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Shimenawa, sacred New Year rice straw fe… [Living]
“Shimenawa,” literally a “closing rope” is a decoration mostly seen at Shinto shrines to mark holy places where spirits reside. A variation ...Read More
What do you do on Okinawa during the New… [CULTURE LIFE]
It’s finally the end of the year 2025, and so it’s time to ask how was your year 2026? Good memories, bad memories, each person has their ow...Read More
Okinawa Expressway Renewal Work Starts J… [CURRENT ISSUE LIFE Living]
NEXCO, the company operating the Okinawa Expressway announces that Expressway renewal works start from January 6th to April 28th in 2026 bet...Read More
2014.12.01
Cooking with Nao [Cooking Recipe]
Let’s cook simple and tasty Okinawan and Japanese dishes together! From this week we are re-introducing our popular weekly collection of recipes. This time we have enlisted the hel...
2014.11.27
Custom Car Show aims to start fun trend among Okinawa drivers [Living]
Custom cars – classics, hip-hops, street machines old Japanese cars, 4 x 4, trucks and muscle cars — are going to be lined up at Naminoue Umisora Park on Sunday, sure to evoke hund...
2014.11.27
Okinawa gourmet championship seeks hungry voters [Gourmet]
The island’s C-1 gourmet food battle is coming up this weekend as nearly twenty restaurants pit their chefs’ pots and pans against one another, with the public ultimately deciding ...
2014.11.26
Turkey trumps football this Thanksgiving [Living]
The Detroit Lions have less to worry about this Thanksgiving Day than ol’ tom turkey does. The tradition of granting a presidential pardon to the turkey sent to the White House con...
2014.11.24
Ticks are scourge for pets and humans alike [Family]
Not very many people know that ticks spread various diseases to people besides sucking blood. 12 cases has been reported in Japan for infections from ticks. Ticks sucking blood, an...
2014.11.24
Visitors migrate to 10th Open Gardens in Nanjo [Nature & Environment]
It only happens twice a year, when Okinawa’s citizens can walk through and tour the private gardens in Nanjo City, and one of those times began on Saturday. The 10th Open Garden in...
2014.11.24
Okinawa Education and the UNESCO ESD GAP [Education]
By E. Heinrich-Sanchez Amidst the waning election hype and celebrations for the new Governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga and new Mayor (first female) of Naha City Mikiko Shiroma, las...
2014.11.24
Vaping allows dose of nicotine without irritating others [Living]
By David Higgins For smokers that light up a traditional cigarette to get a nicotine fix, they are not only also inhaling the cigarette’s toxic chemicals but sharing this toxic smo...
2014.11.22
GODAC Open House, Kube Techno Festa 2014 on Sunday [Technology]
Japan’s Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC) is again opening its doors to the public with an Open House on Sunday in Toyohara, Nago City. The Open House runs from 10 a.m. ~ 5 ...
2014.11.21
Umanchu Hiroba is handmade sundries market [Shopping]
There’s a brand new handmade goods market in place this weekend, drawing handmade enthusiasts from all over the island together to share. They’ll bring accessories and sundries mad...
2014.11.18
Nakagusuku’s Hagoromo Farm bets on goats [Living]
Did you know you can get goat milk, cheese, yogurt and soap right here in Okinawa? True, and the heart of the goat herds is the Hagoromo Farm in Nakagusuku. It is a very unique go...
2014.11.15
AEON touts Uruma products [Shopping]
Healthy, locally produced products of Okinawa will be one element of the coming three-day Uruma City Exhibition, balanced by entertainment at the AEON Naha Shopping Center. To be s...
2014.11.14
Unique ‘Food Flea’ market in Mihama gears up Sunday [Gourmet]
Virtually everyone loves going to flea markets, searching for bargains on just about anything. Sunday’s flea market at Chatan Fisharina is one with a twist; the items being sold ar...
2014.11.12
Three bags of Japanese chips you should eat [Living]
By David Higgins With the barrage of diet fads and guilt trips about what types of foods you should avoid eating, there sometimes comes an occasion – a payday, Friday, or a holiday...
2014.11.12
Zakimi Castle Ruins light up Yomitan [Living]
Zakimi Castle Ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage site dating to the early 15th century, is now aglow to commemorate the holiday season. Zakimi Castle was built by Gosamaru, a famous mi...
2014.11.12
Easing aging is goal of Relaxation Room Shiny [Health & Beauty]
Stress, overwork and not making time to relax makes people tired, and that promotes the aging process, and that’s something Kanako Nagahama just can’t stand. Nagahama is the owner ...
2014.10.30
The Day of the Dead, Bullying Awareness and Armistice Day [Living]
By Ed Heinrich-Sanchez The Days of the Dead are coming up on Oct. 31st Nov.1st and 2nd. Celebrated mainly in Mexico to honor those parted, it also coincides with ALL SOULS DAY on N...
Okinawa takes countermeasures against spread of Ebola [Health & Beauty]
Okinawa Prefecture health officials are taking countermeasures against Ebola fever, although no suspected case of the dreaded disease has so far been discovered in any Asian countr...
2014.10.27
Our aim for 2020 – No stray slaughter in Okinawa [Family]
As we had informed you in a previous column, there were a total of 6,604 unclaimed animals (2,501 dogs, 4,103 cats) put to death during the year 2012 in Okinawa, an average of 18 a...
2014.10.27
You have variety of Yoga classes available in Okinawa [Health & Beauty]
By David Higgins If yoga is an important part of your life, and if you’re anything like me, the first thing you do before traveling anywhere is check out yoga opportunities at your...
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