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Kachimba1551’s New Single “Bueno!”
Okinawan salsa band KACHIMBA1551 released their first single CD “Bueno!” on 10/19! The song is a collaboration with the restaurant Bueno Chicken in Urasoe and is a KACHIMBA5 rearrangement of their song “Bueno!” which was originally released in 2014. Check out their fun CM down below. The band has a couple of albums you can…
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Orion Beer’s First Collaboration “Shuri 1427”
It’s amazing that Orion Beer is doing its first collaboration with a special beer named “Shuri 1427”. The collaboration is with Wolfbräu, a microbrewery located in Shuri, and the resulting product looks amazing (we bet it tastes amazing too). 1427 is the date that Ryutan and the Ankokuzan was created. Read more about the collaboration…
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Starbucks Been There Series for Okinawa
This is pretty cool. It was back in June that Starbucks created their special Okinawa chinsukou Frappuccino and now they are bringing out the Been There series. So the next time you stop by a Starbucks in Okinawa be sure to pick up a mug, stainless steel bottle, and/or a Starbucks card.
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2nd Okinawan FEASTival
We’re so happy to see a return of Shari’s Okinawan FEASTival! This year it’s running from September 1st to the 14th and there’s a lot of food 🍱 and drink 🍺 to be excited about. 😋 From the opening of American Cafe in 1923 to today, there has been over 350 Okinawan owned restaurants in…
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2021 Virtual Okinawan Festival
The Hawaii United Okinawa Association’s (HUOA) popular Okinawan Festival will sadly be virtual again this year but we’re still excited for it. They also have a t-shirt design contest going on that ends July 19th (check out their website for more details). Looks like for this year they’ll even be doing smaller in-person events and…
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Starbucks Okinawa’s Special Limited Frappuccino
To celebrate its 25th anniversary of coming to Japan, Starbucks is commemorating it with special Frappuccinos for each prefecture in Japan. Okinawa (#47) gets one made with chinsukou called the Karii Chinsukou Vanilla Caramel Frappuccino. It’s available from June 30th to August 3rd or while supplies last. The product focuses on the traditional Okinawan confectionery…
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Freshly Made Spam & Egg Onigiri at Potama
I recently went to check out a restaurant chain from Okinawa that has a location in Waikiki (Honolulu, Hawaii) called Potama (short for Pork Tamago Onigiri). In Okinawa, pork usually refers to pork luncheon meat that’s made by Hormel (Spam) or by Tulip. Hawaii has a similar popular local food called Spam musubi that’s readily…
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#OkinawanEats #OkiEats
Uchinanchu are lucky to live Hawaii as we have many Okinawan-owned restaurants and businesses. During the pandemic, many of these businesses have been hit hard so let’s do our best to help them and others too. The Okinawan FEASTival website has a list of places to support and keeps a Google Sheet with up-to-date information…
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YouTube: Hidden Gems in Okinawa
The manjū pictured for the video’s thumbnail is my grandmother’s favorite and it’s become one of mine’s too. Check out the I Will Always Travel for Food’s YouTube channel for Day 1’s video as well as upcoming and archived videos.
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YouTube: 北谷TV takes a look at how Chatan Chourou awamori is made
My favorite awamori. 🙂
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