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Route 66 Snack Bar

CONTRIBUTED BY CALYN PAQUIN When living in Okinawa, you are bound to drive on a few highways more often than others like 58, 330, 329...

Cafe Pipi Neo

CONTRIBUTED BY KATIE CLARY Cafe Pipi Neo is hidden away from the main roads, near the bird watching park in Tengan. Given that their logo...

Cafe Holoholo

Holoholo Front CONTRIBUTED BY KATIE CLARY  My first encounter with Cafe Holoholo was on a girls' lunch excursion. Our first choice had been closed, and Jenny...

Minatogawa Area in Urasoe City

Minatogawa Address CONTRIBUTED BY ANGI BRZYCKI Hidden away from the chaos of the 58 in Urasoe City is an area called Minatogawa. What once was military...

Canaan Slow Farm

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES As I write this post, I’m sitting in front of my computer in Honolulu, HI. The gentle trade winds are...

The Veranda at Ocean Breeze

CONTRIBUTED BY LEEANN STEVENS Ocean Breeze Ocean breeze is one of my favorite on base restaurants. The two-level consolidated Club is a 44,000-square-foot facility that includes...

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”...
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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....

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"...

JyoGoo Roaster Cafe

CONTRIBUTED BY MELISSA McDANIEL On our way to Seifa Utaki World Heritage site on the Chinen Peninsula, we stumbled upon a terrific coffee shop/restaurant. JyoGoo...

Restaurant Flipper

CONTRIBUTED BY MEGAN PARKER While venturing up north to Nago, I have often seen Restaurant Flipper and wondered about its sign boasting “Homemade Pie.”  After...

Cafe 1 or 8

CONTRIBUTED BY SARRA MCMILLAN Cafe 1-or-8 has been my Japanese home away from home since I arrived in Okinawa one year ago. This two-story building...

Cafe Gold Hall

CONTRIBUTED BY KARA WALTON On shore duty a few weeks ago, my husband spotted a restaurant we had to try. Café Gold Hall is...

Cafe Kelp

CONTRIBUTED BY COLLEEN FRANCIS click photo for source Oh my goodness... this little cafe has definitely become a favorite of ours! It's a tiny little quaint cafe...

HanaHou Island Style Café

CONTRIBUTED BY STACY STORRS After a fun, exhausting trip up the Cape Zanpa Lighthouse my family and I decided it was time for some lunch. We...

Vegetarica

CONTRIBUTED BY REBEKHA SMITH Following up on a tip from a local friend, my coworker and I took a long lunch one slow summer afternoon...

Miche Miche Cafe

CONTRIBUTED BY BRYAN WINZER As Okinawa’s rainy season enters full force, I often find drizzly weekends nix beach and hiking plans, leaving me stuck...

Cafe Do Ka Do Ka

CONTRIBUTED BY WALTER MEIER As a stop on the way to the Onna resort area or as a means to survey your domain, Café Do...

Le Cafe Blanc

CONTRIBUTED BY MARY RICHARDSON You may have seen this odd white igloo-like building while driving north on the 58. Le Café Blanc is a great...

Manza Sub Shop

CONTRIBUTED BY LISA THOMPSON Awww, the empty nest... what’s a person to do with it?  Why, jump on the back of a royal blue Kawasaki...

Marco Polo Café and Bakery

CONTRIBUTED BY LARISSA TRAQUAIR Combining a café and bakery isn’t a new concept, especially in Okinawa. However,  Marco Polo delivers one unique option not many...

Dreaming Angel (Christmas) Restaurant

2014 Update - The owner left this information in the comments: "Yes, we are open again this year from 4:00 to 10:30 PM, through 29...

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...

Leonardo’s Rose Garden

CONTRIBUTED BY ELIZABETH DE JESUS photo via Google Maps One thing my husband and I missed when we were stationed in Europe was a big, greasy...

Green Tea Shop & Cafe

CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE YAMADA A few weeks back the fam went up to the Aquarium for the day. Unfortunately, that day was a Tuesday which...

Cafe Boulangerie de Paris

CONTRIBUTED BY KELLY GARCIA After months of not needing to contribute to my own column, my baby and I made it on a little field...

British Wine and Tea Shop

Editor's Note: A commenter has let us know that as of May 2015 the menu at the British Wine and Tea Shop has changed;...

The Loop

CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE In need of some girl-iness? I have THE spot. The Loop is a fabulous coffee and tea shop between Gate 2 & 5...

Neko House "Fresh Fruit Smoothy and Lunch"

CONTRIBUTED BY KELLYERACE This beach shack's full name is "Neko House Fresh Fruit Smoothy and Lunch". Okay, it's not really a beach shack as it's,...