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Shima Uta is the most famous song associated with Okinawa. Originally written by Kazufumi Miyazawa, the lead singer of the rock band The Boom (who are not even Okinawans) and released in 1993, it was the group’s best-selling single, at 1.5 million copies sold. The song has been covered by quite a few people, but to me the best version is still by Rimi Natsukawa, a true-blue Okinawan.