Naha City

Talk Event “The Battle of Okinawa I Face - To Put Into Words the Time That Continues After the War”

Peace Meeting 2025

  • Lecture / Seminar
  • Real-life event

Schedule

2025.06.21(土)

Open:13:30 Start:14:00 End:16:00

Venue

Times Hall 〒900-0015 2-3-1 Kumoji, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture

Charge

Admission fee 1500 yen

“Your Okinawa” activity support ticket 3000 yen

Contents

Guest: Yoko Uema (Professor at the University of the Ryukyus, books “Running Away Barefoot” and “I'll Give You the Sea”) /Big White Crab (manga artist, “Umibe's Stove” and “Taro and TARO”) /Toyonaga Kohei (novelist, “Running Around the Moon, Runaway Horrible” won the 67th Gunzo Rookie Literature Award)
Moderator: Nishi Yura (representative of “Your Okinawa”)

This year marks 80 years since the Battle of Okinawa. How will a generation that has not experienced war face the memories and testimonies of the Battle of Okinawa, and how can they pass it on to the next generation? Together with the guests, they talk about the time of 80 years after the war in words.

Talk themes
・About guest activities and works
・How did they deal with the Battle of Okinawa and 80 years after the war
・How was the Battle of Okinawa linked to “Okinawa today”
・How will we, who have not experienced it, put the Battle of Okinawa into words and pass it on to the next generation
・What we need to do to put the Battle of Okinawa into words

Planning and production: Your Okinawa (column project for people born in the 90s to write Okinawa from their personal experiences)

Official URL

YOUR OKINAWA | COLUMN PROJECT

https://note.com/your_okinawa

REGISTER

Event details/ticket application page

https://anatanookinawa.peatix.com/

Contact

Okinawa Times Business Bureau Cultural Division

TEL:098-860-3588