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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
2013.08.11
Nago Museum features great photo exhibit on Oura Bay [Nature & Environment]
By Edo Heinrich-Sanchez Marines are not the only ones living around Oura Bay. Soldier Crabs also abound there. We are in the middle of summer in Okinawa, and local kids are busy w...
2013.08.05
Special Okinawan ingredient spices up ice cream [Gourmet]
Ice Cream is often touted as a great way to cool down during summer, and Morinaga Milk Industry has taken another giant step to promote cold and frozen snacks by introducing a new ...
2013.08.05
This is why I hate close encounters with jellyfish! [Nature & Environment]
By David Higgins One fine August morning in Okinawa I drove down to the Sunabe Seawall to the swimming spot with the steps down to the ocean. The ocean looked gorgeous; the sea was...
2013.08.05
Great Creature Exhibition explores biodiversity [Nature & Environment]
Every biodiversity of life that exists on earth, is the origin of culture and civilization, and is the theme of The Great Creature Exhibition now running at the Okinawa Prefectural...
2013.08.04
Blue October for World Oceans Renaissance [Nature & Environment]
By Muneerah Bee Come October, Onna Village based NPO will host the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Regional Seas Program Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) Internati...
2013.08.02
JHS Herb Festival raising funds for earthquake victims [Health & Beauty]
The Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami was more than two years ago, but Okinawa organizations continue to host events such as the JHS Herb Festival to raise money for the stricken...
2013.08.02
Beauty Chanpuru includes rhythmic gymnastics, dance [Health & Beauty]
Beauty Chanpuru is a beauty event, with beauty, pleasure, and joy as the concepts of the Sunday activities at Okinawa Civic Hall. The Beauty Chanpuru is a first-time event, with st...
2013.08.02
Katsushi Shimabukuro’s ceramics exhibition in final days [Living]
A private exhibition of china created in Miyagi Island by one of the prefecture’s noted artisans is closing Sunday in Naha City’s Tsuboya district. Katsushi Shimabukuro’s exhibitio...
2013.07.29
Okinawa NGO & Asia-Pacific Environment Forum [Nature & Environment]
By Edo Heinrich-Sanchez Marine trash, especially plastic, is increasingly choking the ocean’s resilience. The Okinawa NGO & Asia-Pacific Environment Forum on Oct. 22nd and 23rd...
2013.07.29
Okinawa Times offers Objects Imagination of ULTRA Exhibition [Living]
The Okinawa Times, as part of its 65th anniversary of its first publication, is presenting an “Objects Imagination of ULTRA Exhibition starting on Monday. The exhibition at the Oki...
2013.07.29
Magic Museum returns with light and sound [Education]
The Magic Museum is returning to the Urasoe City Museum on Saturday for a six-week run, taking visitors through the world of art as experienced with both light and sound. “Magic Mu...
2013.07.26
Heijin Yaga Glass Products Exhibition closes Sunday [Shopping]
An Okinawa glass blower whose fascination with glass and with colors led him to learn the craft himself, is in the final week of his first exhibition in more than two years. Heijin...
2013.07.25
BK picks garlic in meat to beat summer heat [Gourmet]
Burgers infused with garlic are Burger King’s way of helping beat the summer heat. The international food chain will tomorrow introduce in Japan a pair of new sandwiches as part of...
2013.07.22
Botanical Garden resumes business [Nature & Environment]
The Tonan Shokubutsu Rakuen, formerly known as the Southeast Botanical Garden in Okinawa City, has reopened after being closed for several years. The grand reopening two weeks ago ...
2013.07.21
Okinawa design adorns new Coca Cola cans [Living]
Coca Cola drinkers in mainland Japan are experiencing a bit of Okinawa these days, as the beverage giant unveiled a new version of the soft drink that uses Okinawa water. The brigh...
2013.07.19
45 kilos trash collected from Matsuda Beach [Nature & Environment]
By Edo Heinrich-Sanchez It was still a little windy on Saturday with the typhoon on its way out passing Ishigaki. Under an hour we collected about 45 kilos of trash. Mostly of Japa...
Security through environmental symbiosis in Henoko [Nature & Environment]
By Zak Kulberg Economic growth that slowly seduces away the coral, the sea grass, and the forest, is a core of conflict more threatening than any war. Many of the international gri...
2013.07.12
Sunday’s Central Wholesale Market Festival is about fruit and produce [Shopping]
The Central Wholesale Market Festival coming up Sunday is all about fruits and vegetables, with emphasis on those grown in Okinawa. The Central Wholesale Market at 1-11-1 Inanse in...
2013.07.12
Beach cleanup leads up to Ocean Day [Nature & Environment]
Matsuda Beach is the site chosen for a beach cleanup this weekend as Japan rolls into a long weekend celebrating Japan Ocean Day, Monday. Yellow banners with the Manta symbol will ...
2013.07.10
Tomigusuku Marche only a week away [Shopping]
“Tomigusuku Marche”, a market selling hand and homemade articles representing handicrafts from the Okinawa Prefecture, is putting finishing touches on plans for its opening Saturda...
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