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Out of the Archives: Stardust Fantasia at Kanucha Resort

This post was originally published on December 31, 2010.  We’re pulling it out of the archives for those of you who are looking for a fun evening activity that can help you keep the holiday spirit going for a little while longer.  This display will be available until February 14th. CONTRIBUTED BY MEGAN HOOSER I [...]

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Posted in Bars & Nightlife, Beaches & Pools, Date Night, Okinawa Getaways, Okinawan Festivals & Holidays7 Comments

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Sakura Zaka Theater

CONTRIBUTED BY ANGI BRZYCKI Sakura Zaka Exterior The Sakura Zaka 桜坂劇場 is one of my favorite places to go to in Naha. The movie theater shows mainly independent Japanese, American, and foreign films. The screening rooms are fairly small, similar to an old theater house. Most of the films are hard to find at the [...]

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Posted in Bars & Nightlife, Books, Film, Music, Date Night, Japanese Language0 Comments

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Discovery Flight over Okinawa

CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FILLMAN My husband and I are pretty new to Okinawa and we went by the Schilling Community Center on Kadena AB to grab some good maps of the island. While we were there, I noticed a table full of drawings and giveaway. I dropped our names into a few of the drawings, [...]

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Posted in Adult Programs & Classes, Date Night, Daytripping, Outdoor Activities2 Comments

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Oki Pro-Wrestling (no sumo here!)

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Wrestling 3 One-two-three! Ding-ding-ding-ding!!! I remember being in intermediate school, saving up my lunch money to buy wrestling magazines and praying that we didn’t have to do family things on days when I had to watch wrestling. The guys in my class loved my magazines and were amazed at how much [...]

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Posted in Bars & Nightlife, Date Night, Indoor Activities, Kids Activities: Indoors, Only on Okinawa4 Comments

No Kids Allowed: When Parents Escape

CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE For me, one of the hardest parts about being a military family isn’t the constant moving, or the long separations from my husband, or even the lack of control over our very existence.  Rather, it’s the fact that we live so far from our families. Growing up, I lived a mile [...]

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Posted in Date Night, Military Life, Okinawa Getaways, Parenting Wisdom2 Comments

Parents’ Hour Out: Love Hotels on Okinawa

CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE When a couple has children, “alone time” becomes a precious commodity.  Whether it’s escaping for an hour or two together for dinner without highchairs and a movie with a higher rating than PG, or getting dressed up in dress blues and gowns or tuxedos for a military ball, we cherish those [...]

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Posted in Date Night, Just in Japan20 Comments

What to do… what to do…

Hmmmm…  I was going to do a post today about the Pottery Festival happening this weekend at Camp Zampa… but for all with SOFA status, that's off the table…  Sooooooo….  ummmmm….  How 'bout I follow Kelly's lead (from yesterday's post) and we focus on possible base activities!! Firstly, here's the website that tells you all [...]

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Posted in Bars & Nightlife, Beaches & Pools, Date Night23 Comments

To Do for Valentine’s

My husband isn't a flowers-and-chocolates kind of guy.  I learned early on that unless I wanted to wake up disappointed EVERY February 15, that we'd have to figure out something that would work for both of us and create that wonderful feeling of love we're all hoping for on the big Heart Day.  And I'll [...]

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Posted in American Festivals & Holidays, Date Night6 Comments

Date Night – What’s A Couple To Do?

CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO My husband is home again and my mother is still in town. You know what that means. That's right. Every night can be date night. It all sounds blissful until we start getting down to the details like where exactly are we going to go. And what are we going to [...]

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Posted in Date Night, Restaurants26 Comments

Mihama 7-Plex

originally uploaded by half_broken_rabbit. Cara wrote in to pitch the movie theater out in Mihama, American Village, across from Starbucks. Thanks, Cara! I recommend going to the Japanese theater in American Village. Yes, it's expensive. That's the only drawback! Usually you will have 2-3 movie options (in English with Japanese subtitles) to choose from. Before [...]

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Posted in Bars & Nightlife, Date Night, Indoor Activities6 Comments

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