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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
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
The special products fair of Toyama pref… [Family Shopping]
OkiEvent! The special products fair of Toyama prefecture will happen at the Miaham boardwalk in Chatan town next weekend! Toyama prefecture ...Read More
2016.12.23
There are many ways to fight holiday binge eating [Family]
By David Higgins A ‘diet’ is basically a personal pact to eat healthy and exercise regularly. It’s an honorable oath, always set with good intentions to work towards becomin...
2016.12.23
All Santas invited to free bicycle and boat rides at Comprehensive Park [Family]
Okinawa Comprehensive Athletic Park is organizing a special Christmas event inviting all Santas and Santa-fans to come to the park to enjoy a free bicycle ride or a boat trip on th...
2016.12.20
Christmas in Japan means feast of fried chicken and cake [Family]
By David Higgins Anyone who has not lived on Okinawa long enough to celebrate Christmas the traditional Japanese way yet might be in for some culture shock over how this ‘western’ ...
2016.10.28
Yaese Halloween Town promises fun-filled day to all small ones [Family]
Yaese Town Office will become a Halloween Town for a day on Saturday, Oct. 29th from 10:00 to 15:30. The office is at 1188, Kochinda, Yaese, Shima-jiri, Okinawa. The free event fea...
Only 14% of Okinawa residents think genders equal [Family]
According to a 2015 survey among residents of Okinawa regarding the gender equality, only 14.4 percent think men and women are equal in everyday life, which is much fewer than the ...
2016.06.24
Night divorce could lead to happier life [Family]
By David Higgins It all began with a fight that led to a divorce… a night divorce. My wife and I always seem to get into an argument around bedtime about what time we should go to ...
2016.01.09
Babies are focus of AsMama Parents and Baby Fair [Family]
Babies are the future of any nation, and the tots are the focus of the AsMama Parents and Babies Fair at San-A Ginowan Convention City departments store on Sunday, Jan. 17th. AsMam...
2015.12.28
Kites to fill skies at Bios Park during New Year holidays [Family]
Japanese people have had an on-going love affair with kites ever since Buddhist missionaries introduced them to Japan sometime during the seventh or eight century. Although the Jap...
2015.10.19
One-year-old Noa needs new heart, fundraising effort is on [Family]
One-year-old girl, Noa Onaga suffers from severe dilated cardiomyopathy, which was diagnosed when she was just 15 days old and still in a hospital in Kumamoto, which is her mother’...
2015.07.31
Makeman Home Center Urasoe introduces Cardboard Amusement Park [Family]
As local school children are starting their summer holidays, Makeman Home Center main store on Highway 58 in Gusukuma, Urasoe, is building an amusement park in the store for childr...
2015.07.24
Japan’s largest composite pet facility open in Chatan [Family]
Pets, along with their owner, will rejoice as a new facility exclusively dedicated to the needs of our four-legged friends and family members open a brand new Okinawa Vets Park Cha...
2015.06.07
Exhibition of iconic Sazae-san at Ryubo [Family]
Sazae-san was originally the female housewife main character of a Japanese comic strip created by Machiko Hasegawa in 1946. It was originally published in Fukunichi Shimbun, a loca...
2015.04.18
Optical illusions create exciting science experience [Family]
A “fushigi” science experience is moving into its final weeks at Ashibinaa Outlet Mall in Tomigusuku, offering a variety of challenges to coincide with the upcoming Golden Week. Pe...
2015.03.20
Kids star at Street Dance Championships [Family]
The 9th Street Dance Championship Dance Max Japan is bringing together dozens of pre-teens and teens to Tamagusuku Sogo Gymnasium in Nanjo City this Sunday. This nationwide dance e...
2015.03.20
“Get fit with your dog!” dog-walk rally in Chatan [Family]
Dog owners and their pets are invited to come to Araha Park in Chatan this Sunday, where Animal Hospital 22 Group and Okinawa Toyopet Toyota dealership are organizing a walk to sup...
2015.03.01
Ryubo Youkai Watch setting local kids under spell [Family]
Youkai, a word or term typically associated with ghosts and Japanese folk creatures, is the latest craze among Japanese and, if anime soothsayers are right, every other pre- and el...
2015.02.12
Dogs get new play zone in Nanjo City [Family]
Dogs are happy about a new Dog Run on Azama SanSan Beach, giving them a new place to relax and run without a leash. The new Dog run at Azama SanSan Beach is the work of the Nanjo C...
Lingerie maker to have event for special needs customers [Family]
Wacoal, one of the largest women’s clothing manufacturers in Japan that specializes in making women’s underwear, is scheduled to hold a consulting and try-on event for women who ha...
2015.01.26
Playgrounds on Okinawa are the best hands down! [Family]
By David Higgins If there is anything Okinawa has that has North America beat, it is the incredibly elaborate children’s playgrounds in every little village, town and city. The fir...
2015.01.04
Problems with new puppy: Crying, accidental swallowing [Family]
Our Animal Hospital 22 Group launched a new pet store named Vet’s Pet in Ameku, Naha City, this September. Located adjacent to our Animal Hospital 20, this medium-size pet st...
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