Okinawanderer

04/06/2026

Congratulations Shuri Castle!

Finally! The Okinawa General Bureau announced today that Shuri Castle Main Palace will open for public on the November 23rd in 2026!

The restoration completion ceremony will take place on the 22nd Nov.!

Have been waiting 7 years, after burned down the castle.

Welcome to Okinawa! Welcome to Shuri Castle!!

01/06/2026

OMG😱

The famous iconic banyan tree on Gate 2 Street has fallen dawn!!

【 #台風6号】沖縄本島に3年ぶり直撃　いま何が？
写真と動画で随時更新中
https://okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/1849257

写真は、根こそぎ倒れたコザミュージックタウン音市場前のガジュマル＝1日午後1時25分、沖縄市の胡屋十字路

01/06/2026

OkiTyphoon! Typhoon Janmi has already made landfall on Okinawa main Island. Almost all schools, public offices, any kind of services and much more in Okinawa are closed.

Rain, wind, and waves are expected to intensify from this afternoon through late at night.

Please take extreme caution. Stay indoors.

台風6号が沖縄に接近し、県内各地で倒木や停電などの被害が確認されている。（随時更新） 那覇・南部 中部 宮古島市 台風の最接近が近ずく西平安名崎＝1日午前9時10分頃、宮古島市平良狩俣

30/05/2026

Wandering Okinawa! beach in Ginowan city! Enjoying summer before the typhoon hitting 😎🤟 It’s a very calm weather up to today and beaches are still open for public☀️

Almost elementary and junior high schools in Oki have already decided close temporarily on Monday and Tuesday.

Please take care!

27/05/2026

Looks directly hit the island for the first time in a while.

Please take care!

https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.html #4/15.861/149.121/&elem=root&typhoon=all&contents=typhoon

24/05/2026

We got so much heavy rain last night in Okinawa. But no any serious damage has been reported.

Sharing Okinawan local news channel.

沖縄本島地方で5月23日の午後8時ごろ、線状降水帯が発生しました。土砂災害などにご注意ください。▶ RBC NEWS DIG 公式サイト（TBS NEWS DIG内） https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/list/news/rbc▶ チャンネル登録をお願いしますhttps://www.youtub...

22/05/2026

The Ryukyu Golden Kings (Okinawan professional basketball team) will match up the Nagasaki Velca at the final game of the B.League (Japan Basketball League) from tomorrow!!

The basketballLive channel and U-Next channel (paid) will broadcast the live game!!

https://basketball.mb.softbank.jp

https://video.unext.jp

20/05/2026

Wandering Okinawa! @ around Onoyama park and Naha port!

15/05/2026

OkiHistory!! Okinawa marks 54th anniversary of reversion to Japan

May 15th marked the 54th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972.

According to published figures, the Japanese ventral government has spent a total ¥11.5 trillion (about $100 billion) on budgets earmarked for Okinawa since the reversion. At the same time, the number of tourists per year visiting the islands has increased 16-fold.

A debate is currently going on whether the reason for the poor performance is over-relying on handouts from Tokyo, or is the concentration of U.S. Military bases in the prefecture impeding the development.

According to increasing number of experts, the booming success of former U.S. military base areas, such as Omoromachi in Naha, Mihama American Village area and the most recent Awase Golf Course area, is an undeniable proof that the base land, once developed commercially, yields much better return than payments from base land leases bring, and hold the key to Okinawa’s future economic

12/05/2026

OkiLife!! Yohena’s Ajisai-en, The Hydrangea Garden of Motobu

As spring moves toward summer, the floral landscape of northern Okinawa is taking on new colors as hydrangea flowers, or ajisai’s in Japanese, are now bursting into full bloom. In a small town of Izumi, Motobu, thousands of brilliantly colored hydrangeas are flowering their petals on a 9,900 square meter plot of land that was once filled with tangerine trees. Welcome to the Yohena Hydrangea Garden!

With a total of 40 species, over 10,000 hydrangeas can be seen on location. In 2006, the Yohena Garden came in sixth in the West District Japan, Hydrangea Garden Contest.

Visitors are most welcome to stop by and check out these wonderful array of flowers, which will stay in bloom till the end of June. June, also happens to be the start of typhoon season, so if you wish to see these flowers in their prime, please stop by and visit before the typhoons arrive. Admission fees range from ¥500 for adults to ¥200 for children. Opening hours are between 9am to 6:00pm. Parking is available.

PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/o3EhCWSvtg9Z5Vnb6