Preserving the craft, craftsmen learn to plaster traditional Ryukyuan red-tiles
Tadashi Tabata (far right), president of the Okinawa Ryukyu Aka-gawara Plastering Cooperative, explains the Ryukyuan plastering technique to participants on December 5, at the Okinawa Vocational Ability Development Association in Nishi, Naha City.
December 6, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December5, the Prefectural Ryukyu Aka-gawara Plastering Cooperative held a training course on plastering Ryukyu aka-gawara, or red earthen roof tiles, for plasterers from all over Okinawa, at the Prefectural Vocational Ability Development Association located in Nishi, Naha City. The course objective is to train new talent to preserve the traditional Okinawan scenery of earthen red roof tiles.