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Golden Week, Japan’s Mega Holiday [CULTURE Family Festival]
Spring is here. And in Japan that means warmer weather, cherry blossoms, and rainy season. But, before the rainy season takes hold and shrou...Read More
Ie Island Easter Lily Festival [Festival]
April 27th marks the start of the 27th Annual Yuri Matsuri, the Ie lsland Lily Festival, showcasing more than one million teppoyuri’s, or Ea...Read More
Okinawa’s guardian shisa has its own day… [History Travel & Beach]
April 3rd is the “Day of Shisa” in Okinawa as four (April) is “shi” and three is “san” in Japanese. The day was established in 2002 to promo...Read More
2015.03.11
Rinken Band headlines 3rd Niutu Umachii [ENTERTAINMENT]
Rinken Band, one of Okinawa’s most popular teams of musicians, is leading stage performances of more than a dozen artists at the 3rd Niutu Umachii, called “Meet the Root Music of R...
Movies in AAFES Okinawa Theaters Mar. 7 ~ 13 [Movies -On Base-]
KADENA THEATER Admission Prices Adult $6.00, Child $3.25 3D movies Adult $8.00 Child $5.25 07 Sat 0900 The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water PG 07 Sat 1110 Chappie R ...
2015.03.05
Niutu Umachii pre-event at Okinawa City Hall [ENTERTAINMENT]
The 3rd Niutu Umachii concert was originally slated for last October, but was canceled by the antics of Super Typhoon Vongfong, and is now set for next week. A pre-event, a lobby c...
2015.03.05
Count Basie to be honored at JASDF Concert [ENTERTAINMENT]
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of musician Count Basie’s death, the Japan Air Self Defense Force is paying homage at a Saturday concert in Ginowan City. The 29th JASDF Southwes...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
Mar. 5 ~ 11 Aries As the month has changed you are facing new challenges. Changes in your life that you have thought for a long time would have felt quite unfamiliar even a few mon...
2015.03.01
Jazz pianist Giovanni Mirabassi to play first concert in Okinawa [ENTERTAINMENT]
Jazz pianist Giovanni Mirabassi, often called a solitary genius, is scheduled to come to perform at Garaman Hall at Ginoza Culture Center on Sunday, Mar. 8th.. Born in Perugia, Ita...
2015.03.01
Azaleas now sporting their brilliant colors in Higashi [Festival]
Fifty thousand azaleas are beginning to show their colors in northern Okinawa, only weeks after cherry blossoms made their 2015 debut. Azalea, the delicate flower called ‘royalty o...
Miyako’s Yonahama-Maehama Beach voted best for 3rd time [Travel & Beach]
TripAdvisor.com, one of the world’s most popular travel websites, announced Feb. 18th its annual list of the best beaches in the world as voted by visitors to the website. In the c...
Movies in AAFES Okinawa Theaters Feb. 28 ~ Mar. 06 [Movies -On Base-]
KADENA THEATER Admission Prices Adult $6.00, Child $3.25 3D movies Adult $8.00 Child $5.25 28 Sat 0900 The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water PG 28 Sat 1110 McFarland ...
2015.02.26
Ryukyu traditional performance features masters [ENTERTAINMENT]
There are many Ryukyu traditional performing arts shows on Okinawa, but none better than those performed by OBs who specialize in studying Ryukyu traditional performing arts at Oki...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
Feb. 26 ~ Mar. 4 Aries There’s no doubt that you have to do some changes, but take your time to decide how you are going to go about it. Some people are likely trying to convince y...
Peach Aviation inaugurates Naha – Hong Kong route [Travel & Beach]
Peach Aviation, one of Japan’s Low Cost Carrier (LCC) airlines in Japan, has started a new route connecting Naha and Hong Kong. The carrier held an inauguration ceremony for the ne...
2015.02.22
POP Circus dazzles, thrills Okinawa crowds [ENTERTAINMENT]
By Bill Charles ‘Under the Big Top’ has been the code words for exciting, breathtaking entertainment for the entire family for decades, and for the next six weeks, it is the time f...
Movies in AAFES Okinawa Theaters Feb. 21 ~ 27 [Movies -On Base-]
KADENA THEATER Admission Prices Adult $6.00, Child $3.25 3D movies Adult $8.00 Child $5.25 21 Sat 0900 The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water PG 21 Sat 1115 McFarland ...
2015.02.20
International festival features foods, music [Festival]
The 25th Okinawa City International Exchange Festival is set to entertain this weekend at the Ichibangai Shopping Mall area in Okinawa City. Admission is free for the International...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
Feb. 19 ~ 25 Aries It’s almost a universal trait in us humans to want to be close to another person. Even then some of us think it’s more trouble than it’s worth doing something ab...
Movies in AAFES Okinawa Theaters Feb. 14 ~ 20 [Movies -On Base-]
KADENA THEATER Admission Prices Adult $6.00, Child $3.25 3D movies Adult $8.00 Child $5.25 14 Sat 0930 The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water PG 14 Sat 1145 Jupiter As...
2015.02.12
Battle of Bands knocks out audience at Mahoney’s Boxing Gym [ENTERTAINMENT]
By David Higgins While Mahoney’s Boxing Gym and Bar usually consists of patrons throwing punches in the boxing ring, this Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 5 p.m. the scene will look ju...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
Feb. 12 ~ 18 Aries Many things in your life are proceeding quite fast but, in order to move them in the direction you want, you have to make an extra effort. A request for you to p...
2015.02.09
Fantasy Space in Naha serves fun on five levels [ENTERTAINMENT]
It’s the ultimate entertainment clubhouse, a series of clubs within a single five-story building in downtown Naha City catering to diverse musical interests. Fantasy Space is a clu...
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