Don’t expect to find yakitori at a typical Okinawa restaurant. Or sushi. Japan’s southernmost prefecture has its own unique food culture, the result of both its location and complex history. The ...

Okinawan cuisine is often overlooked by Japanese food enthusiasts, but it boasts a distinct and varied lineup of goodies thanks to the island's history and climate. Even if you can’t make it down ...

The Maui Okinawan Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Maui Mall. There will be Okinawan food for sale, entertainment, local craft vendors, professional photo sessions in ...

PHOTOS COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING Classic dishes of marinated pig ear, pickled bitter melon and hirayachi (chive crepe) are assembled in a contemporary dish of Mini Okinawan Soft Tacos. It is among 73 ...

Howard Takara, left, Shari Tamashiro and Gene Kaneshiro display original menus from local restaurants once owned by Okinawans, part of an exhibit at Honolulu Hale. Takara’s father owned Yuki’s Cafe in ...

Here’s what the San Francisco chef Stuart Brioza learned about traditional farm-to-table cuisine from the local restaurateur Emiko Kinjo when he flew to Japan's southernmost prefecture. In a quiet ...

The 2nd Annual Festival is a celebration of Okinawan food and owned restaurants. From the opening of American Cafe in 1923 to today, there has been over 350 Okinawan owned restaurants in Hawaii. Most ...

Tokyo resident Sakiko Hayashi was watching television when she first heard about the fabled Okinawan diet, which experts believe is largely responsible for the remarkable longevity of the island's ...

When cultures collide, the results can be unpredictable. Surely, no one in Japan would have imagined that Americans would add avocado and cream cheese to sushi. Similarly, it came as a surprise to me ...

On a small island in Japan’s far south, people routinely celebrate their one-hundredth birthdays with remarkable energy and joy. Okinawa has become famous for having more centenarians than anywhere ...