Localbeat

Island book perfect Mothers Day gift

A special tip: Show mom how beautiful Okinawa is with a copy of The Best of Okinawa Living, signed by the people who created it. Writer, Managing Editor and Photographer Mike Daley, Art Director and Photographer Henry Ortega, and Photographer John Burgreen will be at the Foster PX to sign copies of The Best of Okinawa Living, and Postcards of The Best of Okinawa Living, on Saturday, May 2nd, from 1 ~ 4 p. Read More!

Costumes make Maid Cafe a different experience

To call the Ichigobatake Maid Café in Naha City a new type of coffee shop is overstating the obvious. There’s coffee, and food, and even service massages and reflexology healing time. Read More!

Travel

Well over one-half million people are booked to leave Japan during Golden Week, which begins April 26th, an increase of more than 10% over last year. With the traditional Golden Week travel period slated for April 25th through May 5th, the Japan Association of Travel Agents, H. Read More!

Culture

Colorful carp streamers set stage for Children's Day

The eight-meter-long fish-shaped streamers are showing up all over Okinawa this week as the clock ticks down to Kodomo no hi, Children’s day. There are more than 600 of the carp-shaped streamers in the greater Kadena area, with 40 swimming above the Hija River, site of the Hija River Festival that begins on Sunday. Read More!