LIFE
Pick Up Stories
Vegetable and Meat Roll [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・6 pieces of thin sliced meat (pork or beef is fine) ・12 sticks of green beans ・1/2 carrot ・Flour (as needed) ・1 tbs of soy sauc...Read More
OkiPark Vol.42 Sakiyama Park [Park]
Sakiyama Park is located in the Sakiyama District just below the Shurijo Castle Park in Naha City. Because it stands on high elevation, you ...Read More
Sueyoshi Park A jungle in the heart of t… [Park]
Contributed by Paul Vermehren Photo by Paul Roddick Love nature? Love exploring? Want to feel like Indiana Jones in the opening scene of Rai...Read More
2016.02.20
Sauteed island carrots and spinach [Cooking Recipe]
Canned ingredients are used frequently in Okinawan cooking, such as canned pork, tuna and mackerel. Oil in canned tuna is used as cooking oil for frying. Ingredients 1 Shimaninjin ...
2016.02.17
Au Sunabe celebrates 20th anniversary with specials [Shopping]
Au’s Sunabe branch shop is celebrating 20 years of service on Okinawa, and to mark the milestone is rolling out some specials to show their appreciation to loyal customers. This Sa...
Public universities announce student applicant numbers [Education]
National and public universities on Okinawa announced the final numbers of applicants for available student slots for the school year starting in April. At the University of the Ry...
2016.02.15
Steamed ‘shimaninjin’ bread baked using rice-cooker [Cooking Recipe]
This bread is very easy to make with a rice-cooker. I didn’t use sugar so it’s not sweet. You can add sugar if you want sweet bread, or add on honey when you eat. You ...
2016.02.14
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 ...
2016.02.14
NPO offers comprehensive two-semester course into Ryukyus [Education Ryukyu History]
By Hoshin Nakamura Okinawa Language Center is offering a course on the history and culture of the Ryukyus titled, “An Introduction to A History & Culture of the Ryukyu Islands”...
2016.02.12
Feb. 14th is day dedicated to romance and sweets [Living]
February 14, Valentine’s Day, is considered world over a day when romance blooms and lovers whisper sweet nothings to each others’ ears. Seemingly, there is no one in the entire wo...
2016.02.08
Okinawa youth showcases science prowess at Urasoe exhibition [Education]
Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc. has organized an event for local young people in Okinawa since 1979 to attract young people’s attention and interest to science, and develop scienc...
2016.02.07
Toyota to showcase full model line-up at Convention Center [Technology]
Toyota, the largest car manufacturer in the world, is organizing a special weekend for car enthusiasts at the Okinawa Convention Center where local dealers display the whole line-u...
2016.02.07
Chimushinji – Okinawan pork and vegetable soup [Cooking Recipe]
Okinawan people eat “Chimushinji” when they have a cold or fell otherwise sick. Ingredients in this dish include pork that contains proteins, fresh Okinawan vegetables, and herbs w...
2016.02.07
Dog poop and stray cats are nuisance at Sunabe Seawall [Living]
By David Higgins I feel very blessed to live along the Sunabe Seawall. It’s a great place to escape for a stroll after work to relieve some of the days’ accumulated stress. D...
2016.02.07
Laundromats on Okinawa offer convenience and speed [House Keeping]
By Jun Ikemura Laundromats, or ‘koin randorii’ (coin laundry) shops as they are usually called in Japan, are experiencing a renaissance with new shops popping up as frequently as c...
2016.02.07
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 ...
2016.02.01
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 ...
2016.02.01
Madara no nitsuke – Simmered cod in sweet soy sauce [Cooking Recipe]
For my English husband, if we have cod, he might say we should have ‘fish and chips’ but my choice would be nitsuke. I like fish and chips but I must say this is a much healthier o...
2016.01.28
Time for new start for sustainable future [Nature & Environment]
By Eduard Heinrich-Sanchez After a short sabbatical, I am back with the new year. The Lunar New Year will ring in on Feb. 9, 2016, ushering in the “Year of the Monkey”....
2016.01.25
Anko Dango – Red bean paste with rice cake [Cooking Recipe]
I love Japanese deserts made with rice cake. I also love making them because they are so easy to make. This time my two-year-old daughter helped me making balls and we had a really...
2016.01.22
Classic Sports Car Rally through Okinawa 2016 [Technology]
About 50 classic sports cars are scheduled to take part in a rally this weekend on a two-day tour that takes off and ends both days from Laguna Garden Hotel in Ginowan. The Saturda...
2016.01.18
OIST hosts nature photo exhibition [Nature & Environment]
A photo exhibition titled “Nature Therapy” featuring pictures of underwater creatures and hermit crabs living in their adopted homes of beach trash. The exhibition will be held at ...
2016.01.18
Aimee Machiels dedicates her life to dance [Living]
Aimee (Machiels) who on stage uses only her first name, is a belly dancer born in Hawaii. Her great-grandfather was Yuko Majikina, a renown choreographer and performer of Okinawan ...
RYUKYU PRESS