August 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Taichi Hirayasu
“Martial Arts Tourism,” the new tourism initiative in Okinawa that hopes to attract Karate-ka from all over the world for things such as training, has been garnering a lot of attention.
There are reportedly upwards of 130 million Karate practitioners and fans globally, and Okinawa is hoping their call to the homeland of Karate will yield great economic results.
The prefecture has been pouring...
July 24, 2018 by Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Department of Culture, Tourism, and Sports announced the results of their Okinawan resident tourism awareness survey July 23.
This is the first time the department has conducted such a survey on Okinawan residents.
When...
July 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Daiichi Koutsu Sangyo Co. Ltd. is participating in a plan to run a high-speed ferry connecting Naha and Motobu Ports.
With the increase of rental cars used by tourists visiting Okinawa, congestion on the roads continue to worsen,...
July 1 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB), which promotes an initiative that invites students from abroad for educational travel, reported on June 30 that the number of students who came to Okinawa in 2017, as far as the OCVB know,...
April 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The...
March 31, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Prefecture announced “The Caribbean of the East Initiative,” March...
March 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Queen Elisabeth, an around-the-world cruise, anchored at the Wakasa port in Naha port the morning of March 13.
The cruise weighs 90,900 tons and accommodates 2,091 passengers. This is the third year in a row the cruise ship has visited the...
March 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Representatives from Japan and Taiwan met at a joint committee on fisheries March 15-16 in Taipei to discuss regulations for 2018 including fishing rights in the area near the Senkaku Islands as part of the Japan-Taiwan...
February 28, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A contest judging the awamori liquor that sleeps in Okinawan households kicked off at the Okinawa Regional Taxation Office in Naha February 27. The contest is evaluating 128 submissions collected through February 28 of awamori that has both been aging in a single...
January 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, selected Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, number one on its “2018 Top Destinations on the Rise” list announced January 13.
User reviews highlighted coastal landscape that features “picturesque scenery” that...
September 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced September 26 that for the first time ever, a large quantity of minerals, including valuable resources such as gold, were successfully extracted from an...
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