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‘Year of the Dragon’ begins in Okinawan … [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE]
Legend has it that Buddha asked all animals to meet him on the Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one, and an...Read More
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!! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・11/3~11/5 Shuri Castle Restoration Festival @ Shuri Castle 10:00~ https://oki-park.jp/shurijo/en/event/8414 PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Qj...Read More
Orix Real Estate building new hotel in Chatan [Business]
Orix Real Estate is starting today the construction of a new hotel with 160 rooms in the “Fisherina Ward” next to Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort in Mihama, Chatan Town. The hotel is ...
New housing starts to drop to less than 10,000 in 2033 [Business]
Nansei Shoto Industrial Advancement Center (NIAC) is predicting that the demand of new housing in Okinawa Prefecture will drop in the future, and the starts of the new housing cons...
American, Japanese Boy Scouts to have jamborette this weekend [News]
The Okinawa Council Scout Association of Japan, with the Asia Central District, Far East Council, Boy Scouts of America, will hold the 23rd U.S.-Japan Friendship Jamborette Nov. 5-...
Taxi starting fares hiked from Nov. 1 [News]
The starting fare of taxis on Okinawa Main Island rose from Nov. 1. The new starting fare of an ordinary taxicab with the engine displacement of less than 2000cc is now between ¥53...
Urasoe Sogo Hospital to move to Maeda [News]
Urasoe Sogo Hospital that has sought a place to move and build a new hospital to replace its current deteriorated building, has found a new site in Maeda, Urasoe City, to build a n...
Awamori and food stall village now open at Kumoji [News]
The Awamori Cocktail Promotion Council is and organization that aims to introduce new awamori-based cocktails to represent Okinawa and familiarize the public with them. The council...
“Ferry Zamami 3” starts service [News]
A ceremony to mark the start of service of “Ferry Zamami 3” was held Tuesday at Tomari Port in Naha. The new ferry will ply a route between Zamami Village and Naha. Participants to...
Okinawa men’s team wins Karate Kata gold medal [Sports]
The Karate World Championships final was held last Sunday in Linz, Austria. At the final group competition of Kata, the Japanese men’s team won France 5 – 0, while the Japane...
2016.11.03
The Green Line – Marines’ Okinawa bus line fetes 15 years in business [Military]
By David Higgins On the Okinawa Marine Bases there exists a world class bus service that has been running now over 15 years. On Oct. 14th, the Green Line Bus Service marked the mom...
2016.11.03
24-hour currency exchange opens at Sunabe [Business]
There are many currency exchange shops around Chatan and Okinawa City, and a new one seems to open almost daily. That has made the life very convenient from the days one had to vis...
Kings split weekend for second time in row [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings played against Shiga Lakestars Sunday and Monday in a road game in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, and ended up for the second time in a row with a spilt weekend series. T...
Toast of Awamori with 10,000 people [News]
A committee organizing a simultaneous toast of Awamori with 10,000 people is calling for people to participate to the toast at 20:00 on Wednesday (Nov. 2). Consumption of awamori h...
U.S. Marine drowns in snorkeling accident [News]
A U.S. Marine drowned in a snorkeling accident Saturday afternoon off a beach at Cape Maeda, Onna Village. The Naha Maritime Safety Agency and Ishikawa Police received an emergency...
School lunch milk changed to processed variety [News]
Because of decreasing volume of raw milk production on Okinawa, milk given to students with school-provided lunches on Okinawa has been changed to processed milk. According to the ...
Mo Charlo, Kings separate [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings announced that the team and forward Mo Charlo who joined the team this season, have mutually agreed to part ways. No specific reason was given. Mo Charlo, w...
Japanese ex-actress arrested for using pot on Ishigaki [News]
Police and agents of the Narcotics Control Department of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry arrested former actress Sae Takagi, whose real name Ikue Masudo, on Ishigaki Island ...
Vegetable prices on Okinawa soar in wake of mainland floods [News]
Prices of fresh vegetables on Okinawa have recently climbed up to almost twice the level usual this time of the year. Officials in the agriculture business put the blame on the two...
Stranger attempts to kidnap elementary school student [News]
A stranger attempted to kidnap an elementary school boy into his car in the Kuba district of Nakagusuku Village Monday morning. According to Ginowan Police, a man grabbed the 5th g...
Ryukyu Bank to install temporary ATM at Cellular Stadium [News]
The Bank of the Ryukyus announced that it will temporarily install an ATM inside of the Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha for the convenience of participants to the 6th World Uchinanch...
Himeyuri Museum publishes English version of its guide [News]
Himeyuri Peace Museum published Oct. 21st an English language version of its booklet “Himeyuri Peace Museum” in order to teach the world about the importance of peace. The guide bo...
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