Posted on 11 May 2011.
CONTRIBUTED BY JENNIFER SHUE Tucked away along with all the other little gems in the Shintoshin area of Naha (the same area where you can find Cheers Cheese Shop, DFS Galleria, Naha Mainplace San-A, the Prefectural Museum, Shintoshin Park, Smokers Shop, Okinawa Beans, Import Foods, Cafe Cucina, En Okinawa, and so much more) is Jyo-gi. [...]
Posted in Food For Sale, Restaurants1 Comment
Posted on 26 April 2011.
CONTRIBUTED BY CALYN PAQUIN If you live in the US, chances are by now you would have gone strawberry picking or your child might have gone on a field trip to do it. My oldest did 2 years ago and this year, my youngest got to do it on his field trip with his Okinawan [...]
Posted in Food For Sale, Kids Activities: Outdoors, Outdoor Activities4 Comments
Posted on 26 January 2011.
Analicia & Sarah submitted posts about the reasons they love local "shoppettes." We've combined them to give you a look at some of the konbini favs… CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE AND ANALICIA MCCLELLAN Konbini is Japanese for convenience store. Around here Family Mart, Lawson (a.k.a. Lawson Station) and Coco are the ubiquitous brands. Throughout Asia [...]
Posted in Food For Sale, Just in Japan7 Comments
Posted on 03 January 2011.
CONTRIBUTED BY ANALICIA MCCLELLAN I'm sure you’ve seen a sign for Jimmy’s somewhere on the island, but if you are like me you may never have gone in! I live five minutes down the road from one and it took me a year to walk in their doors. But now I go every week. I [...]
Posted in Food For Sale6 Comments
Posted on 06 December 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY JENNIFER SHUE The other night my husband and I were watching downloaded episodes (legitimately! – through iTunes) of last season’s Top Gear. In Season 15, Episode 6, the main host, Jeremy, had borrowed another host’s car (a Ferrari 430) who was particularly OCD about how tidy his car was at all times. So, Jeremy, [...]
Posted in Food For Sale, Gifts & Souvenirs6 Comments
Posted on 27 October 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY JENNIFER SHUE Here on Okinawa Hai we all seem to love a good bakery. If you look through the To Eat Index by cuisine type, bakeries (especially if you include the tea time places like Miche Miche and bakery-cafes like Marco Polo) are our second most numerous category, following only to the local [...]
Posted in Food For Sale2 Comments
Posted on 06 September 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY EUGENE MCFADDEN One of the greatest things about Okinawa is the way it hides all manner of little cultural treasures and experiences; if one knows where to look it is simply amazing what one can find, often in the most unlikely of places. One such great find sits just off Kokusai Dori, [...]
Posted in Food For Sale, Only on Okinawa1 Comment
Posted on 11 June 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY ANALICIA MCCLELLAN We went to Primo Kitchen for dinner the other night and ended up having a little bit of a wait, so we decided to walk around. Right across the parking lot was a cute little bakery called Petite Fours that had some wonderful smells emitting from it. I love the smell [...]
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Posted on 23 March 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY MARY RICHARDSON Looking for a local shop that supplies organic food staples? Well, you’re in luck. One afternoon I was driving along in Okinawa City and noticed the Organic and Natural Market. I stopped to check out this tiny store and found a goldmine of organic and macrobiotic diet foods, including a [...]
Posted in Cooking Local, Dietary Issues, Food For Sale15 Comments
Posted on 22 March 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY KATHRYN CALAGUIOne of the things that I love most about Okinawa is how convenient it is!I am originally from New York City, and what I miss most about New York are the steamed buns from Chinatown. Growing up, I called them siopao (show-pow), which means steamed bun in Filipino. In Okinawa, a steamed [...]
Posted in Food For Sale, Nani kore? (What's that?!)3 Comments
