Foodies on the island, mark your calendar. The World Food Festival will be serving up some delicious eats on April 12-13 in Okinawa City.

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.

Commute time can be very stressful for drivers in Okinawa.

Golden Week, a series of Japanese holidays from Apr. 29 through May 6, is coming up quickly. This means that Kids Festival Adventure World is coming back to Chatan Dome near Camp Foster and Kadena Air Base.

When April comes around, it’s time to pay up in Japan. Road tax payment needs to be made between April and May. 

If you go to Gate 2 Street near Kadena AB regularly, Tesio may already be on your radar.This shop dedicated to specialty German-style sausages, has garnered much media attention since it opened in 2017.

Growing up in Okinawa in the 1980s, kendo was not a sport I was familiar with. Despite its status as a traditional martial art and the kendo club at school, I don’t recall it having mainstream sport status.

In Okinawa, King Tacos is almost like a synonym for taco rice.

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.

The JBL Pass, not to be confused with the Japan Bus Pass, is a flat-rate bus ticket that allows holders to ride up to three express buses per day for three, five, or seven days.