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Okinawa (Page 5)

Okinawa soul food: We try the most epic pork and egg onigiri rice balls in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2019
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A fistful of a feast, these rare treats are more like burgers than rice balls.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • food review • Japanese food • local cuisine • Mai • Okinawa • pork • SNJO • soul food • taste test • tonkatsu)

Okinawa Monorail employs hassle-free remote-controlled incline for improved disabled access

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 30, 2019

Futuristic and incredibly cool. One glaring problem, however, prevents it from being widely used.

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• Japan
• (accessibility • cool • cool gadgets • disabled people • Okinawa • remote control • train station • wheelchair access)

All Japanese customers banned from restaurant…in Japan?!?

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 15, 2019

Ramen chef has had it with rude customers from his own country, so he’s cast them out of his noodle paradise.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • Ishigakijima • Okinawa • ramen • restaurants • rude • rude customers • society • weird)

Major retailer in Japan announces it will be “cumming soon”

• Master Blaster
  Jun 12, 2019

TMI, Aeon…TMI.

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• Japan
• (Aeon • business • coming soon • embarrassing • new open • Okinawa • spelling • translation mistakes • Vanew)

“Women, go back to the kitchen” command misogynistic election banners seen in Okinawa

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 18, 2019

Female candidate and male opponent denounce classless political message.

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• Japan
• (election • gender • Okinawa • politicians • politics)

Coca-Cola Japan brings out a new design bottle exclusive to Okinawa

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2019

Famous sightseeing spots come together for a very special souvenir. 

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• Japan
• (art • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola bottles • Cola • design • drinks • marketing • Okinawa • soda • travel)

Happy New Year! Japan ranks top spots to view the first sunrise of 2019

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 31, 2018

Japan decides which spots are the best places to catch the final dawn of the Heisei Era.

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• Japan
• (beautiful scenery • Chiba Prefecture • Hokkaido • Kanagawa Prefecture • New Year's Eve • Okinawa • Shizuoka • sunrise)

This obviously Photoshopped photo from Japan totally isn’t Photoshopped【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2018

Who needs the magic of photo editing when you’ve got the power of taido?

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • funny • martial arts • Okinawa • Photoshop • taido • video)

We’ve fallen in love with this quirky but yummy Okinawan rice “soul drink”

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 27, 2018

Why bother eating rice when you can have it as a thick and scrumptious beverage instead?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • drinks • Okinawa • rice • rice drink • SNOJ)

Japan-stationed U.S. fighter plane crashes in Okinawa

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2018

Japan Air Self-Defense Force rescues pilot from sea.

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• Japan, USA
• (Air Force • crash • F-15 • military • Okinawa • planes • U.S. military in Japan)

Okinawa’s captivating city halls will make you wonder what floor the final boss is lurking at

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 3, 2018

This Twitter thread makes a great showcase of government halls you could grind EXP inside, instead of just grinding your teeth.

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• Japan
• (architecture • City Hall • cool • Okinawa • videogames)

Our Japanese reporter heads to Okinawa and a U.S. military casino to try and win it big

• Richard Simmonds
  Apr 18, 2018

Steak, dollars and men with guns (somewhere probably); we have a Las Vegas-lite experience at a U.S. military casino in Okinawa.

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• Japan, USA
• (casinos • gambling • military base • Okinawa • U.S. Military)

Enjoy the weird signs of Okinawa’s Maehara district, it’s like a city decorated in dad jokes

• Master Blaster
  Apr 16, 2018

Swing by this lovely town and enjoy “five times bonus points” as promised by one of their signs.

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• Japan
• (Ginowan • Maehara • Okinawa • signs • strange • travel)

U.S. Marine hit by car rescuing Japanese driver from traffic accident in Okinawa, fractures skull

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2017

Local media makes no mention of father-of-three’s sacrifice, triggers angry, embarrassed reactions from Japanese nationals.

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• Japan, USA
• (accident • hero • heroism • Marines • military • moving • Okinawa • rescue • touching • U.S. military in Japan)

Japanese sign uses the power of spirits to strike fear into passers-by and stop them from littering

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2017

Forget putting the fear of God into someone; this graveside sign calls on spirits to ensure people mind their manners.

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• Japan
• (cemetaries • garbage • graves • littering • Naha • Okinawa • shinto • shrines • signs • streets • trash)

Okinawan in hot water after charging Chinese tourists 10 times more for beach parasol set rental

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 7, 2017

A cheap trick to make extra cash, or a man pushed to breaking point?

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• Japan
• (beach • Chinese tourists • complaint • Okinawa • parasol • rental)

Take a tour of Okinawa’s longest running movie theater: this creepy adult cinema

• Master Blaster
  Jul 23, 2017

Some historical sites are honored while others get the shaft, but that may just be how the Shuri Theater likes it.

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• Japan
• (history • movies • Naha • Okinawa • Shuri Castle • Shuri Theater)

Eight surprising things to do in Northern Okinawa

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2017

Beat the crowds and skip the tourist traps with this guide to the little-known gems in the region.

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• Japan
• (Daisekirinzan • food • glamping • kayaking • nature • nordic walking • Okinawa • travel • Yambaru Forest)

Glamping Okinawan style: a unique way to get in touch with nature in Japan【Pics】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 10, 2017

The “glamorous camping” experience comes to Okinawa with luxurious tents and amazing views that will have you wanting to stay here forever.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • camping • food • glamping • hotels • Okinawa • spas • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Japanese gamer shares images of most realistic Pokémon Go gym battle ever

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2016

Okinawan seaside becomes the perfect setting for this Lapras vs Gyarados showdown.

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• Japan
• (Churaumi Aquarium • gaming • Gyarados • gyms • Lapras • mobile games • Okinawa • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)

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