Okinawa Hai!

CONTRIBUTED BY REGINA DESAMOURS I recently enlisted the help of Okinawa Party Characters for my sons 5th birthday. It was his very first party and I wanted something extra special to mark the occasion. I booked three characters, (Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and SpongeBob), and they were so much fun! The characters danced to music [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY CALYN PAQUIN Petit Sweet Front I passed by this place so many times with intention to patronize like I did with many places I’ve seen in Okinawa. After I tried a delicious birthday cake they made at a birthday party and heard so many great reviews from my Japanese friends, I finally made [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LAURA COSTA Joy Balloon Birthday Joy Company provides balloon decorations and so much more. My favorite thing about Joy Company is not just the quality of their work, which is great, but it is the kind and loving owners. Islaine and Maulo, also known as Alex, make the company so great. They love [...]

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Xystus Front CONTRIBUTED BY IVETTE TRUE The kiddos and I had been exploring Okinawa during their summer vacation.  Beaches, caves, parks, etc…. We love going to Wago Land, US Land, Monakids…  They’re all fun… but, my friend showed me this new place called Xystus Kids Land that had just opened on July 1st, 2011. Xystus Play [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE Mary wrote a review about Round 1 back in June, and she did a great job letting us in on all the fun activities for adults and teens.  But maybe you didn’t know that there are good times to be had by our little ones, too. On the fifth level of [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY DASHA GARIEPY   image courtesy of tartlime on flickr Few visuals convey the idea of “East Meets West” quite like the one above. If you’re anything like me, you were disappointed and a bit disgusted to see Golden Arches everywhere on this island. I didn’t fly halfway around the world to eat at [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY SHILOH CROFT · First stop was the Forest Adventure office in Onna where we read the rules, signed a waiver and paid admission. · Next we drove our vehicle across the street to a dirt parking area, and climbed into a shuttle van, which took us to the park itself. · After a [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER NORDELL Since I was little I have loved to watch people bowl. There is something about watching the ball roll quickly down the lane and knocking all of the pins over – it really is a beautiful sport. Now if I was the one bowling it would be more like “watching the [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY KIMBERLY KADIASANG  Southern Hill Sports World The is an amazing place for families to have a fun day out.  Okinawa Sports Complex has various activities such as: Ice skating Bowling Batting Cages Video Arcade Pool Hall Kitakeisan The prices vary with the different activity you choose to do.  The great thing is that [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER NORDELL Every Saturday at 9:30 for the last month we have made our way over to the Emery Lanes. My 5 year old daughter is in the local bowling league. When our neighbors first suggested that she join I almost laughed out loud. What a funny sport for my 5 year old [...]

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