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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
2013.03.01
OIST offering tours, demonstrations, seminars Sunday [Education]
It’s a day for kids of all ages – youngsters to senior citizen youth at heart – as Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology opens its campus for a special science day. The Open ...
2013.02.26
Nitori opens its third Okinawa store [Shopping]
The nation’s largest furniture store chain is now celebrating the grand opening of its third store in Okinawa, in Ginowan City’s Oyama district. Nitori Holdings now operates more t...
2013.02.26
‘Tropical’ defines flower show at Okinawa Zoo [Nature & Environment]
The theme of this year’s 4th Okinawa Kodomo-no-Kuni Flower Festival is “tropical”, which may seem a bit strange with this being a sub-tropical island. It is what it is, though, and...
2013.02.22
Mitsukoshi running Nagasaki products & tourism exhibition [Gourmet]
Sweets and foods, agricultural products and a daily dish drawn from Nagasaki’s arsenal of famous dishes, are on tap at the 12th Nagasaki Products & Tourism Exhibition now in pr...
2013.02.22
Ryukyu glass tops deals at Outlet Bargain Market [Shopping]
The organizers of the Outlet Bargain Market in Onna Village are calling Sunday’s marketplace something really special, where Ryukyu glass will be on sale at terrific prices. The Ry...
2013.02.19
Michi-no Eki Itoman is fun shopping experience [Shopping]
By Mana Kohatsu It’s not quite the same as a TransAmerica or Flying J truck stop and rest area in the U.S., but Michi-no Eki Itoman bears the Okinawa footprint of a rest area, supe...
2013.02.19
Get ready for 6th Yonabaru Light Truck Market on 24th [Shopping]
Be not misled, but be prepared for a fun Sunday the 24th as the 6th Yonabaru Light Truck Market opens on Ebisu Street in Yonabaru. It’s not really a light truck market, as there ar...
2013.02.17
Ryubo Art Salon exhibits French Art Nouveau [Living]
A pair of 19th century French artists who worked with glass and crystal are in the Okinawa spotlight as Ryubo Hall presents the Galle & Daum Exhibition beginning Tuesday. Emile...
2013.02.17
American Kitchen offers impossible-to-beat menu [Gourmet]
The owners jokingly call the American Kitchen a one-stop shop. If you want good, hot cheese beef steak subs, large tacos, spicy hot dogs, the best of East-Asian curries, great pizz...
2013.02.17
Sweets & Tourism Symposium adopts mainland concept [Gourmet]
Urasoe City is hosting a Sweets & Tourism Symposium Monday to introduce a new sightseeing promotion concept to Okinawa Prefecture. The afternoon symposium is based on a sweets ...
2013.02.15
Lacquerware is face of Okinawa [Living]
By Bill Charles Ryukyu Lacquer ware began its history as a tribute item for the emperor of China or Japan, and not for the public, so its popularity is something of a more recent p...
2013.02.12
Valentine’s Day is time for romantics [Living]
By Bill Charles Romance blooms unfettered in February, and seemingly, there is no one exempt from the love bug. Love flows eternal on St. Valentine’s Day, coming up next Thursday, ...
2013.02.10
Kyoto takes Mitsukoshi spotlight until tomorrow [Gourmet]
Kyoto souvenirs, gourmet foods including tea and pickles packed Kyoto style, are among the goodies being offered up at the 34th Great Kyoto Exhibition at Mitsukoshi Department Stor...
2013.02.10
Ryubo brings Okinawa products to fore [Shopping]
A six-day Products of Naha Exhibition kicks off next Tuesday at the Ryubo Department Store in downtown Naha City, showcasing the foods that locals boast about every day. The foods,...
2013.02.10
Free trees offered at 4th Camellia Festival in Kunigami [Nature & Environment]
Natural beauty meets a beautiful natural scent as the 4th Camellia Festival takes place beginning Saturday in Kunigami Village Forest Park. The festival and exhibition focus on cam...
2013.02.05
Christian Lassen to join marine art exhibition [Living]
An authority on marine art is joining Okinawa Convention Center for a special Ocean Angels 2 exhibition of 100 marine art works going on display February 8th ~ 11th. Christian Lass...
2013.02.05
Nail Salon and Aroma Room pull together to serve [Health & Beauty]
Its a brilliant location and view that at the same time offers a relaxing, cozy space for Nail by Aki and Aroma room by Mayumi. The two businesses have co-located at same building ...
2013.02.04
Spring Hakodate Exhibition ready at Ryubo [Shopping]
The annual spring Hokkaido Exhibition at the Ryubo Department Store in downtown Naha City is about to get under way, with the Hakodate product exhibition being narrowed down to onl...
2013.02.03
Whale watching season produces photo exhibition [Nature & Environment]
The humpback whales are migrating in Okinawa waters, and whale watching season’s in full swing with tours running daily to watchers known to attract the lumbering behemoths. For th...
2013.02.03
Strawberry season: pick your own! [Gourmet]
It’s that special time of year when luscious strawberries are ripening beautifully in Okinawa, and the Ginoza Village Agricultural Succession Planning Center wants everyone to come...
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