okinawa hai!

CONTRIBUTED BY KRISTY WELLS Another geocaching adventure took us north to Kin on a beautiful, spring Saturday. The cache was located at Kenmin no Mori (Prefectural Citizen’s Forest). This day trip destination is FULL of things to do, including camping! There is a snack shack, with ice cream and chips, etc: Kenmin Snack Shack There [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LYNN HAMILTON Martial Arts 1 I love martial arts. I have been a practitioner on and off over the years. When I arrived in Okinawa I decided it was definitely time to get back into it again! But I have to admit, I was a bit intimidated by all the choices of dojos [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH PEVEHOUSE & HEIDI BREDLOW WOOP Logo Come run with us! WOOP! WOOP! Wait, what was that? W.O.O.P.? Yeah, that’s right – Women On Okinawa Pavement! WOOP is a group that was formed in September of 2011 by Sarah Pevehouse and has since taken Okinawa by storm! This is an amazing group of [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MIKAYLA KING Shanbio Yoga After reading one of the monthly Okinawa Living magazines, I came across an advertisement for a spa and yoga studio called he Shanbio. I had missed my yoga routine back in the states and I wanted to check this place out. The next day while I was walking on [...]

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Derby Gang CONTRIBUTED BY ZABRINA “JerZee Stinga” Songui When I first got to this island, I felt so disconnected. I was newly married and this was my first experience living overseas. My day-to-day activities involved going to the gym, driving around the island, cooking and cleaning. Yes! I know…Snore! Then, I was lucky enough to [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY PENNY VA HEERDEN In the comments section of my Why Martial Arts? post, someone asked for links to local Martial Arts Association websites.  There are so many top notch dojos in Okinawa that I was, at first, a bit hesitant to list only one association.  However, since coming to Okinawa I have received so [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY ANNA BOOM Okinawa City Marathon was on February 20th; were you there? If you weren’t running or cheering, you most likely enjoyed the traffic control outside and inside the gates of Kadena Air base and Camp Mctureous and all throughout Okinawa City. The Okinawa City or OkiCity Marathon is the first marathon of [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY ANNA TIENTER Have you been looking for other women to share some fun and exercise with? How do you feel about mud, puddles, overgrown weeds and trail? And very small unassuming spiders?If all this sounds like it is right up the alley you call fun, come out and try our Women on Okinawa [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY ANNA TIENTER Did anyone notice the huge group of 25,000 people hanging out around the Asahibashi Park a few Sundays ago? It was the 26th annual Naha marathon. A little history: This “Festival of Sun, Ocean and Joggers” started in 1985 as a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the sister city bond [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY AMANDA HARMS PLAY ROLLER DERBY WITH US… the KOKESHI ROLLER DOLLS! Part manifesto- part invitation, here is my proposition: So there I was… Thirty-one years old and pregnant with #3.  I could feel my body succumbing to the demands of pregnancy and as much as I love being a Mom and as much [...]

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