LIFE
Pick Up Stories
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
2019.02.17
Learn and Improve your Japanese in Okinawa!! [Education Japanese Lesson]
Since 2010, Touyou Gengo Bunka Gakuin (Asian Language & Culture College) in Midorimachi, Uruma City has been providing quality Japanese language classes to students from other ...
2019.02.11
Nago Agri Park, a Gardener’s Paradise [Shopping]
The Nago Agri Park is a gardening lover’s delight. The park, which opened in 2014, is located next to the NEO Park in the Nago District of Nago City. Here you can find an assortmen...
2019.02.01
Car Produce M3 – Friendly, Reliable, … Trustworthy [Shopping]
The good people at Car Produce M3 would like to wish you a Happy New Year! Since they debuted at the end of 2018, they have hit the ground hard working to connect all their custome...
2019.01.30
OkiPark Vol.46 Ikoi-no Shimin Park [Park]
“Ginowan Ikoi no Shimin Park” is known as “Ikoi Park” or just “Ikopa” by the locals. It is relatively a new park located at the Ginowan District of Ginowan City, adjacent to MCAS F...
2019.01.11
Marinated Urizun Beans (Okinawan Beans) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・1 pack of Urizun beans ・1 tbs Ume paste ・3g Bonito flakes How to cook 1. Wash the Urizun beans. 2. Boil water in a pot and put the Urizun beans in the pan and s...
2018.12.28
Shiraishi – The Car Beauty Pro Experts [Living]
Welcome the New Year with a sparkling clean car. Car Beauty Pro Shiraishi are the only car cleaning professionals you need to see. Located on Highway 58 in Mihama, Chatan, it is a ...
2018.12.28
Remembering the past to help the future [LIFE]
In October 1944, 14 year old Yoshkio Gakiya (now aged 87) and a large group of elderly men, woman and children, fled from the firebombing of Naha and sought refuge in the village o...
2018.12.19
OkiPark Vol.45 Moromizato Park [Park]
Moromizato Park is located in the Sonda District of Okinawa City. It is close to Highway 330 and Kadena Air Base. However, because it is tucked in within a residential area, it is ...
2018.12.07
Handama Salad (Serving size 4) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・2 bunchs of Handama (An Okinawan local vegetable with purple & green leaves) ・2 leaves of regular lettuce ・20g Baby leaf lettuce ・1 Avocado ・1/2 Bell Peppers (Red...
2018.12.06
OkiPark Vol.44 Urasoe Big Park, Part II [Park]
The Urasoe Big Park of Urasoe City is already a very familiar park to many. However, recently it has undergone some renovations with newer equipment and a new play zone added to th...
2018.11.22
Taco-Rice for Kids (Serving size 4) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・600g rice ・200g minced meat ・1/2 onion ・4 leaves of lettuce ・1 pack of cut tomatoes ・4 tbs ketchup ・3 tsp consommé soup stock ・1 tsp cumin ・1 tsp oregano ・Cheese as ne...
2018.11.22
OkiPark Vol.43 Ujibaru Park [Park]
Ujibaru Park is located in the Yoshihara District in Chatan Town. It is right off Highway 24. The park is filled with greenery and nature giving it a warm feeling of calmness and d...
2018.11.16
Fresh, Delicious, Reasonable!! Shabuemon – A Shabu-shabu Restaurant [Gourmet]
In June, a brand-new restaurant grand opened in downtown Uruma City. This is not your ordinary restaurant; this is Japanese Shabu-shabu. Meet the new “Shabuemon” restaurant located...
2018.11.15
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 sauce ・2 tbs of sweet cooking rice wine ・Sal...
2018.11.02
Sueyoshi Park A jungle in the heart of the city [Park]
Contributed by Paul Vermehren Photo by Paul Roddick Love nature? Love exploring? Want to feel like Indiana Jones in the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark? Then Sueyoshi park...
2018.11.02
Jucii (Okinawan Mixed Rice) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 3 cups of rice 150g pork hash 1/2 carrot 3 pieces of dried mushroom 5g dried Hijiki seaweed 50ml Okinawa Soba Soup Stock Water Welsh onion (as much as you like) How to ...
2018.10.25
OkiPark Vol.41 Yonashiro Sogo (Comprehensive) Park [Park]
Yonashiro Sogo (Comprehensive) Park is located at theYonashiro District of Uruma City. Originally the park was in Yonashiro Town until in 2005 when Yonashiro Town and three other m...
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