› 沖縄英字新聞 Japan Update ジャパンアップデート2012年01月29日
沖縄再発見！沖縄市産業祭り
The Okinawa City Industrial Fair kicks off a two-day run Saturday, presenting a myriad of Okinawan-made products, while at the same time making the fair a fun time with live entertainment and family activities.
This weekend's Okinawa City Industrial Festival is a combination of introduction to Okinawa-made products and two days of sheer family fun. The 35th annual Industrial Fair takes place at Okinawa Prefecture Comprehensive Park at Hiyene in Okinawa City, operating 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday. The Industrial Festival Executive Committee says the two-day event will feature Okinawa-produced and processed goods, wooden handicrafts, Ryukyu musical instruments, homemade pottery, awamori, clothing, building materials, and a wide variety of Okinawa foods and special goods. Festival visitors will be able to observe Okinawa products being manufactured, and can purchase many of the items on the spot.
The event hall will also have traditional music and dance, along with food and drinks. The fair's intent is to promote Okinawa City citizens' lives and livelihoods, explaining the products made and how they came to be. There will also be experts from agricultural industries who will show how to plant vegetables, make flowers, and care for green trees.
Organizers anticipate thousands to turn out for the industrial fair, both for the food and music as well as the products themselves. The accent is on locally produced / manufactured goods.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ワンポイント★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
sheer - 純然たる、まったくの
今週末はいろいろイベントがありますね～！
北部も熱いですが、ちょっとそこまでは遠い。という方にはこちらのイベントはいかがでしょうか！？
沖縄市の県総合運動公園にて『沖縄市産業祭り』が土日に開催されますよ～！
沖縄の物産、特産、工芸品はもちろんのこと、お食事ブースやライブイベントなども充実していますのでお子様連れでも楽しんで頂けると思います♪
沖縄に住んでいても意外と知らない物産だったり工芸品だったりもあったりしますよね、そういう発見の場としてもいいのかもしれません♪
どうぞ、ご家族そろって足を運んでみてくださいね♪
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This weekend's Okinawa City Industrial Festival is a combination of introduction to Okinawa-made products and two days of sheer family fun. The 35th annual Industrial Fair takes place at Okinawa Prefecture Comprehensive Park at Hiyene in Okinawa City, operating 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday. The Industrial Festival Executive Committee says the two-day event will feature Okinawa-produced and processed goods, wooden handicrafts, Ryukyu musical instruments, homemade pottery, awamori, clothing, building materials, and a wide variety of Okinawa foods and special goods. Festival visitors will be able to observe Okinawa products being manufactured, and can purchase many of the items on the spot.
The event hall will also have traditional music and dance, along with food and drinks. The fair's intent is to promote Okinawa City citizens' lives and livelihoods, explaining the products made and how they came to be. There will also be experts from agricultural industries who will show how to plant vegetables, make flowers, and care for green trees.
Organizers anticipate thousands to turn out for the industrial fair, both for the food and music as well as the products themselves. The accent is on locally produced / manufactured goods.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ワンポイント★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
sheer - 純然たる、まったくの
今週末はいろいろイベントがありますね～！
北部も熱いですが、ちょっとそこまでは遠い。という方にはこちらのイベントはいかがでしょうか！？
沖縄市の県総合運動公園にて『沖縄市産業祭り』が土日に開催されますよ～！
沖縄の物産、特産、工芸品はもちろんのこと、お食事ブースやライブイベントなども充実していますのでお子様連れでも楽しんで頂けると思います♪
沖縄に住んでいても意外と知らない物産だったり工芸品だったりもあったりしますよね、そういう発見の場としてもいいのかもしれません♪
どうぞ、ご家族そろって足を運んでみてくださいね♪
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2012年01月28日
ド迫力のドリフト大会！
Drifting! Roaring! Exciting! All words to describe the excitement of the Okinawa Motor Festival coming to Yukari pasture in Nago City this weekend.
While countless eyes are on northern Okinawa's cherry blossoms, hundreds and hundreds of motor enthusiasts will be making their way to northern Okinawa to either race, or watch the races that involve drifting, a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns while maintaining vehicle control at a high speed. The excitement of the sport, which dates back to the 1930s, brought 2,300 spectators to the Yukari pasture last year.
A total of 80 cars and 30 motorcycles may be entered in the competition. Entry fee for the festival sponsored by Okinawa Toyota and the Okinawa Motor Festival is ￥1,000. A raffle will determine the winner of a prize for attendance, a ticket for a three-day, two-night Tokyo adventure that includes a Tokyo Disney Land pass.
Saturday is a day for rehearsals and time trials, says Hirotatsu Oshiro, the festival's chief organizer. Sunday will be a day of event finals. "We'll be dividing up the events to include trials in April, July and September, in addition to these in January. This weekend is the first match of the year." Oshiro says "the purpose of this event is to bring up driver rallies in Okinawa, because Okinawa is isolated and driving techniques are lower."
Oshiro says his dream "is that we create an official circuit in Okinawa one day." He says the other events will be April 28th & 29th, September 29th & 30th, and the final matches December 8th & 9th. The events this weekend open at 9 a.m. and finish each day at 4 p.m.
For the uninitiated, Oshiro says drifting has evolved into a competitive sport where competitions are based on lines, angle, speed, the amount of smoke, and show factor. Judging takes place on a small part of the circuit. Typically, drift cars are light to moderate weight rear-wheel-drive coupes and sedans over a large range of power levels. Clutches on drift cars tend to be very tough ceramic brass to allow rapid techniques that upset the car's balance.
Points are awarded during tandem passes, based upon overtaking the lead car under drift conditions, while spins and overtaking the lead car results in forfeiting points. Other points are added for increasing a lead under drift conditions, or for maintaining a close gap while chasing another car under drift conditions. Competitive cars run anywhere from turbo-charged high horsepower four cylinder engines, to big displacement V10 engines generating between 400-850 horsepower.
The sport's popularity has even led to computer games and arcade races. The technique is now considered mainstream in virtually all modern games.
To get to Yukari field drive north on Hwy 58 all the way to Nago. Just as you're about to enter the city turn right on Hwy 329. Drive across the island, and turn right towards Futami at a traffic light, and again immediately left. Go past the bullfighting ring and to the parking lot. Alternatively, drive north on Hwy 329 past Camp Schwab and the entrance to Futami bypass tunnel to the traffic light above. Then turn right.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ワンポイント★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
traction - 粘着摩擦
evolve - 発展させる、展開させる
forfeit - 喪失、失う、犠牲にする
↑なんと！こちらの写真のドライバー、若干１６歳なんですと！！スゴイ〜！
すごい迫力なんでしょうね～！
ドリフト大会と言い変えてもいいくらいのイベントではないでしょうか！？
今週末に名護のゆかり牧場にて行われる沖縄モーターフェースティバルは迫力満点のイベントになるはずですよ♪
外国人はこれまたこういったイベントが大好きなんですよね～！
もともと日本車にはかなりの興味を持ち、日本のスポーツカーなどにすごく憧れを抱いていますね。
ホイールやスポイラー、中にはエンジン自体を本国へ持って帰る人達もいるくらいです。
それくらいステイタスあるらしいんですね～。
そんな名車が揃って迫力ある走行を魅せるわけですからね～、今回も外国人の見物人がそうとう多くなると思いますよ♪
こちらのイベントは、年５回開催するということで、今後も話題のイベントになりそうです♪
今週末は北部が熱いですね～！興味のある方は是非！訪れてみてくださいね♪
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While countless eyes are on northern Okinawa's cherry blossoms, hundreds and hundreds of motor enthusiasts will be making their way to northern Okinawa to either race, or watch the races that involve drifting, a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns while maintaining vehicle control at a high speed. The excitement of the sport, which dates back to the 1930s, brought 2,300 spectators to the Yukari pasture last year.
A total of 80 cars and 30 motorcycles may be entered in the competition. Entry fee for the festival sponsored by Okinawa Toyota and the Okinawa Motor Festival is ￥1,000. A raffle will determine the winner of a prize for attendance, a ticket for a three-day, two-night Tokyo adventure that includes a Tokyo Disney Land pass.
Saturday is a day for rehearsals and time trials, says Hirotatsu Oshiro, the festival's chief organizer. Sunday will be a day of event finals. "We'll be dividing up the events to include trials in April, July and September, in addition to these in January. This weekend is the first match of the year." Oshiro says "the purpose of this event is to bring up driver rallies in Okinawa, because Okinawa is isolated and driving techniques are lower."
Oshiro says his dream "is that we create an official circuit in Okinawa one day." He says the other events will be April 28th & 29th, September 29th & 30th, and the final matches December 8th & 9th. The events this weekend open at 9 a.m. and finish each day at 4 p.m.
For the uninitiated, Oshiro says drifting has evolved into a competitive sport where competitions are based on lines, angle, speed, the amount of smoke, and show factor. Judging takes place on a small part of the circuit. Typically, drift cars are light to moderate weight rear-wheel-drive coupes and sedans over a large range of power levels. Clutches on drift cars tend to be very tough ceramic brass to allow rapid techniques that upset the car's balance.
Points are awarded during tandem passes, based upon overtaking the lead car under drift conditions, while spins and overtaking the lead car results in forfeiting points. Other points are added for increasing a lead under drift conditions, or for maintaining a close gap while chasing another car under drift conditions. Competitive cars run anywhere from turbo-charged high horsepower four cylinder engines, to big displacement V10 engines generating between 400-850 horsepower.
The sport's popularity has even led to computer games and arcade races. The technique is now considered mainstream in virtually all modern games.
To get to Yukari field drive north on Hwy 58 all the way to Nago. Just as you're about to enter the city turn right on Hwy 329. Drive across the island, and turn right towards Futami at a traffic light, and again immediately left. Go past the bullfighting ring and to the parking lot. Alternatively, drive north on Hwy 329 past Camp Schwab and the entrance to Futami bypass tunnel to the traffic light above. Then turn right.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ワンポイント★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
traction - 粘着摩擦
evolve - 発展させる、展開させる
forfeit - 喪失、失う、犠牲にする
↑なんと！こちらの写真のドライバー、若干１６歳なんですと！！スゴイ〜！
すごい迫力なんでしょうね～！
ドリフト大会と言い変えてもいいくらいのイベントではないでしょうか！？
今週末に名護のゆかり牧場にて行われる沖縄モーターフェースティバルは迫力満点のイベントになるはずですよ♪
外国人はこれまたこういったイベントが大好きなんですよね～！
もともと日本車にはかなりの興味を持ち、日本のスポーツカーなどにすごく憧れを抱いていますね。
ホイールやスポイラー、中にはエンジン自体を本国へ持って帰る人達もいるくらいです。
それくらいステイタスあるらしいんですね～。
そんな名車が揃って迫力ある走行を魅せるわけですからね～、今回も外国人の見物人がそうとう多くなると思いますよ♪
こちらのイベントは、年５回開催するということで、今後も話題のイベントになりそうです♪
今週末は北部が熱いですね～！興味のある方は是非！訪れてみてくださいね♪
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2012年01月27日
JU 1/26 Electric issue update!
This week's Japan Update Electric issue is Updated!!
Please check it!
http://i.wook.jp/000217/217006/
Japan Update 1/26号が発行されました〜！
今週号のメイン記事はやはり！今が旬の北部桜祭り！
毎年名護の桜祭りは曇りか雨のイメージですが（＾＾； 今年も例外無く天気悪いですね〜。。
しかし！この際天気などは気にせずにバッチリ楽しんじゃいましょう〜♪
プロ野球キャンプも始まりますし、北部が熱い季節がやってきましたね♪
Also Okistyle Okinawan Lifestyle site is updating day by day, please check here too!
英語版沖縄ライフスタイル情報サイト、Okistyleも日々更新中なので是非ご覧になってみてください♪
Please check it!
http://i.wook.jp/000217/217006/
Japan Update 1/26号が発行されました〜！
今週号のメイン記事はやはり！今が旬の北部桜祭り！
毎年名護の桜祭りは曇りか雨のイメージですが（＾＾； 今年も例外無く天気悪いですね〜。。
しかし！この際天気などは気にせずにバッチリ楽しんじゃいましょう〜♪
プロ野球キャンプも始まりますし、北部が熱い季節がやってきましたね♪
Also Okistyle Okinawan Lifestyle site is updating day by day, please check here too!
英語版沖縄ライフスタイル情報サイト、Okistyleも日々更新中なので是非ご覧になってみてください♪
