August 25, 2016 • mccsokinawa.com
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hat better time of the year for one of the hottest festivals on the island? One of the most popular summer festivals that MCCS has to offer is almost here—Hansen Fest! MCCS will be hosting the Hansen Festival on Saturday, September 3 from 2 to 10 p.m. and Sunday, September 4 from 1 to 9 p.m. This annual festival welcomes all service members, their families and Japanese to partake in a weekend of festival fun. Hansen Fest has festival favorites for all ages including Fun Land’s rides and bouncers, game booths and delicious cultural foods from Okinawa as well as new food offerings from MCCS. Starting this year, hungry revelers can enjoy USA staples such as sizzling Bulldogs Bites, succulent BBQ beef brisket and juicy chicken from Hickory
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House All-American BBQ, Shisa Pizza Express pizza and wings, and, for patrons 18 years of age and older, refreshing beverages from Kanpai Lounge. The festival will be filled with live entertainment. Indie rock group American Authors will perform at Hansen Fest on September 3 at 8:30 p.m. The quartet is best known for their song “Best Day of My Life” which was featured in a number of commercials, films and video games. Their newest hit is “Go Big or Go Home,” off their latest album, What We Live For. Hansen Festival is open to everyone islandwide. FREE shuttle buses will provide transportation to and from designated parking lots on Camp Hansen. Please leave your pets at home. Do not bring any outside alcohol, bottles or cool-
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"American Authors will perform at Hansen Fest on September 3 at 8:30 p.m." ers. If you choose to drink, please do so responsibly. There will be daiko and taxi services available. You don’t want to miss out on this event. For more information, call MCCS Special Events at 645-5828 or visit mccsokinawa.com.
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Live Entertainment at the Clubs
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on Affetto is a musical term; it’s a direction to play or sing with feeling or tenderness. Con Affetto the band, which will be entertaining audiences in MCCS Clubs throughout August, September and October, adds words such as excitement, sensuality, delight and inspiring to their performances. Through August 30,
Con Affetto will play from 8 to 11 p.m. on Thursday at the Kinser Surfside, and they will play from 9 p.m. to midnight on Friday at the BeachHead on Camp Schwab. On Saturday, Con Affetto will play from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Globe & Anchor inside Ocean Breeze on Camp Foster. Their final August performance is
scheduled on Tuesday from 8 to 11 p.m. at The Palms on Camp Hansen. For more information on these and September and October performances, call 645-5821 or visit mccsokinawa. com/entertainment or facebook.com/ mccsokinawa.entertainment.
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Taiyo Red, White & Blue Scramble
Golfers, it’s time to show your colors at the 2016 Taiyo Golf Club Red, White & Blue Scramble! This teetime tournament, which will be held September 10, will be a four-person scramble played with a 10 percent combined team handicap. So, what
exactly is a four-person scramble you ask? Players will alternate tee positions between red, white and blue, starting from the number one tee (with the tee to be played indicated by the scorecard). Make sense? Register for this tournament by
September 7 for $30 per person (green and cart fees not included). For more information, call 6222004/2006 or 098-954-2004/2006. Visit Taiyo Golf Club online at mccsokinawa.com/golf or facebook. com/taiyogc.
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Mou ippai onegaishimasu. One more drink, please.
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For details about FREE Japanese language classes, please call Marine & Family Programs-Resources at 645-2104/2106.
Drinking Etiquette in Japan
ake (pronounced sah-kay) has long been an integral part of Japanese culture. Like other ancient cultures, the Japanese discovered early on how to produce the elixir from grain. It journeyed from a Shinto sacrament to a tonic for the elderly to a way to celebrate holidays for the general public. When used responsibly, we associate alcohol with relaxed atmospheres of dinner and laughter, rosy-glass camaraderie. The same goes for Japan. However, because of sake’s history—its role in religious ceremonies and the symbolic pouring by geisha—there are still social protocols at play when partaking in the edifying mainstay. Now the rules are more lax, but ignoring them may still look impolite. Make sure, especially if you’re the host, to pour others’ drinks first,
mainly guests’. If you do not want to keep drinking, just decline the refill. If you are pouring the drinks, do so with both hands. If you’re the one receiving the drink, it’s polite to hold your cup with both hands while the drink is poured. If someone pours you a drink, attempt to do the same for them (you may be met with some resistance if you’re the guest). As the party or izakaya eating continues, so will the drinking. Nondrinkers or light drinkers will need to be firm about limits. Sometimes Japanese pretend to be tipsier than they
truly are to keep from drinking more. In Japan, this is because they are inclined to believe that drinking is a way to learn someone’s real character—one of the only times it’s acceptable to break from most formalities. The most important rule is to make sure you understand and respect your limits and drink responsibly. Have a designated driver or call a taxi. If you have a drinking problem, self-refer to the Behavioral Health Substance Abuse Counseling Center by calling 098-970-3009.
If you have any burning questions about Japanese culture, please send them to OLW@okinawa.usmc-mccs.org.
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getting there
Koza Music Town Otoichiba
Directions: Head straight out Kadena Gate 2. Continue to the 330 intersection, and Koza Music Town Otoichiba will be on your right.
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e found your weekend plans. The famous salsa band Tromboranga is coming to Okinawa as part of their Salsa Tour 2016 on Sunday, August 28 at Koza Music Town Otoichiba. The group is so named for their ’60s and ’70s approach with forward trombones. The music is a fusion of the Caribbean and Europe and commonly played in salsa dancing
clubs and classes. If you know how to salsa dance, you probably know their music. If you want to explore salsa dancing, start with a bang—with one of the premier groups. Tromboranga emerged onto the scene in 2011, and they completed a world tour last year. Lucky for us, this year they are making a pit stop in Okinawa before continuing on to Tokyo.
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Between concerts and rides, chow down on some delicious All-American eats at Hansen Festival.
The opening performance will begin with sultry salsa dancing performances at 5:30 p.m. Get some practicing in! Tromboranga plays at 7 p.m. Tickets are ¥4,000 in advance at FamilyMart and Lawson convenience stores or ¥4,500 at the door. Adding a drink is ¥500. For more information, check out Haisai Latina on Facebook.
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Event Schedule
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9 a.m. & 1:45 p.m. Zumba demo 9:30 a.m. & 2:45 p.m. Yoga demo 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Nutrition discussion 10:45 a.m. Acupuncture discussion
Resiliency Health Fair
eing healthy means a lot of different things. No one thing defines a healthy lifestyle or being in good health. Running a mile under 10 minutes, eating lots of carrots, drinking a daily LifeJuice or squatting twice your body weight are all good attributes to have but don’t necessarily make a person healthy overall. Being well-rounded in your nutrition, mentality and skills as an athlete is what makes a person healthy and resilient. Learn how to achieve all this and more at the Resiliency Health Fair on Friday, September 9 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Camp Foster Community Center. Enjoy a FREE breakfast and giveaways courtesy of Super Sports Xebio, Red Lobster and Shell Blue. Learn more about ways to get fit at Zumba and yoga demonstrations. Come and listen to a discussion about the most important aspect of
health—nutrition. The fair will also cover alternative medicine such as acupuncture. There will be a shoe fitting, too, so you can pick up the perfect pair of kicks for your feet.
For more details on this event and other ways MCCS can help you get (and stay) healthy, visit mccsokinawa.com/wellness.
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tours+
adventure begins here Ocean Expo Park & Aquarium* August 27, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Adults $37, Children (16–17) $33 (12–15) $26, (6–11) $22, (under 6) FREE Head to Expo Park and visit Okinawa’s fourstory Churaumi Aquarium, watch a free dolphin show, visit an Okinawan Village or relax on Emerald Beach.
Northern Highlights Tour* August 28, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Adults $39, Children (3–11) $24 (under 3) FREE Visit Nago Pineapple Winery, Nago Glass Factory and the Orion Beer factory. Then enjoy a buffet lunch at Yanbaru Ikoi no Mori.
Summer Evening Festival at Ryukyu Mura* August 27, 4–9:30 p.m. Adults $50, Children (6–15) $37, (3–5) $20 (under 3) FREE Experience a traditional summer Okinawan festival at Ryukyu Mura. There will be bingata coaster making, firefly watching and constellation viewings as well as Okinawan dance shows.
Forest Adventure Park* August 28, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Adults $49, Children (7–17) $34 Zip through the Okinawan woodlands. Test your courage on the Zip Slide Ride, the Amazon Rope Bridge, the Tibetan Bridge or any of the other exciting courses.
*Bring yen for additional food, drinks and/or purchases. For more information, contact MCCS Tours+: Camp Foster 646-3502 | Camp Hansen 623-6344 | Camp Kinser 637-2744
off-baseevents get out and explore
Okinawa All-Island Eisa Festival August 27–28, 3–9 p.m. Fireworks start at 8:50 p.m. Koza Athletic Park
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Aquatics 645-3180 Courtney Ironworks 622-9261/7297 Futenma Semper Fit 636-2672 Gunners Fitness Center 645-3985/2235 Hansen House of Pain 623-5558/4831 Health Promotion 645-3484/3910 Kinser Fitness Center 637-1869/1114 Schwab Power Dome 625-2654/2442 Taiyo Golf Club 622-2004 Tsunami SCUBA 645-9500 Youth Sports 645-3533/3534
Super Planetarium Mega Stars August 25–28, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Urasoe Art Museum, Urasoe City Tickets: Adults (over 15) ¥1,200 Children (7–15) ¥800 (under 7) FREE
Okinawan Haunted House August 25–September 25 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Outlet Mall Ashibina, Tomishiro City Tickets: ¥1,000
upcoming semperfitevents Open Basketball Tournament September 2–4 Courtney Semper Fit Gym Register at any MCCS Fitness Center by 1 p.m. on August 29 for $100 per team. Tournament rules and brackets will be emailed to each participant. This event is open to participants island-wide. Awards will be given to top three finishers. Details: 622-7297.
Southern Commander’s Cup Soccer Tournament September 16–18 MCAS Futenma Field 1 & 2 Register for FREE any MCCS Fitness Center by 1 p.m. on September 12. Tournament rules and brackets will be emailed to each participant. This event is open to participants on Camps Foster, MCAS Futenma and Kinser. Awards will be given to top two teams. Details: 636-2672.
classof theweek Insanity Insanity uses a method called Max Interval Training. It is a combination of cardio and plyometric drills. It all happens in long bursts of maximum-intensity exercises with short periods of rest. Camps Courtney, Foster, Hansen, Kinser Visit mccsokinawa.com/groupfitness for a full schedule.