With the summer arriving in Okinawa, fireworks and eisa dance festivals are making their way back.

Hop on an ATV with Yambarunture, an outdoor recreational park adjacent to Matayoshi Coffee Farm.

Kouri Island is a relaxing getaway from Okinawa’s main island with beautiful beaches to help you disconnect from the busy world and reconnect with nature.

Cape Maeda is a popular diving/snorkeling spot. Its Ao no Dokutsu (blue cave or grotto) sits on the bucket list for many tourists coming to Okinawa.

In Japan, pineapples grow in only two prefectures: Okinawa and Kagoshima.

On a day in mid-May I headed to north to visit Ie Island for the first time in more than a decade.

It had been years since I’d made my way back to Higashi Village on Okinawa’s northeastern coast.

Hunting for strawberries for 40 minutes at Kafu Strawberry Farm’s greenhouse made me sweat like I would in summer. So, I decided to cool off at Kunjitahama, just south of Camp Schwab.

PM Ishiba reaffirms the government’s commitment to Okinawa’s tourism.

On a hot summer day in August, I headed to Kouri-jima, an island off the coast of Okinawa’s Nakijin Village.