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Cooking Local: Vietnamese Style Soft Spring Rolls
CONTRIBUTED BY LARISSA TRAQUAIR
My friend, Jana, likes to recreate her favorite restaurant foods at home. She does this so she will be able to...
Smoker’s Shop – Now Closed
UPDATE: This establishment has closed. The comments section still holds relevant information that our readers may find useful.
CONTRIBUTED BY JEANINECZUBIK
Okinawa's beautiful sunsets . ....
To See: Flora
CONTRIBUTED BY PAMELA OLIVERAS
Pretty flowers everywhere. Wherever you go, there they are! Thanks to Robin from last weeks TO SEE for helping choose this...
Where Do Your Little Ones Dance?
CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE
It's a fact: little girls (and many little boys!) love to dance. Back in the US, dance studios are everywhere. The...
Optic Eye
CONTRIBUTED BY JILL STAGGS
I recently needed a new pair of eye glasses. I had heard about this store from a friend, but it sounded too good to be...
Julie Works to Teach our Kids
CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE YAMADA
As far as I'm concerned, the most important people in our society (and somehow the most underpaid - sigh!) are teachers....
To See: Old
CONTRIBUTED BY PAMELA OLIVERAS
All the OLD submissions this week brought something creatively different to the table, go check them out. We had old locals...
Japanese Corner – Itterasshai and more…
CONTRIBUTED BY JANNINE MYERS
"Ittekimasu!"
The start of the new school year brings with it an array of new and exciting adventures, trivia, and educational lessons, all of...
Zukeran Egg Shop and Zoo
CONTRIBUTED BY MARY RICHARDSON
I know unusual and mismatched business combinations exist out there in the world. I've danced at a Disco/Rodeo in San Antonio,...
Me Kara Uroko
CONTRIBUTED BY LARISSA TRAQUAIR
I love eating out - clearly a fact known by all my friends. It's even better when eating out in Okinawa...
Yamada Tech
CONTRIBUTED BY JEANINECZUBIK
I've heard Yamada Tech called Japan's Best Buy, and it is certainly the place in Okinawa to "geek out". Computers, electronics, cameras, video games,...
To See: Shop Signs
CONTRIBUTED BY PAMELA OLIVERAS
This week you will have to have a photo by little old me of a shop sign. Thinking I knew there...
Top 5 "To Dos" Our First Year in Okinawa
CONTRIBUTED BY MARY RICHARDSON
Having been on island for one year now, my husband and I have experienced Okinawa in all its glory during different times of year...
Ringyo Bicycles
CONTRIBUTED BY JEANINE CZUBIK
Years ago, and long before we met, my husband was an avid mountain biker, racing through the hills of Texas and...
To See: Night
CONTRIBUTED BY PAMELA OLIVERAS
This weeks cool NIGHT theme comes courtesy of Meghan AKA Strawberry Kangaroo.
Here's some info from Meghan...This image was taken at about...
Reader Question: Japanese Elementary Schools
CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE
Last week I received the following email in my in-box, and unfortunately I had no immediate answer for her. I'm extending...
What you don’t know about Eisa
CONTRIBUTED BY JANNINE MYERS
Photos compliments of Pamela Oliveras
We've all seen the eisa dancers, or at least heard of them, but do we know why...
Partyland Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt
CONTRIBUTED BY LARISSA TRAQUAIR
UPDATE: As of the summer of 2011 Yogurtand was bought out and now operates under the name "Partyland." This is true...
Himaraya Sports
CONTRIBUTED BY JEANINE CZUBIK
When I arrived in Okinawa last winter, I was told to forget ever finding clothes to fit me off base. After doing...
To See: Seawall
CONTRIBUTED BY PAMELA OLIVERAS
Happy Labor day everyone! This weeks seawall comes courtesy of Robin. Last weeks window photographer, Kristi and I decided that this...
Junkudo
CONTRIBUTED BY JEANINE CZUBIK
A few months ago, I was looking for a suitable study guide to prepare for the Japanese language proficiency exam later this...
To See: Windows and Doors
CONTRIBUTED BY PAMELA OLIVERAS
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This weeks wonderfully textured window shot comes courtesy of Kristi James. Thanks Kristi!
Over to Kristi: This...
Round 1 – This One’s For The Little Kids
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...
Text-book Japanese vs Practical Japanese
CONTRIBUTED BY JANNINE MYERS
I recently spent an afternoon at a Japanese hair salon and as usual, I took the opportunity to talk with my...
Bullfight!
CONTRIBUTED BY MARY RICHARDSON
A few months back, my husband and I attended a bullfight in Okinawa, of all places!
Now, I’ve been to traditional Spanish...
White Kichen
CONTRIBUTED BY DASHA GARIEPY
A lot has changed in Okinawa over the past twenty years. Kinville (the collection of streets outside Camp Hansen's front gate)...
Nankuru: Pottery & Garden Supplies
CONTRIBUTED BY LARISSA
Many of us have passed this interesting corner lot, filled with huge treasures just waiting to decorate our yards and homes. You...
To See: Local Off Island Travel
CONTRIBUTED BY PAMELA OLIVERAS
Thank you, thank you, thank you Okinawa Hai readers: lovers of photos and travel. I was happy to see submissions this...
To Do: Visit an Okinawan Uranai (Fortune-teller)
CONTRIBUTED BY MARY RICHARDSON
One of my favorite things to do while traveling or living abroad is to talk to local people about their spiritual...
Mike’s Tex Mex
CONTRIBUTED BY DASHA GARIEPY
Bandito says, "Eat here... or else!"
I'd been here a year before I realized there was a delicious TexMex place in...