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Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2024 [Family Sports]
Okinawa is the southernmost prefecture in Japan, and that means it’s the warmest place in the country in the wintertime. Because of that, ma...Read More
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Sports]
・2/25 – 2/26 Yomitan Yachimun Market @ Farmers Market Yunta Ichiba in Yomitan village 10:00~17:00 Free to enter https://www.yomitan-sy...Read More
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Sports]
・12/11 Churashima Air Fest at Naha Air Base 9:00 – 15:00 Free to enter (Free courtesy bus will be available from Naha Military Port an...Read More
2013.11.13
Golden Kings trade Scootie Randall, grab Draelon Burns [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
When a basketball team’s top scorer gets a pink ticket for a trade, you know the Ryukyu Golden Kings are looking for something special. That’s exactly what happened this week with ...
Chura Shima Okinawa Century Run 2014 cycle race scheduled [Sports]
Organizers of the 5th Chura Shima Okinawa Century Run bicycle race announced that the 2014 race will be held Sunday, Jan 19, 2014. The pre-event for the race takes place a day earl...
2013.11.09
Surfers wax boards for Sunday competition [Sports]
Surf’s up off the Komesu Coast in Itoman, just in time for this weekend’s 12th annual Itoman Mayor’s Cup Surfing Contest. Surfing is a very popular sport on Okinawa, with hordes of...
2013.11.09
Jet ski riders gather to Araha Beach for day of racing Sunday [Sports]
Personal water craft, or PWC, popularly known as jet skis, are popular toys on Okinawa. Besides for just zipping around off resorts and beaches, they are used for serous racing. An...
2013.11.09
Tour de Okinawa draws bicycle racers to Nago [Sports]
The hills are alive around Nago City this weekend, but with the sounds of bicycles, not music, as the Tour de Okinawa generates 23 races. Cyclists will be competing in 13 elements ...
2013.11.05
Golden Kings sweep Kyoto to climb into lead [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings climbed to the top of the Western Conference standings in front of its home fans this past weekend, ousting the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz in a pair of contest...
Strider bike tournament to be held in Yomitan [Sports]
Strider bikes that were originally introduced in the U.S. in 2007, are now going to have their first competition in Okinawa when over 200 children, some as young as two years old, ...
Nakazato selected Japan wheelchair rugby team captain [Sports]
Sun Abilities athletic association for handicapped people announced Tuesday in Urasoe City that wheelchair rugby player Susumu Nakazato has been elected captain of the Japan wheelc...
2013.10.29
Golden Kings snag pair of home court wins [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa’s professional basketball squad is currently third in the Basketball Japan League’s Western Division, but with play like they demonstrated against visiting Rizing Fukuoka, ...
2013.10.28
Going 4 x 4 off road is not about speed [Sports]
If you are an owner of a Toyota Surf, Jimny or a Pajero, with a few modifications you could be ready to explore off-the-beaten track roads in Okinawa. Driving around Okinawa on the...
2013.10.21
Golden Kings split tough series in Shiga [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa’s professional basketball squad didn’t find Shiga Prefecture all that friendly an environment over the weekend, battling from behind to win the first game of their series a...
2013.10.14
Golden Kings stunned with Satuday’s home loss [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The undefeated Ryukyu Golden Kings were waiting as the Tokyo Cinq Rêves came to town last weekend, only to wish they hadn’t as the visitors pushed and pounded Okinawa through an ov...
2013.10.13
FamilyMart opens Ryukyu Golden Kings store [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa FamilyMart has transformed one of their shops in Omoromachi, Naha, into an Okinawa basketball team Ryukyu Golden Kings paradise. The store opened on Sep. 24, and with its n...
2013.10.08
Golden Kings sweep Oita in season openers [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings opened the new Basketball Japan League campaign much as it ended last year’s, whipping out a pair of victories on the road. Okinawa nailed the Oita HeatDevi...
2013.10.07
Golden Kings ready to set BJL on fire as season begins [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
By Jun Ikemura Fired up! – That’s the best term to describe the Ryukyu Golden Kings, who with four pre-season wins already under their belt, are ready for this weekend’s launch of...
2013.10.04
O-League completes successful season [Sports]
When Shun Oshiro established his amateur basketball O-League in 2012 as a “place where players regardless of nationality can exchange friendships through basketball,” he did not kn...
2013.10.02
Golden Kings take pair from Koreans [Sports]
Okinawa again proved an inhospitable place for the visiting Goyang Orions, going up against the Ryukyu Golden Kings in a weekday pair of games that found them on the losing side of...
2013.09.28
Tough guys in Okinawa City [Sports]
By David Higgins Okinawa has the reputation of its citizens being some of the longest living in the entire world. This would imply that staying healthy is most important, but have...
Okinawa’s Ryo Kiyuna wins karate championship for 2nd time [Sports]
The 5th Karate Premium League 2013 Tournament sponsored by World Karate Federation (WKF) was held in Hanau, Germany, Sep. 21st. In men’s singles, Ryo Kiyuna (Ryueiryuryueikai) from...
Children learn soccer techniques from professionals [Sports]
FC Ryukyu soccer coaches and players gathered on Sep. 16 at Okinawa City Stadium for the “Ryukyu Shinpo presents Kid’s Soccer Caravan” event. A total of 60 children from Uruma City...
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