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Last Update: September 7, 2012 News
Gourmet Oldwest Cafe serves home-style cooking in old west settingSlip back to the golden era of the silver-screen in this western-themed diner. Adorning the walls is a huge collection of photos and posters of famous actors from the cowboy movies of the 40s, 50s and 60s. Read More!Education Human Academy Naha trains IT, entertainment specialistsA four-year-old school in Okinawa that provides students advanced skills in graphic arts is now accepting students. The Human Academy Naha currently has more than 200 students learning skills leading to careers as animation designers, voice actors or actresses, video game programmers, eDCG graphics specialists, television performers, character designers, illustrators and singer-songwriters. Read More!Localbeat Renowned fashion designer applies Okinawan touchMitsuko Yamauchi is one of the Japan’s leading fashion designers, and she’s built her successful 42-year career around promoting her much loved Okinawa. Now in her 40th year with Madonna Fashions, her personal fashion label, Yamauchi has a worldwide following for her distinctly identifiable bingata clothes, scarves, handbags and even umbrellas designed around Okinawa’s vibrant colors. Read More!CultureFrench master artists center of Prefecture Museum exhibitionAn art exhibition “The Birth of Impressionism – the Stream of France’s 19th Century Pictorial Arts” is being held in Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Naha through December 11. Some 80 works by globally prominent masters including Delacroix, Millet, Courbet, Monet, Renoir and van Gogh went on view in Okinawa last week for the first time. Read More!Community Taiyo hosting first-ever junior golf tournamentTaiyo Golf Club is practicing its own common advice typically doled out to new golfers is to start young and get involved, tweaking plans for its first-ever Junior Open Championships tournament next week. It’s the perfect opportunity for youngsters who’ve been hard at work on their swings throughout the summer and are ready to show off those skills at the two-day tournament next Wednesday and Thursday, with competition open to junior golfers ages 7~18. Read More! |
   
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