Happy New Year everyone! I hope everybody had a great Christmas and New Year accompanied with great food. After New Year, I always find I ate too much and fancy light dishes, so this week’s dish is simply seasoned with salt and ginger. Daikon and ginger help your digestive system and also sooth the intestinal tract. After heavy food over the Christmas and New Year, this is exactly what I need. I also wrote a Nanakusa gayu, Seven Herb Porridge, recipe last year. This week, you will start to see h...Read More

Okashi Goten

Known for its looks similar to the Shuri Castle, Okashi Goten is one of the most famous souvenir shops on Okinawa. Among the total of seven similar shops, the one in Onna Village was built in 2001 as the first, and also the first on Okinawa where visitors can observe the manufacturing process of the sweets sold in the store.

There’s also a restaurant with a beautiful view of the ocean. Most of the products are made using sweet purple potatoes as an ingredient. Its most famous product is the sweet purple potato tart, of which ten million a year are said to be sold.