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Kitchen Dining Toki
CONTRIBUTED BY JENNIFER GILES If you are looking for a place to become a “regular”, Kitchen Dining Toki in Yomitan is your restaurant. It has a residential location, helpful staff, extensive menu and...
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Cruising New Zealand and Australia – Part 1
CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE BUDZIEN Are interested in traveling down under, but you don’t know which city to go to? Do you want to maximize your time by seeing as many different cities as possible? Are you...
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Cruising New Zealand and Australia – Part 2: The Itinerary
CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE BUDZIEN Are you interested in traveling to New Zealand and Australia, but you don’t want to have to worry about transportation between cities and packing up all of your luggage...
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Mount Misen
CONTRIBUTED BY KEVIN “ELVIS” KING The interior of the diminutive Buddhist hall was dark and uninviting. The top half of the open entry was filled with thick, sooty smoke attempting to escape...
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Auberge Bonne Chere Raout
CONTRIBUTED BY JENNIFER GILES We never expected to find such a lovely French fusion restaurant in Okinawa, but that’s exactly what we found in “Auberge” Bonne Chere Raout French restaurant in Onna...
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A Party, An Invite, and A Giveaway!
If you are reading this, you are part of something special. You are part of Okinawa Hai, a group of people exploring exotic new places, eating exciting new food and making new friends. You do all of...
View ArticleMukashi Mukashi
CONTRIBUTED BY JEANIE ANGEL When we read an article about this place, we just had to find it! It is so amazing, different from anywhere I’ve had soba on this whole island. My husband loves soba, so...
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February 2016 Local Event Calendar
CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A. Here you’ll find a list of local events for the month of February. Events on the island are constantly being created and changed, so please make sure to use the contact info...
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Thaimon Relaxation
CONTRIBUTED BY KEVIN SIMPSON Mr. Susumu Irie owns a business called THAIMON relaxation massage, down the street from Camp Hansen at 330 Kin Town, Okinawa. He offers massages late evenings due to this...
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2016 Okinawa Hai Calendar – February
The 2016 calendar has been available for purchase since November 2015. If you don’t already have one, get one now! The photo on January’s page was taken at Kakazu Takadai Park. Photo Credit: Stephanie...
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Paying Bills Off Base
CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE BUDZIEN Do you live off-base or are you getting ready to move out into town? We love living off base, but, you will have more bills to pay! Thankfully service members authorized...
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Fe-Nu Ashtanga Yoga
CONTRIBUTED BY BRIAN SULLIVAN I discovered Fe-Nu Yoga last summer. Before, I casually hopped around yoga studios in Japan and California, unaware of the type of yoga I was practicing, discovering some...
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Where to Dine on Valentine’s Day
CONTRIBUTED BY OKI SOCIAL Where to Dine on Valentine’s Day 2016 In Okinawa Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Oki Social went on a hunt around the island to look for romantic spots for folks...
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Petals Eyelash Extension
CONTRIBUTED BY MINDY MORRIS When I first started working at a school on base, I often found myself almost hypnotized by the lashes of one of the teachers I worked with. I knew I should be listening to...
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Cafe Nicoli
CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A. Cafe Nicoli is not new to Okinawa, nor should it be new to you. However, our last write up (which you can still find at the bottom of this post) was back in 2011 and since then,...
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GT Tsukemen
CONTRIBUTED BY JEANIE ANGEL We are always excited to find something different on Okinawa, as we have been here for almost 3 years now. This place was a great change of pace. It is a type of ramen, but...
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Anettaichaya (Hammock Garden)
CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH CURTIS From the very first time I saw a picture of Anettaichaya I knew we HAD to go there; not only did the food look delicious and the views amazing but they had hammocks too....
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Local Voices: Every Little Life Matters
CONTRIBUTED BY INORI HAYASHI “This is what we do; we team up with people who have similar mindsets and rescue abandoned animals because we believe that every little life matters,” said the lady at the...
View ArticlePhoto Of The Week: Sunabe Storms
Another day without diving. Come on weather, straighten yourself out! #OkinawaHai #Okinawa #Sunabe #Ocean #IslandLife #Japan #DailyOki A photo posted by Okinawa Hai (@okinawa_hai) on Feb 15, 2016 at...
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Marvelous Matcha
CONTRIBUTED BY LOUISE DUPUY Matcha (pronounced mat-cha) is a finely grounded green tea. It’s from a special type of crop, special in the way it’s farmed and processed. Shade grown three weeks prior to...
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