In Japan, Tsuribori refers to ponds where you can enjoy fishing without even going to sea.

I love pugs. They are my favorite loaves of snoring, drooling, and heavy shedding fur animals.

If you go to Gate 2 Street near Kadena AB regularly, Tesio may already be on your radar.

Hamahiga Island, located to the east of Katsuren Peninsula, is known as “Kami no Shima,” or “God’s Island.”

With the fall festival season going strong on Okinawa, it’s time for the Marine Corps installation on the east coast of Uruma City to shine.

Here is one of Stars and Stripes 2024-25 Best of the Pacific winners! Let’s find out more about Tengan Castle on Okinawa.

Here is a list of Halloween events on Okinawa bases.

Though the temperature is still hot, and Okinawa may not offer the autumn foliage of the mainland, there are some special sights of a subtropical fall season you won’t want to miss.

Okinawa’s nature theme park Bios on the Hill is hosting Aki-no Tairyoku Sokutei, a series of athletic events from Oct. 12-14 to let you measure your physical fitness and have a lot of fun doing it.

Yosuke Nakama, chief of Traffic Safety Operations with the Okinawa Prefecture Government, demonstrates a breathalyzer test to U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force during “The Ripple Effect” lecture discussing the dangers of driving under the influence, on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 4, 2024.