Culture
If your idea of a holiday is the sound of the spinnaker flapping in the breeze or the gentle waves lapping while you are maki...
Yomitan Village on the East China Sea in Central Okinawa is well known for its pottery, beaches, castle, agriculture, and lig...
The 2005 merger of the former cities and towns of Gushikawa, Ishikawa, Katsuren and Yonashiro created Okinawa Prefecture's th...
Okinawa City is the second largest city in Okinawa Prefecture with approximately 140,000 residents and is situated in central...
Ginowan is a city of nearly 100,000 residents on the coastline of the main island of Okinawa between Urasoe City and Chatan V...
Naha in the south of the main island of Okinawa is the capital city of the Prefecture and the center of business, culture, ar...
Kadena is a small town of about 13,000 residents on the East China Sea along the western shoreline of the main island of Okin...
Tiny Kitanakagusuku Village is one of the smallest municipalities in all of Okinawa with less than 12 square kilometers of la...
The Yambaru Art Festival is scheduled from mid December until mid January and the multi-venue event will showcase a wide vari...
The Motobu Yaedake Cherry Blossom Festival has been running for almost half a century now, and takes place from the latter pa...
Ayahashi annual on-the-sea road race, for both competitors and social runners; family-friendly
Since the Fifteenth Century, merchants and ambassadors have made their way to the shores of the Ryukyu Islands, lured by the ...
If you can only eat once a year, what would you eat? Obon is the homecoming Okinawans give to their ancestors, a meal that b...
From the outside, Naritaya could easily be mistaken for a chain restaurant. But there is only one Naritaya, located in Ginowa...
The staff here have called this island home for several generations, making them a great source of local history and culture....
I spent my last night in Naha at this great hotel placed just by the canal in the central area of Kumoji, not far from Kokusa...
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The Tokyo Daichi Hotel Okinawa Grand Mer Resort is very popular with business travelers and tourists visiting central Okinawa
Asoviva is a lighthouse, shining a light on the rich tapestry of Sanshin and its connector of language, love, and hope. It is...
What is art? What is creation, or creativity? Overflowing with love and beauty, the people of Okinawa expressed their joy i...
Since the Fifteenth Century, merchants and ambassadors have made their way to the shores of the Ryukyu Islands, lured by the ...