Island of songs
Amami people have long improvised and sung songs both in times of joy and times of sadness. Among the scores of songs passed down for us to sing to...
文化 Culture
The culture of Amami Oshima has flexibly taken in culture from Ryukyu and Yamato (Japan) as well as created components that are uniquely Amamian in the countless profoundly interesting things found that speak of the hearts of our ancestors. The majority of them are still told today in song and stories.
Amami Cuisine
From pork dishes to chicken and rice soup, spiny lobster miso soup and deep-fried fish, chauke miso and somen stir fry, the local cooking of the so...
Amami Oshima Tsumugi
The rich, glamorous black color of authentic Amami Oshima tsumugi has been coveted by ladies since ancient times. Naturally-dyed, authentic Amami O...
Unique Culture
To adapt to daily life on subtropical islands, our forebears developed a unique body of know-how by necessity. Houses were surrounded by takakura,...
Storied Islands
In deep, dark places all over the islands, there once lived gods and ghosts. Islanders gave thanks to nature for her abundance and prayed to gods w...
Culture and History
The history of the Amami group of islands stands out among the histories of other such regions in the world. Hunting and gathering continued for a ...