While some teams look at a basketball tournament as a “go hard or go home” deal, Chloe Sterling says she and her Zama teammates have their own spin on that expression: “Go hard or go hard.”
They finished fourth, losing four times in the Kanto Classic last January. But coach Daisy Whitaker-Hayes called the three-day tournament at American School In Japan a “pivotal point” in Zama’s bid for its first DODEA-Japan and Far East Division II Tournament titles.
What a change an opponent makes. Kadena’s girls basketball team won its first four games against Okinawa-based American and international school foes by an average of 37½ points.
It took more than two seasons after sitting out 2016-17 with a damaged ankle, but Dylan Canlas finally enjoyed a breakout performance in a truly breakout quarter for Kubasaki’s boys basketball team.
For the first time since the season began in early December, Kadena’s and Kubasaki’s boys and girls basketball teams get to face somebody besides teams based in Okinawa.
Kadena’s boys won their fourth straight Okinawa regular-season title over Kubasaki while the Panthers girls claimed their 17th straight district title over the Dragons with their latest victories Friday at Kubasaki.
If you've spent any time in Japan you know it's often difficult to find unpackaged food. There is one health food store in Okinawa that offers bulk and I love going there.
Mainland Japan’s food culture continues to migrate to Okinawa, and every year new Japanese chain restaurants pop up on the island. Even items that were unique to the mainland like “Ehoumaki,” a sushi roll eaten on the day of Setsubun, are now common on Okinawa.
Any meal in Japan is sure to include some form of chopsticks. Since their invention in ancient China more than 3,000 years ago, chopsticks have been widely used in Asian countries.
The famous Land of the Rising Sun is known for so many things, it’s hard to even mention them all: culture, history, pop culture, manga, anime, cosplay, sights, architecture...the list could go on and on.
