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March 2016 Local Event Calendar
CONTRIBUTED BY Kacey A. Here you’ll find a list of local events for the month of March. Events on the island are constantly being created and changed, so please make sure to use the contact info...
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Cheese Box Photo Booth
CONTRIBUTED BY PETE LEONG Last month I had the pleasure of attending an English networking party organized by Mike Holland. The party never happens at the same location so this event was at the Pour...
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Showa Production Company – Signs Made To Order
CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A. Photo Provided by Showa I love learning how things are made. I am constantly amazed how ideas can form in someone’s head which they become so passionate about, they share with...
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Beach Rock Village
CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH CURTIS Tree terraces, delicious food and a yurt to sleep in… sounds like the perfect combination for a relaxing getaway and what’s even better: you don’t have to leave the island...
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2016 Okinawa Hai Calendar – March
The 2016 calendar was available to purchase in the last months of 2015 and the first months of 2016. The photo on March’s page was of the Sunabe Seawall. Photo Credit: Christopher A. Baldwin
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Muran Café
CONTRIBUTED BY LACEY SOILEAU After a weekend at Okuma, my little family and I decided to venture across the island and take a scenic tour up north. Our little drive found us near Camp Gonsalves (Jungle...
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Yakiniku King
CONTRIBUTED BY KARI F. If you’ve been in Japan for very long, you will probably have heard about yakiniku. If you’re new to Japanese cuisine, yakiniku is translated as “grilled meat” and refers to a...
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Sukiyanen Okonomiyaki
CONTRIBUTED BY HAZ NAKAMA If you’re looking for a little taste of Kansai in Okinawa, there’s a hidden gem right in the center of the island! Okonomiyaki, or a type of vegetable-and-meat-filled griddle...
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Noi Caphe Vietnamese Restaurant
CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH CURTIS One Sunday as we were wandering around Makishi Public Market in search of food I made the comment to my husband, “How amazing would it be if we stumbled across a Vietnamese...
View ArticlePhoto Of The Week: Sake Kit Kats for White Day?
Found ’em! Located in a variety of touristy gift shops along #Kokusai Street in #Naha. #SakeKitKats #KitKats #FindersKeepers #JapanOnly #Okinawa #OkinawaHai #DailyOki #Japan #YouAreWelcome @kitkat A...
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Hanta Baru Ristorante
CONTRIBUTED BY THE WANDERING WAFFLEHEADS We drive slowly to a faded white building as we are not sure if we have found our destination or have gotten ourselves lost in this quiet residential area where...
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Cafe Orleans
CONTRIBUTED BY LACEY SOILEAU Married to a Cajun man and having lived in Louisiana for several years, I’d like to think I know what good Louisiana style food is. Before I start, and as anyone from...
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Tea Ceremony & Kokusai Street Tour via Tours+
CONTRIBUTED BY MARISSA MATSUZAKI “Have you ever noticed how heavy the local diet is? They cook with lots of noodles, butter, pork fat, etc… yet everyone is so thin.” Our tour guide, who has lived in...
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Be Natural Cafe
CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH CURTIS We tried to visit Be Natural one Sunday many months ago, but with a long wait to get a seat and 2 hungry children we went elsewhere vowing to return some other day. Fast...
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Daiso: 100 Yen Heaven!
CONTRIBUTED BY LOUISE DUPUY You can find bargain stores pretty much anywhere in the world. We love a good bargain don’t we? Especially on all those fiddly essential items like tupperware, trash bin...
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Oosouji: Time To Spring Clean
This post was originally published on April 18, 2009; because today is the Spring Equinox we’re pulling it out of the archives as a reminder that this is a great time of year to tackle your “winter is...
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Zakimi Castle Site Park “Wooden Way” Jogging/Walking Trail
CONTRIBUTED BY JENNIFER GILES Zakimi Castle Site Park has a paved trail that leads to “Wooden Way”, a long boardwalk that runs through a dense forest near Zakimi Castle. To get to the trail, park in...
View ArticlePhoto Of The Week: Blowfish Buoy
#Okinawa #DailyOki #OkinawaHai #OkinawaCraft #Bouy #Art #IslandLife #Japan #Fish A photo posted by Okinawa Hai (@okinawa_hai) on Mar 22, 2016 at 3:41pm PDT Follow us on Instagram: @Okinawa_Hai
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Nago Pineapple Park
CONTRIBUTED BY LOUISE DUPUY You may be wondering “What’s so good about a pineapple park?” Well, my friends, let me tell you. This is one of the weirdest, funnest days out I’ve had here. Let me impart...
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Kaneku – Oceanview Soba Restaurant
CONTRIBUTED BY MARISSA MATSUZAKI While soba dishes are served all over Japan, Okinawa Soba is a unique regional version made with wheat flour instead of buckwheat. I like the idea of enjoying this...
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