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The ‘Ritou Fair’ puts Focus on the Outer… [CURRENT ISSUE Shopping]
A three-day annual fair called the ‘Ritou Fair’ opens Friday, November 15th at the Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha at Onoyama Park in Naha Cit...Read More
The special products fair of Toyama pref… [Family Shopping]
OkiEvent! The special products fair of Toyama prefecture will happen at the Miaham boardwalk in Chatan town next weekend! Toyama prefecture ...Read More
Why don’t you try a special éclair that … [Gourmet Shopping]
It has been a long super-hot Okinawa summer and it looks like it will continue a while longer. So much so that it might make you feel exhaus...Read More
2014.03.07
Flea market for hunters of old records this Sunday [Shopping]
Flea markets attract many potential buyers, but the Sunday flea market in the center of Naha on Sunrise Street in the Matsuo district just a block off from the Kokusai Street is so...
2014.02.17
Yu-sui-do specializes in ‘truly Japanese’ gifts [Shopping]
Many people looking to buy a gift for a friend or a souvenir for themselves want to get something that really reminds them of the time when they lived in Japan. Fortunately, one of...
2014.02.03
Yukura is key stop at Michi-no Eki Itoman [Shopping]
Yukura is a specialties building in Michi-no Eki Itoman, filled with plenty of local products and souvenirs from around Okinawa. The area was created as a market to sell products m...
2014.02.03
Ryukyu Glass: unique, colorful and affordable [Shopping]
Ryukyu glass is one of Okinawa’s artisan specialties, dating back to the Meiji era about a century ago, but a craft that gained momentum in the post-World War II era as the island ...
2013.12.19
‘All I want for Christmas is a pet’ [Shopping]
A variant on the old song “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth” has been turned to “All I want for Christmas is a pet from Coo & Riku”, and it is catching attention....
2013.12.13
Tomigusuku Marche set for second event [Shopping]
The Tomigusuku Marche, or market, is set to open for a Saturday-Sunday run at the Tomigusuku Michi-no Eki special event space in Toyosaki. Immensely popular the first the Tomigusuk...
2013.12.12
Xebio is the newest sports shop chain to enter Okinawa [Shopping]
Xebio Co., Ltd. is about to open it’s first shop Super Sports Xebio/Victoria Golf Store in Okinawa in Ginowan City with its opening scheduled for Friday. Xebio has 148 stores...
2013.12.09
Ribbon celebrates 50th anniversary [Shopping]
Okinawa’s largest store specializing in ingredients for everything from sweets to baking bread, food and packaging giant Ribbon is celebrating its Golden Anniversary. The Naha-base...
2013.12.09
Pets should enjoy holiday season too [Shopping]
Locals often say that a pet lovers best friend in Okinawa, after his or her pet if the pet and pet accessory shop Pet Box. Just now, Pet Box is having a big Christmas sale , and ev...
Kokusai Street Don Quijote is open [Shopping]
The newest discount store in Okinawa of the Don Quijote chain opened its doors Thursday in the OPA Building on Naha’s Kokusai Street. To mark the opening of their newest store Don ...
2013.11.04
Japanese vending machines; weird and wonderful [Shopping]
By David Higgins Vending machines in Okinawa are here, there, and everywhere. Although the abundance of vending machines here can be an eyesore, they are also a great convenience f...
‘Sake and Plates’ Exhibition slated for this weekend [Shopping]
Moriyuki Kamimura, the president of awamori brewing company Kamimura Shuzo, and three pottery artists will host a collaboration event named “Sake and Plates Exhibition,” from tomor...
2013.10.31
Makeman Urasoe open in new premises [Shopping]
The largest Makeman hardware store in Okinawa, often known to Americans living on the island as the “Monkey Store” because of its ubiquitous handyman monkey logo, opens today in ne...
2013.10.28
Hello Kitty takes on Halloween grin at Mr. Donut [Shopping]
Ghosts and goblins are making their way onto store shelves, and into food establishments, as Halloween approaches, and Mr. Donut has joined the fun with Hello Kitty specials. The d...
Mitsukoshi highlights Fukushima Prefecture products and tourism [Shopping]
The 13th Fukushima Prefecture Products and Tourism Exhibition is currently on way in Okinawa Mitsukoshi department store in Naha City. The exhibition runs through Oct. 28 on the 6t...
2013.10.10
Adidas and Sports Depo introduce perfect running shoe [Shopping]
It used to be that a runner intend on buying a pair of new sneakers went to a shop, tried on a pair or two, and picked up what felt good there and then. That was when times were s...
2013.10.10
October marks second-hand kimono sale [Shopping]
It’s a four-day event for the entire family or for anyone who admires the beauty of the kimono tradition, a special sale on second-hand kimonos. Held annually for 11 years now, thi...
Kumejima Fair at AEON Naha [Shopping]
Kumejima Product and Tourism fair will be held from today through Sunday (Sep. 23) in Aeon Naha Department Store in Oroku. This will be the second time for the fair to take place. ...
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...
2013.07.12
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...
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