Are you currently researching a possible trip to Okinawa, Japan? Okinawa has been slowly getting the attention of people all over the world. You’ve probably read an article or two about the great number of centenarians (people over the age of 100) living in Ogimi Village. Maybe you saw the documentary Happy, where Okinawa is mentioned […] The post L.I.T. Guide to Okinawa: 7 day Itinerary appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

I originally wrote this post in 2013 (!!) and it’s been one of my most popular ones among people moving to Okinawa. Years later I decided to create a series called L.I.T. Guide to Okinawa and although it’s taken me a couple of more years to add new blogposts to it… we’ve recently moved back […] The post L.I.T. Guide To Okinawa: The Inside Scoop On Driving appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

One of our favorite things to do while we were stationed in Coastal North Carolina was exploring the little islands surrounding us. We road tripped up the Outer Banks (hands down one of the highlights of our time in NC), ferried to Shackleford Banks to see the wild horses and drove through a bunch of […] The post Cape Lookout Day Trip appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

I just re-read my last life update post and decided I should write another one before I start sharing our adventures again. It’s now been 3 months since we moved back to Okinawa and I’m happy to report that we’re officially settled in ????. Buckle up because this is going to be a long post. […] The post Life Update // We’re Finally Settled In! appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

Guys I wrote this whole post in September… don’t ask me why I never published it! I’m going to leave it as is and include more updates at the end! It’s a long one, but stick with me. After 3 years in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina the time has finally come to move again! I […] The post Life Update // We Moved!! appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

We road tripped from the Jacksonville / Camp Lejeune area up to the Outer Banks in April and had a blast exploring these barrier islands!! Make sure you check out our 5 day itinerary, read about our 1st day on Ocracoke Island, our 2nd day on Hatteras Island and our 3rd day driving up the villages […] The post Outer Banks Day 4-5: Kill Devil Hill / Corolla / Duck / Roanoke Island appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

We road tripped from the Jacksonville / Camp Lejeune area up to the Outer Banks in April and had a blast exploring these barrier islands!! Make sure you check out our 5 day itinerary, read about our 1st day on Ocracoke Island and our 2nd day on Hatteras Island before reading this post about our drive […] The post Outer Banks Day 3: Avon / Rodanthe / Nags Head appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

We road tripped from the Jacksonville / Camp Lejeune area up to the Outer Banks in April and had a blast exploring these barrier islands!! Make sure you check out our 5 day itinerary, read about our 1st day on Ocracoke Island and our 2nd day on Hatteras Island before reading this post about our drive […] The post Outer Banks Day 3: Avon / Rodanthe / Nags Head appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

We road tripped from the Jacksonville / Camp Lejeune area up to the Outer Banks in April and had a blast exploring these barrier islands!! Make sure you check out our 5 day itinerary and read about our 1st Day on Ocracoke Island before reading this post about our 2nd Day on Hatteras Island. On […] The post Outer Banks Day 2: Hatteras Island appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more

We road tripped from the Jacksonville / Camp Lejeune area up to the Outer Banks in April and had a blast exploring these barrier islands!! The first leg of the trip was driving from Jacksonville to Cedar Island, which takes 2 hours. We left the house at 5AM, got to see the sunrise and the enjoy […] The post Outer Banks Day 1: Ocracoke Island appeared first on Little Island Takara ..read more