16 May 2012
CONTRIBUTED BY QUENTIN RICHARDSON Kijoka Torii Kijoka Falls found about this site from my Okinawa Explorer Book. Since I was heading past this area, it was a good idea to check it out. It’s not as impressive as the other nearby falls, in fact, its a prayer site. Jumping in and taking a dip wouldn’t [...]
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14 May 2012
CONTRIBUTED BY MARIE LEWIS Riding with our sponsors from Kadena Air Base to the West Pac Lodge on Camp Foster, I was too tired to absorb much of anything. I stared at the road ahead and tried not to flinch every time we turned left or right…driving on the left side of the road would [...]
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11 May 2012
CONTRIBUTED BY AMY MADDOCKS Tsuboya Vill Map Tsuboya Vill Street After visiting the Tsuboya Pottery Museum, don’t miss taking a walk down Yachimun Alley. Plan on spending at least an hour discovering adorable little shops, cafes, and watch skilled artisans work their creations. You can even create some pottery of your own! Naha’s Tsuboya District [...]
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10 May 2012
Tsuboya Museum Front CONTRIBUTED BY AMY MADDOCKS Naha’s Tsuboya District has been the center of Okinawan pottery since 1682, but they say the earthenware first began being made about 6,600 years ago. The most famous Okinawan pottery is tsuboya-yaki, and it is still being made after being passed down from generation to generation. These are [...]
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09 May 2012
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Ever since we moved to Okinawa, ladies I met from a Bible Study class often talked about the Tee House on Kadena. I imagined a cute little tea house where we could have tea parties at High Noon, complete with finger sandwiches, scones, crumpets and different types of teas. Not until [...]
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08 May 2012
CONTRIBUTED BY LOUISE MCKERNAN Our children love lacrosse. I grew up with lacrosse, and while lacrosse is new to my husband, he embraces lax as a new sport to play with our kids. I thought being stationed in Okinawa was the end of organized youth lacrosse for a few years. In PCS prep mode, I [...]
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06 May 2012
CONTRIBUTED BY MARIE LEWIS For those of you planning a move to Okinawa soon, we hope Marie's descriptions of the process of their travel and first months of settling in can help you with a few of the "unknowns." To read more of their story see links at the bottom of the post. Ah, jet [...]
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05 May 2012
This post was originally published on May 2, 2009. We're pulling it out of the archives to help you understand all the carp flags you may have seen around the island for the past couple weeks. CONTRIBUTED BY STACI HAWLEY If you see those lovely carp flying in the breeze, no doubt it's swimming closer [...]
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04 May 2012
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Hinata Front I am always on the lookout for cute cafes when I’m not confined within the school walls with my students. It’s probably because I’m such a huge foodie. I’m happy when I’m around food… and ever since we moved to Okinawa where they don’t just slap food together, presentation [...]
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03 May 2012
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES So roll call for your Space A flight is at four in the morning. You grab snacks for the kids on your way out of the house in hopes that you’ll make that one special flight and you won’t need any more food until you reach your destination. You get there [...]
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