Take a trip to Okinawa’s “Carrot Island.” Known for its sweet carrots, Tsuken Island, just off the east coast of Okinawa’s main island, is a wonderous place with interesting landscapes and beautiful...
U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sailors have a language exchange held onboard CFAO White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan March 30, 2022.
Tsuken Island, just off the east coast of Okinawa’s main island, is also known as “Carrot Island.” This wonderous place with interesting landscapes and beautiful views has earned this moniker because Tsukenjima ninjin carrots are its signature product, known for their rich sweetness.
Capt. Patrick Dziekan, Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO) commanding officer, meritoriously promotes Logistics Specialist 1st Class Bienvenido Quimbao, from Olongapo City, Philippines and assigned to CFAO port operations, in a ceremony on White Beach Naval Facility Mar. 10, 2022. His family watched the ceremony via cell phone.
Ens. Cody Haase, Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa security officer, administers the oath of enlistment to Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Kwame Nyantakyi, assigned to CFAO security department, during his reenlistment ceremony onboard a harbor patrol craft in the waters of CFAO White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan Mar. 8, 2022.
Yeoman 2nd Class Katrina White, a Newnan, Ga. native assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO), was honored as Sailor of the Quarter for 4th Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 during an award ceremony held on CFAO White Beach Naval Facility Feb. 17, 2022.
Rear Adm. Chris Engdahl, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, speaks with local media aboard Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary staging base USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) to local media Oct. 6, 2021.
What’s not to love about a pancake house that flips your pancakes to order and is located by a quiet beach. So next time you’re out on a weekend drive, steer your way toward Jakkepoes in Yomitan.
Fast and easy homemade pasta recipe. Perfect for easy Monday night dinners. Ingredients and directions easy to follow for both beginners and advanced cooks.
Okinawan brown sugar, made from sugarcane grown in fields blessed with strong southern-island sunlight and minerals delivered by the ocean spray, is very rich in flavor.
Okinawa is well-known as the birthplace of karate, but Japan’s southern islands are also home to the creation of a unique distilled liquor known as awamori.
