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Okinawa Prefecture

  • Film

    May 17, 2012

    Insert [You Sunk My 'Battleship'] Joke Here

    Because every generation needs an 'Armageddon'

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Hanamatsuri Festival This Weekend in Anaheim

    ​This weekend the Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim will host its annual Hanamatsuri flower festival--a celebration of the birth of Buddha, with music and of course, food. And like I wrote last year, the parking situation might test your patience, but the rest of the afternoon will put you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    10 Great Japanese Restaurants in Orange County

    ​For this list of Japanese restaurants, we intentionally left out the sushi bars, because, well, we already did that list. We also shut out the ramen joints, teppanyakis, and yakinikus because, well, we still want to do those lists. But you can certainly have ramen and sushi, even a Californi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    This Weekend: Hanamatsuri Festival at Orange County Buddhist Church

    Flickr User Varin Tsai​The parking situation will test your patience, but the rest of the afternoon will put you at peace. The Hanamatsuri flower festival is a celebration of the birth of Buddha and it happens this weekend at the Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim.

  • Food

    March 10, 2011

    Habuya Represents the Perfect Prefecture

    This Tustin dive dazzles as the first Okinawan restaurant in Orange County

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    New Okinawan Restaurant Replaces Teriyaki Bowl Joint in Tustin

    Edwin Goei​Teriyami, the teriyaki joint that Gustavo reviewed last March and featured in our 100 Favorite Dishes, is no more. A new restaurant called Habuya has moved in. This time the featured food is Okinawa-style Japanese. A sampling of dishes include omelets with Japanese bitter melon and eel ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    OC's Scariest People

    Crypt from the headlines, here are our annual 31 flavors of fiendishness

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    SJC Americans: OC's Latest Hate Group!

    Another set of OCers makes Henry W. Head proud...​I don't really pay much attention to San Juan Capistrano because that's more Spencer's terrain, but one facet of the town that previously drew my  interest was some group calling themselves the SJC Americans. Clockwork Coker previously wrote a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Japanese Airline To Serve Draft Beer On Flights

    Flickr user smullComing soon to an airline near you: keg stands in free fall.​All Nippon Airlines announced today that they will begin serving draft beer on internal flights, principally to and from Okinawa. The advertisement states that prices per cup will be 800¥-1000¥ (US $9.15-$11.43).

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Mitsuwa's Kyusyu & Okinawa Food Fair This Thursday to Sunday

    Mitsuwa.comStarting today (Thursday, July 16) and lasting until this Sunday, Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa is hosting their Kyusyu and Okinawa Fair, celebrating foods from those regions. If you can read Japanese, you can check out more details on their website, which I link HERE. Or, just go. I'm pretty ... More >>

  • Features

    July 17, 2008

    When Gunner Jay Lindberg Killed Thien Minh Ly, Was It Actually a Hate Crime?

    Mitsuwa.comStarting today (Thursday, July 16) and lasting until this Sunday, Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa is hosting their Kyusyu and Okinawa Fair, celebrating foods from those regions. If you can read Japanese, you can check out more details on their website, which I link HERE. Or, just go. I'm pretty ... More >>

  • Features

    April 3, 2008

    Jared Petrovich Admits His Role In the Killing of John Chamberlain. But Why Did He Target the Guy?

    Mitsuwa.comStarting today (Thursday, July 16) and lasting until this Sunday, Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa is hosting their Kyusyu and Okinawa Fair, celebrating foods from those regions. If you can read Japanese, you can check out more details on their website, which I link HERE. Or, just go. I'm pretty ... More >>

  • Features

    November 22, 2007

    Just a Random Female

    Robbin Brandley’s confessed killer sits on death row. So why don’t her parents consider the case closed?

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Midway City

    Robbin Brandley’s confessed killer sits on death row. So why don’t her parents consider the case closed?

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Memorial Daze

    A military transport plane crash 40 years ago killed 83 people. Steve Bedunah
    says hes No. 84

  • Features

    January 1, 2004

    The Year in Girl

    There was a war in there, somewhere

  • Columns

    November 6, 2003

    What a Rush!

    A Commie in the Limbaugh Club

  • Film

    October 16, 2003

    Once Upon a Time in the East

    Quentin Tarantinos Kill Bill (or half of it, anyway)

  • Features

    December 12, 2002

    Great Balls of Fire, Literally

    Greg Topper still rules the lounge

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Crossing Guard

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 95

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