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Yohena’s Ajisai-en, The Hydrangea Garden… [Nature & Environment]
As spring moves toward summer, the floral landscape of northern Okinawa is taking on new colors as hydrangea flowers, or ajisai’s in Japanes...Read More
International Orchid Show opens Nov. 12 … [Nature & Environment]
Orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants with some 28,000 different species. They are also widely admired for their beaut...Read More
"Tankan" is taste of Okinawan winter [Nature & Environment]
“Tankan” is an Okinawan tangerines. They’re relatively small, and their orange-colored skin looks a bit rough and hard to peel o...Read More
2013.02.10
Free trees offered at 4th Camellia Festival in Kunigami [Nature & Environment]
Natural beauty meets a beautiful natural scent as the 4th Camellia Festival takes place beginning Saturday in Kunigami Village Forest Park. The festival and exhibition focus on cam...
2013.02.03
Whale watching season produces photo exhibition [Nature & Environment]
The humpback whales are migrating in Okinawa waters, and whale watching season’s in full swing with tours running daily to watchers known to attract the lumbering behemoths. For th...
2013.01.27
Botanical garden encourages back-to-nature visits [Nature & Environment]
Peace and tranquility, walks along pathways through woods filled with plants, flowers, birds and insects, are all in the spotlight through February 11th at the Bios on the Hill nat...
2013.01.27
Himawari Festival brings forth golden sunflowers [Nature & Environment]
At first mention of a flower with a smiling face, everyone thinks of a sunflower, and the Himawari Festival pays homage to Japan’s “earliest sunflower”. About 40,000 sunflowers beg...
2013.01.27
Humpback whales take limelight [Nature & Environment]
By Bill Charles They are big and slow, but they love to play and have fun. Humpback whales are making their annual migration to Okinawa waters, and now it’s easy for people to watc...
2013.01.20
Cosmos in full bloom at Asato in Nakagusuku [Nature & Environment]
Central Okinawa is alive with the vibrant colors of flowers in bloom, with more than 100,000 cosmos now in full bloom in Nakagusuku’s Asato district. The flowers are in bloom throu...
2013.01.20
Nago Fishing Port salutes sakura with its own festival [Nature & Environment]
The colorful pink sakura, the cherry blossom, is in full bloom across northern Oknawa, and Nago Fishing Port is taking the occasion to have its own 13th Village of Flowers, Hana no...
2012.12.01
Wonder Museum wants visitors to ‘meet snake’ [Nature & Environment]
The Wonder Museum at Okinawa Kodomo no Kuni is venturing down a somewhat different path from now through January 27th, wanting to introduce visitors to snakes from both a cultural...
2012.09.21
Sanba blasts Okinawa, Kyushu en route to Korea [Nature & Environment]
A man fell off his roof in Kagoshima Sunday and was killed, and a snorkeler drowned in Ishigaki some 200 meters off the coastline after being carried away by high waves as Typhoon ...
2012.08.17
Okinawa Kodomono-Kuni offers Saturzoo Nights [Nature & Environment]
It’s a different perspective on a zoo’s animal inhabitants, but that’s what the zoo of Okinawa Kodomono-kuni is offering through September 1st. SaturZoo Night is a time for the zoo...
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