郷きょう友ゆう会かい

noun

hometown association; regional social club

A social organization for people from the same hometown, village, or island who now live in a distant urban area. Strongly associated with Okinawan communities, but the term can apply to other regions as well.

• 沖おき縄なわ出しゅっ身しん者しゃで作つくる郷きょう友ゆう会かいが東とう京きょうで毎まい年とし開ひらかれる。

  A hometown association formed by people from Okinawa is held every year in Tokyo.

• 彼かれは郷きょう友ゆう会かいの集あつまりで久ひさしぶりに同どう郷きょうの友ゆう人じんと会あった。

  At the hometown association gathering, he met friends from his hometown for the first time in a long while.