Food Teishoku Naritaya Sherilyn Siy From the outside, Naritaya could easily be mistaken for a chain restaurant. But there is only one Naritaya, located in Ginowa...
Activities Gushikawa Castle Ruins Sherilyn Siy The ruins sit 17 meters above sea level on a cliff west of Cape Kyan on the southern tip of Okinawa's mainland. The defensive...
Food Cafe and Gallery Umito Sherilyn Siy Retiring in Okinawa in a lovely Ryukyu inspired house with grand views of the ocean while keeping busy running a weekend cafe...
Kishimoto Shokudo Sherilyn Siy For over 115 years, three generations of Nakahodo family members have been making Okinawa soba noodles the traditional way --...
Food A Vegan-friendly Guide to Okinawa Kim Bergström This vegan guide to Okinawa is intended to assist travelers with options for where to eat across the island. There are many c...
Food Cafe Niceness Kim Bergström Cafe Niceness is located in Nago, Okinawa, and serves a completely vegan menu which is also free of chemical seasonings and a...
Activities Nago Cherry Blossom Festival 2027 Kim Bergström Being Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa's cherry blossoms, or sakura, bloom in the months of January and February. A w...
Culture Ryukyu Lantern Festival 2026-2027 Bonson Lam It is said that in many moons ago in China, women were not allowed out of the house at night, except on the 15th day of the C...
Culture The Kitchen God of Sefa Utaki Bonson Lam Sefa Utaki is the Okinawan way of acknowledging the “ultimate ancestor”, the creator of the Ryukyu Islands. It is a place of...
Activities Cherry Blossom in Okinawa Japan Travel Okinawa's cherry blossoms are the first to bloom in Japan every year. Because of the warm climate, they are different from th...
