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"Eat Sea Pigs and Learn About History": 550 Sea Pigs Brought From Hawaii to Postwar Okinawa; Event to Be Held in Uruma City on September 26th, Featuring Roasted Sea Pigs and Performing Arts.

An event titled "Pigs Have Arrived from the Sea!" will be held from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM on the 26th at Uruma Marche, a direct sales market for agricultural and marine products in Uruma City. The event will promote the city's brand of pork, "Umibuta," along with the history of how Okinawans from Hawaii sent 550 pigs by ship to Okinawa, which was suffering from food shortages after the war, and how they arrived at White Beach.
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An event titled "Pigs Have Arrived from the Sea!" will be held from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM on the 26th at Uruma Marche, a direct sales market for agricultural and marine products in Uruma City. The event will promote the city's brand of pork, "Umibuta," along with the history of how Okinawans from Hawaii sent 550 pigs by ship to Okinawa, which was suffering from food shortages after the war, and how they arrived at White Beach.

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沖縄タイムス+プラス broke the news on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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