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"Hiya, Yakkayakka" - Drinking Sacred Sake and Dancing in Prayer for a Bountiful Harvest at the Sutuupunaka Festival on Tarama Island, Okinawa

[Tarama] The "Sutuupunaka" festival, a ritual in Tarama Village, Okinawa Prefecture, to give thanks for a bountiful harvest and pray for a good harvest next year, was held on the 19th at four festival sites in the village. When the priestess Tsukasa and others visited Nagashiga, the first festival site, the residents welcomed them with deep-fried fish, tempura, and a soup containing fish cakes.
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[Tarama] The "Sutuupunaka" festival, a ritual in Tarama Village, Okinawa Prefecture, to give thanks for a bountiful harvest and pray for a good harvest next year, was held on the 19th at four festival sites in the village. When the priestess Tsukasa and others visited Nagashiga, the first festival site, the residents welcomed them with deep-fried fish, tempura, and a soup containing fish cakes.

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沖縄タイムス+プラス broke the news on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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