NAGAMINE LUCY
• Melissa Araki
• Oishi Sadaharu

Melissa Araki Official Website

https://meliaraki.com/

Melissa Araki Official

https://meliaraki.com/