Articles by: kinoshita

Message to travelers to the Amami Islands

Preventing COVID-19 and stopping its spread in the Amami Islands. The basic strategies for preventing infectious diseases, including COVID-19, are hand washing and wearing a face mask when you are in the public places and talk to people on the islands.We sincerely thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Hiromasa KinoshitaRepresentativeJuly/10/2022

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Message to travelers to the Amami Islands

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we ask that you avoid visiting the Amami Islands in order to protect local communities and yourself. Due to the Islands’ remoteness, healthcare facilities on the Amami Islands are less well-equipped than those of mainland Japan. As such, if an outbreak of COVID-19 occurred on the Islands, the entire medical system may collapse.  Already, many people have become infected on the islands, which is placing a lot of stress on hospitals and […]

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Editing now

We’re currently editing a video of Shimauta, the folk song in the Amami Islands, Japan.Keep watching this space.

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SAVE THE ISLANDS provided the English title to the short video “Dad’s bicycle and Hikanzakura”.

SAVE THE ISLANDS provided the English title to the short video “Dad’s bicycle and Hikanzakura Sakibaru, Amami-Oshima, Director’s cut” for AMAMI.CAMERA (https://amami.camera). *Hikanzakura (Prunus campanulata) is one of the many cherry blossom trees that blooms early and the distribution in Taiwan, the south of China, Okinawa and the Amami Islands in Japan.

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