2 years after the disastrous conflagration at Shuri Castle, 5.3 billion yen has been received in donations from domestic and international sources. How will those contributions be used? (31oc21)

In March of 2020, the “Okinawa Prefectural Shuri Castle Reconstruction Fund” was established. A large volume of donations poured in from within and without the prefecture and from overseas. As of 30 September 2021, the total was 5,310,606,670 yen.


At a meeting of the Shuri Restoration and Reconstruction Headquarters held in July, Governor Denny Tamaki announced a  plan to allocate about 2.4 billion of the total to restore the Main Hall. The remainder was to be put to use on the restoration of other facilities, such as the North and South Halls, and the interior of the castle walls. 


Concerning the plan prepared for use of basic funds, the Prefecture will utilize materials and craftsmen from within the prefecture in order to get maximum profit from (1) a symbolism that is clear to the donors and visitors and (2)  the utilization of inherited and accumulated traditional skills from within the prefecture. 


In addition to the wide diameter timber for the wooden frame procured so far, decisions have been made to allot contributed money variously to procure and process timber from the prefecture to be used for the Main Hall’s walls and ceiling, to procure 60 thousand red tiles, to carve the stones for the Great Dragon Pillar, and to restore the Dragon Head section. Basic funds have been allotted to the 3 plaques that had hung on the second floor of the fire-ravaged Main Hall, with the national government’s agreement that the Prefecture will take care of their production.


Those in charge for the Prefecture have offered a plan to work out the production of items such as the carved wooden handrail for the stairs used by the king of the Ryukyus, the Tang gable decorated with wives, and the demon tiles using basic funds.


At the July meeting, Governor Tamaki made clear his intention to proceed with the work in collaboration with the national government, taking the stance, “This important project links the development  of the Shuri renaissance with the renaissance of Ryukyu history and culture.”


The most recent information on the donation fund can be confirmed on the Prefectural Public Shuri Restoration website.


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Sunday 31 October 2021 at 11:06

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1a33fc9f7b242729b85c63ec91b6bba5175b6e66


Translator’s note:

Denny in the News: news about Okinawan Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 

  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 

  2. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.

  3. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

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