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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
International Orchid Show 2023 starts No… [Living]
The Okinawa International Orchid Show is designed to gain attention for orchids, promoting the spread of floriculture, creation of ar...Read More
The ‘Ritou Fair’ puts Focus on the Outer… [Festival Shopping]
A three-day annual fair called the ‘Ritou Fair’ opens Friday, November 24th at the Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha at Onoyama Park in Naha Cit...Read More
2013.07.06
Renaissance promise: Mouth-watering American experience [Gourmet]
American Independence Day is isn gone but under the theme of “Hello! America★” the Renaissance Okinawa Resort is running a special promotion designed to provide real American culin...
2013.07.05
16th Summer Calanthe Exhibition all about orchids [Nature & Environment]
Neo Park Okinawa is the venue for Summer Calanthe, an exhibition focusing on a kind of an orchid of the wildness now in bloom through September. The Summer Calanthe exhibition kick...
2013.07.05
McDonald’s goes upscale [Gourmet]
McDonald’s Co. Japan Ltd. announced Tuesday a three new top of the line hamburgers it calls “Quarter Pounder Jewelry”. Each of the three costs ¥1,000, and each is...
2013.07.04
I LOVE OKINAWA Campaign® news [Nature & Environment]
Our call for sponsors and support was answered by the Johnson Controls Inc. Japan under their Blue Sky Involve Program. Employees selected NPO Okinawa O.C.E.A.N. for a $1,000 grant...
2013.07.04
Global warming, coral reefs focus of conference [Nature & Environment]
A two-day international conference on coral reef conservation ended in Okinawa Prefecture, Sunday, with a call for collaborative action against global warming. A chair’s stat...
2013.07.04
Environmental Conference decides to meet again; Keramas to become National Marine Park [Nature & Environment]
By Edo Heinrich-Sanchez Amidst the headlines panning the proposed landfill at Ourawan Bay (Henoko) at the cost of 2310 x ¥100,000,000 and prayers for peace at the June 30th Miyamor...
2013.06.30
“A Crossing of Minds” to be joint OIST & OPU project [Living]
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts (OPU) will jointly hold a public exhibition “A CROSSING OF MIN...
2013.06.30
World O.C.E.A.N. seeks funding for fall project [Nature & Environment]
The World Ocean Culture & Environment Action Network has launched its 21st annual I love Okinawa Campaign this month, and is now looking for assistance to revamp the organizati...
2013.06.27
Nangoku Café supports Hiyakamichi Project [Shopping]
This weekend’s Nangoku Café is a project launched to further develop the historically attractive public market in Naha, binding together three pillars of a school, a movie theater ...
2013.06.27
Princess Moon sweets set earns highest confectionary prize [Gourmet News]
The Princess Moon mango and shiqwasa set made by Okashi no Porshe, a confectionary company in Yomitan Village, was awarded the highest prize, the Honorary President’s Award, at the...
2013.06.26
Issaigassai Festival accents child abuse prevention [Family]
It’s a festival based on a theme of family bonding, promoting togetherness while drawing attention to prevention of child abuse. The 10th Issaigassai Festival’s cornerstone this we...
2013.06.26
Int’l Conference seeks to protect coral reefs from climate change [Nature & Environment]
Dozens of officials from Japan and five other countries are gathering in Okinawa this weekend to get down to serious discussions on protecting coral reefs from climate change. The ...
2013.06.24
Warmer weather brings beach service opportunities [Nature & Environment]
Many hands pull together on Okinawa to keep waters and beaches clean, and organizations are now putting together summer programs to get the job done. The “I Love Okinawa / I Love M...
2013.06.21
McDonald’s to start offering new premium burgers Monday [Gourmet]
The face of a McDonald’s hamburger takes a new look beginning Monday, when the chain will begin selling premium hamburgers at more than ¥500. McDonald’s Holdings Co. says the premi...
2013.06.10
Ceramics Art Exhibition opens next week in Yaese [Shopping]
Haebaru native Yumiko Kinjo is a ceramist who’s known both within Okinawa and across Japan for her unique ceramics, which go on exhibition next week at Nishimui Bijutsu. The free e...
2013.06.09
Handmade crafts theme for upcoming CoCo Marche [Shopping]
Tedako Hall in urasoe City is the venue, Tuesday, for a free handicraft fair known as CoCo Marche Vol. 6. The theme for this marche is “Fun of Handmade Miscellaneous Goods”, an eve...
2013.06.07
The Best of Okinawa Living—Now New & Improved! [Shopping]
The Best of Okinawa Living, the 300+ page pictorial compilation brought to you by the award-winning staff of Okinawa Living Magazine has received its first major upgrade since its ...
2013.06.07
“Machi Mai” is a stroll through Naha downtown [Shopping]
Citizens are being invited to a Machi Mai in June…literally…to talk a walk through town. Naha City Tourist Information Center is behind the Machi Mai events Friday, June 7th, Satur...
2013.06.07
Porcelain artisan showing works in Tsuboya [Living]
One of Okinawa’s best known porcelain artists is in the final days of a Boko-Ten exhibition in the Tsuboya pottery district of Naha City. Manabu Akamine is showing his specialties,...
2013.06.04
Plants, flowers coming to Fair in Okinawa City [Shopping]
A free Plant Fair is coming up in Okinawa City starting Friday at the Okinawa Farmer Training Center in Noborikawa, Okinawa City. Organizers say the Plant Fair, which runs through ...
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