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October 17th, Okinawa Soba Day [CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT Gourmet LIFE]
A bowl of soba is to Okinawa what a hamburger is to America. Here on the island you can see Okinawa soba signs everywhere. It has become ent...Read More
OkiEvents this Week! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Gourmet]
・11/11 OIST Sicence Festival 2023 @OIST in Onna Village 10:00~16:00 Free to enter https://www.oist.jp/outreach/science-festival-2023 PIN: ht...Read More
Why don’t you try a special éclair that … [Gourmet Shopping]
It has been a long super-hot Okinawa summer and it looks like it will continue a while longer. So much so that it might make you feel exhaus...Read More
Steaks by night, reasonable lunch buffet by day [Gourmet]
As the bright and sunny days of the long, hot Okinawan summer are here, many people head for the shores and beaches around the island. So it’s only natural that the most popular pl...
Right cheese is key to right taste at Champion Tacos [Gourmet]
Over the years, tacos and especially it’s Okinawan variation, taco rice, have become almost a staple on Okinawa and the favorite of many locals and visitors alike. Although taco ri...
Friends of organic unite at Carnival Park market [Gourmet]
Friends of organic food and other natural products are invited to head for Carnival Park in Mihama on Sunday, Jun. 5th, where a special Farmers’ Market will take place on its 2nd f...
24-hour shokudou are ready to serve meals any time, any day [Gourmet]
By Miki Shioda If you were hungry in the middle of night, where would you like to go to eat? Convenience stores are open 24 hours a day, and sell some snack-style food, but few off...
“Taanmu Passport” leads visitors on walking tour through Kin [Gourmet]
Kin Town, the self-proclaimed “Taanmu Capital” of Okinawa introduced “Kin Town Taanmu Passport” in March in order to promote the town’s trademark tuber. The passport is...
Kin Town is prefecture’s main producer of taanmu [Gourmet]
One of the most famous agricultural produces of Kin Town is taanmu, a kind of taro that is grown only on paddy fields with plenty of fresh water available. Kin Town has plenty of p...
Kin Town is the birthplace of Okinawa taco rice [Gourmet]
By Yuka Arata Kin Town has the distinction of being the place where popular lunch dish taco rice was originally created back in the ’60. Over the years, has since spread to mainlan...
Chicken and waffles are not so strange bedfellows [Gourmet]
By David Higgins If you have ever wandered along the Sunabe Seawall then you have surely passed by the CC’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant, only to be stopped in your track...
Renaissance Okinawa Resort presents special promotion for mothers [Gourmet]
The Renaissance Okinawa Resort, one of the jewels among Onna Village resorts, presents a special promotion for all mothers on Okinawa. Starting on Apr. 16th and continuing through ...
Sweet tooth has field day at Chura Sun Beach this Sunday [Gourmet]
Very few things are as irresistible as the aroma of freshly baked bread or cookies, and unforgiving has to be the character who can fight without succumbing to the temptation. A fe...
Weekend BeerFes Okinawa 2016 calls for ‘Kampai’ [Gourmet]
Anyone who is complaining that beers in Japan are but same bland-tasting lager that any of the four huge Japanese breweries make, should head this weekend to the Seamen’s Club near...
Grand Blue introduces perfect way to start perfect day [Gourmet]
One could argue that few restaurants on Okinawa offer a better view for patrons to accompany a meal than Restaurant and Café Grand Blue located on top a hill in Kitanakagusuku. Sta...
Naha Family Festa focuses on fitness and taste buds [Gourmet]
A two-day Naha gourmet event called Naha Meshi takes place for the fifth time this weekend. For this year, organizers have added a new concurrent event aimed at children, called Na...
Okinawa City restaurants battle for best lunch plate meal [Gourmet]
The A-Lunch concept began in Okinawa after World War II, when an Okinawan chef returning from New York had the idea to create an A Lunch, B Lunch and C Lunch, denoting expensive, m...
Sunset Beach to have weekend food festival [Gourmet]
No less than three separate food festivals this weekend are organized this weekend at different locations on the island. In Naha, there’s Naha Meshi Festival, Okinawa City has its ...
Machi Bar Itoman 2016 participants serve se-ika specials [Gourmet]
Local restaurants and izakayas in Itoman City are organizing a gourmet event starting this Friday and running through the end of the month called Machi Bar Itoman 2016. During the ...
Nago fair invites to taste home cooking from around the world [Gourmet]
Nago International Association is organizing its annual home cooking fair titled “Eat the World in Nago” on Sunday, Feb. 7th, from 11:30 to 15:00 at Nago Civic Hall. The fair that ...
Koza Craft Beer Festa on tap on Sunday at Music Town [Gourmet]
Craft beers, or beers brewed in small local breweries in small quantities have a rather short history in Japan. The market for craft beers was opened only in 1994 when the law was ...
To eat less and healthier, consider Japanese ‘washoku’ restaurants [Gourmet]
By David Higgins Have you ever wondered how Japanese people stay so slim and trim? I often find it baffling how slim most Japanese waistlines are while most North American waistlin...
Momogami combines all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu with kuhsu [Gourmet]
Momogami is an Izakaya-type restaurant located on Kokusai Street in Naha that is directly managed by Helios Co., a local brewer of craft beers and distiller of well-known popular a...