Akachichi Guesthouse

It was a beautiful day and we were ready to go for a morning swim when Komaki said, “Let’s take the kayak out!” It had been a while since...

Swimming and snorkeling has always been a part of my life in Okinawa. For me, it’s not just a hobby or something to do on a sunny day....

I was helping my neighbor clean a mammoth-sized stewpot he had pulled out of his storage shed. “This is what you need if you are going to...

Growing our own food without the use of chemicals for the last 14 years here in Okinawa has been an extremely rewarding experience for our family. Not only do we get fresh and healthy vegetables to eat but we also are able to work outside and become a part of nature. This provides the additional benefit of nurturing our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. This lifestyle has encouraged us to become more sustainable in the way we grow food. Our methods, however, have no

Back in early 2020, the idea of growing pineapples had never really occurred to me until I was offered the chance to take over approximately 200 pineapple plants my uncle had planted. I decided right away that I was going to go completely organic. First, though, I had to find the pineapple plants. The pineapples were planted in a field that I already had been to a few times before when I helped my uncle harvest sugar cane, which was there before the pineapple. It was in an is

It was 1983. “We’re all going to Okinawa,” said my mom. I was only seventeen years old and Okinawa meant nothing to me. It was simply...