If you find yourself without a car on Okinawa, you may find the following link to the Okinawan bus lines helpful. Our reader, Erika, submitted the following: When I was on okinawa last month this website would have been useful for me. Even though I read Japanese, the times on the bus stops arent 100% [...]
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Car Wash near Camp McTureous
Posted on 07 August 2011.
Car Wash Shell CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES When we first moved to Okinawa, our neighbors told us about a great car wash place right outside our gate at Camp McTureous. It’s at the Shell Station. The day after Typhoon Songda, we noticed that all the Japanese people were lined up all around gas stations on [...]
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Off Base JCI Option: Koza Automobile
Posted on 23 June 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY KATHERINE MOOREAlthough I just arrived here on the island in January this year, it's already time for me to renew my JCI. I have heard so many horror stories about JCI renewal, and was not sure exactly what the best thing to do. I read Shannan’s very helpful and detailed post “The dreaded [...]
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Sky Airport Parking Service
Posted on 14 April 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY MARY RICHARDSONIt’s always nice to have a friend drop you off and pick you up at the airport. But let’s face it, sometimes here in Okinawa, that’s just not possible.That’s why I’m sharing Sky Airport Parking. During the last year whenever we’ve taken a short trip off island, we’ve used their service. Since [...]
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Toguchi Auto Parts Shop
Posted on 17 February 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY JEANINE CZUBIK When a friend recently asked where she should take her car for repair, I didn’t have an answer. What I do know, however, is where to buy new parts for my handy husband to repair our cars. If you’re like us, you’ve purchased relatively cheap and old vehicles on the hope [...]
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PCSing with a motorcycle.
Posted on 10 November 2008.
CONTRIBUTED BY KANDY You know you’re a military spouse…if there has ever been a motorcycle in your dining room. One thing I will never forget about living here is driving here. The first time a motorcycle zoomed past me while I was in a line of traffic, I screamed [...]
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Driver’s Ed
Posted on 11 August 2008.
CONTRIBUTED BY KANDY Pop quiz! Do you all know the difference between the four signs above? Just kidding! I received a question from a reader regarding Driver’s Ed. “My husband and I were in Oki from 2003-2006. Back then, the Driver’s Ed Class was only a day long. We had heard a rumor, shortly [...]
Posted in Cars, Military Life23 Comments
DIY JCI (Or “The Dreaded JCI”)
Posted on 14 July 2008.
CONTRIBUTED BY KANDY Update: Summer 2011 JCI. It’s one of those “scary” we-don’t-have-this-where-I-come-from type of things. Some people hire someone else to do all the required steps. In July 2008, OkinawaHai published an article about doing it yourself (the entire article is printed below). We’d like to think we’ve empowered many to try it on [...]
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Cars, etc…
Posted on 09 April 2008.
CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO I had spent some time writing a post on purchasing a car, not realizing that there were already posts AND discussions about the same topic on Okinawa Hai! I thought and thought and thought. I came to realize that there is no point for me to post an entry about something which [...]
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Lemon Lot
Posted on 24 March 2008.
The whole car experience here in Okinawa for me was like teenage deja vu. Oh! the feeling of freedom and independence of buying that first car from the Lemon Lot and then Egads! driving on the wrong side of the road (Bob and I kept yelling at each other “Stay to the left! Stay to [...]
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