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Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2025 [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
2014.03.26
Golden Kings coast to victories over Nara [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
It was little more than a pair of warm up games to prepare for the upcoming Basketball Japan League playoffs as the Ryukyu Golden Kings pounded the Bambitious Nara twice in front o...
2014.03.24
Three surf shops you should know about [Sports]
By David Higgins While living on Okinawa, you may have noticed numerous people surfing and enjoying the waves. If you feel too intimidated to ask how to begin surfing or even wher...
2014.03.19
UCLA Bruins women’s soccer team ready for fun on Okinawa [Sports]
The UCLA Bruins women’s soccer team has won the Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12) championship eight times since it was established in 1993. The team has appeared nine times in ...
2014.03.18
Golden Kings suffer only sixth loss of season [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Stunned is the only way to describe reactions of the Ryukyu Golden Kings Thursday night as they ventured into the Fukuoka City Kyuden Gymnasium to take on the Rizing Fukuoka in the...
2014.03.12
Golden Kings boost home record to 21-1 [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
To the delight of the home fans watching in the Okinawa City Gymnasium, the Ryukyu Golden Kings kept pouring on the records with a pair of victories over the Shiga Lakestars. Okina...
2014.03.12
Onnarin Sattayabanphot of Thailand wins 2014 Daikin Orchid tournament [Sports]
Four birdies on her last ten holes was exactly what was needed for Onnarin Sattayabanphot to sweep past the defending champion to win the Daikin Orchid Japan Ladies Professional Go...
2014.03.07
Purse record ¥100 million for JLPGA Daikin Orchid [Sports]
Groundskeepers are putting the finishing touches on the Ryukyu Country Club course in preparation for the 27th annual Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament this weekend, and the hot...
2014.03.07
International Shorin-ryu Karate and Kobudo seminar in Yomitan [Sports]
By Bill Charles Shorin-ryu style Karate and Kobudo will be showcased over the coming week as the Oshukai Sohonbu International Karate Headquarters in Yomitan opens its doors to the...
2014.03.05
Golden Kings secure place in BJL playoffs [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The high flying Ryukyu Golden Kings hammered the Shimane Susanoo Magic, not only picking up the pair of victories at the Matsue City Comprehensive Athletic Park in Shimane Prefectu...
2014.03.02
Narito Namisato back with Golden Kings [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Narito Namisato, the guard who successfully played with the Ryukyu Golden Kings but quit the team after 2012-13 season in order to try to break into the NBA in the U.S. has returne...
2014.02.28
Beach Soccer Tournament is something to see [Sports]
Beach soccer? Really? Yep! Beach soccer is here on Okinawa, and a stretch of beach near Igei Marine Park is the setting for this weekend’s beach soccer tournament. The 7th Kin T...
2014.02.28
Golden Kings show power in Ishigaki [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The high-flying Ryukyu Golden Kings demonstrated their intense teamwork skills in front of an enthusiastic Ishigaki Island audience over the weekend, slamming the Takamatsu Five Ar...
2014.02.20
World’s top two women’s soccer teams to face off in Okinawa [Sports]
Okinawa’s warm weather is the perfect environment for sports spring training, as professional and semi-pro teams go through their paces. Overlooked by the invasion of professional ...
2014.02.19
Kyoto Hannarytz proves Golden Kings is fallible [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Kyoto Hannaryz, chief rival to the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the Basketball Japan League’s Western Conference, took Okinawa to task in a weekend series, allowing the visitors to b...
2014.02.15
Bodysurfing with new twist [Sports]
By David Higgins A new trend to enjoy waves has reached Okinawa that is much different from surfboarding or bodyboarding. It’s called hand plane surfing and it’s done with a small...
2014.02.13
Sunday’s Okinawa Marathon is big deal [Sports]
It’s anybody’s race to win Sunday as more than 11,000 runners step to the Naha starting line for the 2014 Okinawa Marathon. The traditional winners of the past few years were all o...
Ryu Shichinohe wins judo’s 100 kg weight class in Paris [Sports]
Naha Nishi High School alumni Ryu Shichinobe won the 100-kg class in the Judo Grand Slam tournament that was held in Paris. Sunday. In the tournament there were a total of seven we...
Kume Island erects monument to celebrate Rakuten’s baseball championship [Sports]
Kume Island unveiled a monument, Feb. 2, in honor of pro-baseball team Rakuten Eagles’ last season championship. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles conducts their annual spring training ...
2014.02.11
Golden Kings dominate at home [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Same song, but different verse, as the Golden Kings for the third time this season are on their way with another winning streak, this time hammering the hapless Osaka Evessa in fro...
2014.02.07
Pro baseball teams start spring training on Okinawa [Sports]
By Bill Charles It’s hard to decide whether to be humming “Baby It’s Cold Outside” or “Take me out to the ball game”, because both fit the bill for this week’s blustery, windy weat...
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