In Naha’s Tsuboya District, you’ll find a street dedicated to the ancient craft of Okinawan Yachimun, or pottery in Ryukyu dialect.

High school graduation is a special time, and Stars and Stripes is pleased to once again be putting together our annual Grad Tab, highlighting information on all of the Pacific DoDEA high schools and their graduating classes.

One day as I was driving, a funny tune caught my attention coming from a radio, going “Afee! Afee!”

Naha is one of Japan’s oldest trading ports and cities, predating and rivalling even that of Tokyo and Yokohama in its heyday.

Have you tried strawberry picking? If not, you are missing out!

It was by accident that I went to Ukabijima in Okinawa. On a day in late June, I hit the road and drove down south.

Sakaemachi is a miniature Showa period town filled with alleyways and hundreds of pubs and hole in the wall eateries, where liveliness and darkness coexist, making it a curious discovery day and night, like an odyssey in multiple acts.

Little Universe, a theme park in iias Okinawa Toyosaki Mall, made its debut last spring, and with it brought an interesting mix of miniature and digital worlds.

Last year I visited Kissa Gitano, an eatery in the Sunabe Seawall known for their tasty Cuban sandwiches, a go-to when I lived in South Florida almost 10 years ago.

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Douglas Swanson, the G-6 communications chief with Headquarters Company, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG), participates in a three-mile motivational run during a physical training session on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 14, 2025.