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OkiPark Vol.40 Iso Park [Park]
Iso Park is located in the Iso District in Urasoe City, and it’s near the Urasoe Dai Kouen (Big Park). Iso Park is unique in that it is a pl...Read More
The42nd Annual Okinawa Industry Festiva… [Festival Shopping]
The 42nd Annual Okinawa Industry Festival, which showcases many products made in Okinawa will open its doors in Onoyama Park and the Okinaw...Read More
October 17th, Okinawa Soba Day [CULTURE Gourmet]
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
2015.02.22
Unique art created from PET bottles astonishes [Living]
A PET bottle art exhibition is under way at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum, with an artist demonstrating how throw-away plastic cans be transformed into very special art. Pet bottl...
2015.02.22
Leveraging innovation to solve problems [Education]
By Jovan D. Rebolledo-Mendez, PhD Most of us have the intrinsic spirit of succeeding and becoming better; whatever is the challenge one chooses. The incentive of winning a prize in...
2015.02.22
Getto – Medicinal leaves right under our noses [Health & Beauty]
By David Higgins On December 8th of the Lunar calendar, every family home in Okinawa creates Muuchii (flavored rice cakes). They carefully wrap each muuchii in a leaf that has a d...
2015.02.22
Eggplant and miso [Cooking Recipe]
Japanese people use miso for all kinds of dishes other than miso soup. This is one of my favorite dishes, which uses miso and sweet sake, mirin. This recipe uses only vegetables bu...
2015.02.20
Okinawa Food Flea tickles tastebuds for third time [Gourmet]
A unique food event that debuted on Okinawa six months ago was so much fun it came back in November, and now public demand is such that it’s happening again this Sunday. The Okinaw...
2015.02.20
Palates ready for tasty Okinawa A-lunch competition [Gourmet]
The 4th Koza A Lunch Championship is only hours away, with Okinawan restaurants gearing up for a Sunday battle of the palates, with the public serving as the judges who determine w...
2015.02.20
Yomitan Yachimun Fair introduces classic pottery [Shopping]
Yomitan is a pottery town, where its artisans are banding together this weekend to present the 22nd Yomitan Yachimun Fair. Annually, some 20,000 people flock to the Yomitan Yachimu...
2015.02.20
Fresh, tasty veggie festa on tap in Okinawa City [Gourmet]
The 3rd Nuchigusui Festa, a festival featuring organic and natural farmed vegetables, is showcasing its wares Saturday and Sunday in Okinawa City. The festival is also a sales even...
2014 worst accident year on record for yanbarukuina [Nature & Environment]
According to the Naha Regional Environmental Office of the Ministry of Environment, there were 47 reported cases of traffic accidents involving yanbarukuina, or Okinawan rail, in 2...
2015.02.16
Daikon and Pork Braise [Cooking Recipe]
I noticed a lot of people are wondering how to use daikon radish when I do a supermarket tour. There are so many dishes you can cook using daikon. Ingredients • 1/3 daikon radish •...
2015.02.15
Record Fair at Café UNIZON to bring nostalgia [Shopping]
It is a second hand records fair, with four selected record shops on Okinawa holding special opportunities through March 2nd to mix and mingle with professional musicians, artists ...
2015.02.15
Kadena nail salon takes customers personally [Health & Beauty]
The motto of the nail salon in Kadena BX services mall is simple enough, stating “Simply Perfect” That also happens to be the name of the shop. Shop Manager Crystal says that the a...
2015.02.15
Southeast Asian artist brings talent to Okinawa [Living]
A Malay-Singaporean artist is in Okinawa, and opened an Art Exhibition Saturday in Yomitan. Syahidah Osman, a self-taught and ambidextrous artist whose works are being featured acr...
2015.02.12
Sunday Ginoza Marche focuses on crafts [Shopping]
There is another craft market in Ginoza this weekend, guaranteed to generate more excitement than only handmade goods can offer. The venue is at the Hanshin Tigers professional bas...
2015.02.12
Remote Okinawa islands seek public attention, tourism [Living]
Okunawa Tourism, Products and Traditional Performing Arts Fair opens tomorrow at the Okinawa Times Building, with five remote islands banding together to focus attention on their c...
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...
2015.02.09
Sunflowers compete with sakura for visitor attention [Nature & Environment]
Bursts of golden yellow are cropping up in the fields of Kitanakagusuku, where sunflowers are expected to be in full bloom in about three weeks, like the colorful cherry blossoms a...
2015.02.09
From Tokyo fast food to American main stream, history of sushi [Gourmet]
By David Higgins The history of sushi began in the 8th century. Due to the fact that there were no refrigerators, people making sushi would preserve the fish and rice a little di...
2015.02.09
Tankan, strawberries are taste of Okinawan winter [Nature & Environment]
Tony Nakamoto The picking season for Tankan, a citrus fruit grown especially in the northern regions of Okinawa, is in full swing. And so is the season on the only strawberry farm ...
2015.02.06
Bartenders compete for Awamori Cocktail Contest title [Gourmet]
The 11th All Japan Awamori Cocktail Contest kicks off Sunday afternoon with more than two dozen of Asia’s best bartenders wanting to win the title of ‘Best Awamori Cocktail Artisa...
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