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Sobaya Chirugwa
CONTRIBUTED BY CALYN PAQUIN
What happens when you love your mother very much? You name your restaurant after her of course! At least in this...
Okinawa Kids Clothing Swap
Swap Clothing
CONTRIBUTED BY MEGAN PARKER
The concept of swap shopping is simple and genius: take what you don’t need and trade it for something you...
Shabu-Shabu and BBQ
Shabu Exterior
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES
It was the day of Typhoon Songda and our Japanese friends decided to go bowling. Our family figured that...
Suntory Coffee Taste Test
CONTRIBUTED BY JOY BARNES
I wouldn’t call myself a “coffee snob” but I would definitely say I know a thing or two about good coffee....
Cafe Green Green
Green Green Chicken
Green Green View
CONTRIBUTED BY ANNE PARADISE
Let me just say, that as I was slowly navigating through a neighborhood via “Café Green Green”...
Cafe Lollipop
Lollipop Front
CONTRIBUTED BY ANNE PARADISE
One of the best things about working at a Japanese high school is going out to lunch with the teachers....
Cafe Street Chatan Coffee
Chatan Coffee Drinks
CONTRIBUTED BY ALEXIS KNUTSON
Sometimes one of the best things about going somewhere new is the thrill of the hunt. You know,...
Hinoe Izakaya
Hinoe Interior View
CONTRIBUTED BY KAYLIE GROENHOUT
During May when the rainy season was in full effect, it was easy to get into a funk around...
Garden Restaurant Taurus
Taurus Food
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES
There was nothing that had anything to do with astrological signs at Garden Restaurant Taurus. Nothing that had to...
Dulce Nail & Massage
Dulce Toes
CONTRIBUTED BY MEGAN PARKER
Dulce, indeed! Everything about this nail salon is sweet – the location, the nail art, the price, and most of...
Singapore Trip
Singapore Zoo
CONTRIBUTED BY ROSIE LEE
One of the most exciting things available to families living overseas in the Pacific is the many great travel opportunities....
Drive-through Veggie Stands?
Veg Stands Cabbage
CONTRIBUTED BY CAYLN PAQUIN
Here in Okinawa, we don’t have as many drive-through businesses as in the US, especially when it comes to...
Cho-Cho-Rino Hawaiian Cafe
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES
Okay, I’ll admit. We visited this place because I was expecting full on Hawaiian fare. I was expecting plate lunches with...
2011 Okinawa Hai Calendar – July
Many of you ordered the 2011 Okinawa Hai Calendar for yourself and friends and family. But for those who were not so lucky, we...
Futenma-Area Produce Market
CONTRIBUTED BY MEGAN PARKER
I have been searching high and low for a produce market that isn’t too far off the beaten path and yet...
River-Rock Billiards & Darts
CONTRIBUTED BY CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS
If looking for a place to throw some darts or play some pool, there is a great bar that recently...
Bian Relax Dining
CONTRIBUTED BY JESSICA TIUSECO
Bian is an Izakaya, an establishment that serves food to accompany drinks. On a typical weekend the place is packed with wedding...
Sea Glassing
CONTRIBUTED BY JOY BARNES
As a “Florida Girl” I’ve spent much time around the water and in the sand. I’ve collected pretty shells, an...
Birdland Cafe
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES
When one thinks of the military base houses built in Okinawa in the 1950’s, rectangular boxed shaped homes with low ceilings,...
Cafe Ukelele
CONTRIBUTED BY KATIE CLARY
My husband and I had seen this building before on an excursion to the "Kaichu Doraibu," or the "Sea Road"...
Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai (Martial Arts)
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...
Patriot Express from Seattle to Okinawa
For those of you coming to join us on our tropical island paradise, we hope Trish's experience leaving Seattle will be helpful. For another...
Pizza In
CONTRIBUTED BY JESSICA TIUSECO
With our extension paperwork finally filed we have been voraciously exploring the island just in case we get some bad news...
Contact Us
CONTACT OUR OKINAWA HAI MANAGEMENT TEAM
You've got questions - these are the ones that are asked of us most often - and hopefully we've got the...
Cooking Local: Temaki-zushi (hand-rolled sushi)
CONTRIBUTED BY JULIE WOOLERY
One of the greatest things about living in Japan is that you don’t have to go to an expensive restaurant to...
Ice Cafe -18º (Snow Lagoon Ice Cream)
CONTRIBUTED BY SARRA MCMILLAN
Okinawa is hot. If you’re like me, during the "winter" you brag to friends at home about the sunshine and beaches,...
Iriomote Island (Yaeyama Islands)
Continuing our features on the Yaeyama Islands...
CONTRIBUTED BY LISA RUPPERT
On our second full day in Ishigaki we decided to take a ferry to explore...
Taketomi Island (Yaeyama Islands)
CONTRIBUTED BY LISA RUPPERT
Our spring break get-away to Ishigaki Island provided us with the perfect opportunity to explore this quaint little island. Taketomi Island is...
Ishigaki Island (Yaeyama Islands)
CONTRIBUTED BY LISA RUPPERT
In an effort to escape the doldrums of daily life and work, my husband and I decided to plan a little...
ANA Intercontinental – Ishigaki Island
We were recently invited to enjoy a complimentary night at the ANA Intercontinental on Ishigaki Island. Sarah & her husband happily obliged, but the...