Urasoe City

Colonia Okinawa 70th Anniversary Symposium ~ Message from “Another Okinawa” ~

  • Lecture / Seminar
  • Real-life event

Schedule

2024.12.01(日)

Start:14:30 End:17:00

Venue

JICA Okinawa 〒901-2552 1143-1 Maeda, Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture

Multipurpose room

Charge

Admission fee free

Contents

Keynote Report: Nakamura Akira (Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Cultural Research Co-Researcher; Vice Chairman of the Okinawa History Education Study Group)
Symposium speakers: Keiichi Inamine (former governor of Okinawa Prefecture, Ryuseki participant, honorary advisor to the Bolivia Association)/Watanabe Hideki (Japan Bolivia Association Counselor, former Overseas Migration Service Representative in Bolivia)/Kurashina Kazuko (JICA Okinawa Director)/Inamine Moe (former JICA Overseas Cooperation Force Bolivia temporary elementary school teacher)/
Facilitator: Tamaki Naomi (representative of Okinawa, social entrepreneur)

70 years have passed since Uchinanchu immigrated from Okinawa to Bolivia after the war. It conveys the history of immigrants and the treasures left by the immigrant Uchinanchu, and the bonds that connect the two “Okinawas,” and think about what can be done to connect them to the future.

Keynote Report: The Beginning of Bolivian Immigration
Symposium: Message from “Another Okinawa”

Capacity:50 people (First-come-first-served basis)

Advance applications are required

Contact

Okinawa Bolivia Association Office (Nakamura)

TEL:090-6859-1170

MAIL:asociacionbolivianadeokinawa@gmail.com