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Rach --- 13 years ago -

My name is Rachel, hello. Also, are there oxygen bars on Okinawa? :) 

sToO --- 13 years ago -

Good morning Rachel, and welcome to OU.
Thank you for your question!!
I put "oxygen" into the OU search thingy here wondering if this topic was discussed previously among all the incredibly diverse topics which have appeared here. However, your question is the only one to show up in that search. Then again, the OU search thingy is quirky and not always accurate or helpful (some people would use those terms to also describe most of the reply comments that get posted here! :-/ )

Last year at a gathering/event I heard a discussion about O2 places in Naha, but don't remember the details.
However, a quick google search brings up two places, both in Naha City of course.
There are also hyperbaric spas here too but it sounds like you are more into the 'bubbly' type of O2 and not the 'pressure chamber' type. 

Amurikan Lunatic --- 13 years ago -

sToO,
You sir, are the most helpful person ever.

Good on you! 

sToO --- 13 years ago -

Well, since I use iPhone most of the time now it is a little harder doing searches for info and then copy and paste information.
And some places that appear in searches may actually have closed; I am trying to verify before posting the info here.
So, it may be a little while before I post the locations. Hopefully Rachel is not feeling too light-headed and dizzy this morning, wanting to get to a place ASAP. 

Rach --- 13 years ago -

Yes, I'm wheezing and choking and at the edge of my seat, awaiting the coordinates please.

Thank you for the welcome! I'm glad the search bar didn't turn up anything, because I didn't check it and would've felt a fool if it had.
I did check google though, and turned up nothing. So much for me fancying myself the google queen.
I'm not sure WHAT I'm into. Bubbly sounds more fun though. I've never been to an oxygen bar, but I feel a sudden need to. 

Kara --- 13 years ago -

What is the attraction to Oxygen Bars? 

sToO --- 13 years ago -

Yes, I'm wheezing and choking and at the edge of my seat, awaiting the coordinates please.

Hmmmmm, that better be sarcasm!! :-/
[j/k]

I don't want to give you info on places that are hard to find or may not exist anymore.
But this is one place that comes up many times in searches.

O2 PURE オーツーピュア

Check that page for address, copy and paste into google map. It is located in Ameku section of Shintoshin Naha City. It is on a very narrow building along that main road that the Sports Depo, McDonalds, ToysRUs, Prefectural Museum, etc are all on (ends at route 330 at DFS). The building is in the first block after you turn off of route 58, BEFORE the Sports Depo plaza.
On the second floor of that building, the hours shown may be incorrect, other blogs/sites show hours are 1:00pm to 8:00pm.

I highly recommend bringing yen and a Japanese-speaking friend (unless you are bilingual). Of course, since you are coughing so much and feel ill, a friend who also drives would be great! 

sToO --- 13 years ago -

There is a "capsule" place that comes up in many searches also, like a hyperbaric chamber. It is "behind" the AEON JUSCO in Naha; on Route 221 (the road number Route 330 changes to when it crosses the big river/waterway). 

Rach --- 13 years ago -

Kara--I've never been before, so I can only tell you what I've read and heard..but apparently it's just extremely invigorating. Almost, but not quite, an intoxicating experience?

I've made an island bucketlist..doing all the things I never did my first time on Okinawa, and it's on there right under hookah bar (strategic placement!). So you see, this is why I must go.

sToO--I'm in your debt. Thank you :) Now to find a bilingual friend who wants to tag.............I might manage though. I'm good at wildly gesturing until I'm understood. 

Amurikan Lunatic --- 13 years ago -

I'm good at wildly gesturing until I'm understood.

This is my method as well. 

sToO --- 13 years ago -

I might manage though. I'm good at wildly gesturing until I'm understood.

Along with the 'flailing' extremities, speaking veeeerrryyyy sloooowly in a loud voice should help those 'local asian foreigners' understand what you are wanting/requesting.

If you have an iPhone you can use that Okinawa2Go free translation service. 

Rach --- 13 years ago -

I do have a softbank prepaid clamshell with an Apple sticker on it. To symbolize my intentions, or maybe my denial.

Someday, I will be hip. You'll see.

It's also on my bucketlist to buy a japanese conversation book, I swear. 

sToO --- 13 years ago -

It's also on my bucketlist to buy a japanese conversation book, I swear.

Perhaps you will be able to find one at the airport gift/souvenir shop on your PCS flight leaving Japan! :-/ 

Kara --- 13 years ago -

I've made an island bucketlist..doing all the things I never did my first time on Okinawa, and it's on there right under hookah bar (strategic placement!). So you see, this is why I must go

That's a great idea.

Can you share your island bucket list? 

yourmomdotcom --- 13 years ago -

I use the translator on my phone with great regularity. Thanks for bringing up the topic Rach. I've never heard of an oxygen bar before. I feel enlightened!! 

Rach --- 13 years ago -

No, I'll go today to the BX to grab a convo book. I swear!

In all it's unedited glory. Probably slightly hard to follow? And I know Mt Fuji's on mainland.
Rachel's Okinawa To-Do:

Japanese conversation
aero club?
Mt. Fuji
Yoga
Paintball
Archery X archery club closed
Snorkeling X maeda flats and caves, sunabe
See AF recruiter X
Scuba diving
ASVAB
Dance-Waltz,hiphop,swing,jazz
Nightlife
Pineapple Winery
Hookah bar
O2 bar?
Shuri Castle
Haunted Houses
Ryuku Mura
Gyokusendo caves/OkiWorld/Karate birthplace
Great big typhoon X Typhoon Muifa about 30 hours top spd. 111mph gust
Spelunking
Volunteer work@karingkennels? X No volunteering,bring Purina instead,lots
Okuma..banana boats/tubing
Bonsai class
Firecrackers! X x3
Surfing?
Photographic evidence
whale shark dive tour?
Concert
Sandcastles
Aja drift
Dropslide park picnic
Expo Park
Ryugujo butterfly garden
Japanese navy underground HQ 

Rach --- 13 years ago -

List is constantly being added to, but there is the latest version, sans my food-to-eat list (is that going too far?) I kind of want to go to a steam room too. But I'm afraid I'll break all kinds of etiquette rules and/or chance upon a gang-related business transaction gone wrong. A martial arts fight scene obviously ensues and I'm not ready for that..I can't towel-snap.

I want to go get that IPL laser hair removal done too.

Don't judge the list. Just love the author.

:) 

sToO --- 13 years ago -

Rach: great list!! Thanks for sharing.

Steam room = onsen or sento?
There are some in Okinawa but summer weather here is steamy enough for many people!
The onsen experience is much better when you travel to mainland Japan; on your visit to Mt. Fuji. 

Freaky Biznatch Mstar --- 13 years ago -

I should start charging people to come to my house and smoke my hookah. 

Rach --- 13 years ago -

Good call Sto! Didn't think of that..I'll make a note of that. Risner'll keep me steamed til then.
FBM..you should. I could be your number one customer? :) 

Balls To The Wall --- 13 years ago -

I went to an oxygen bar in Vegas. It didnt live up to it's hype. 

Loved living in Oki --- 13 years ago -

What is the point of them? 

Balls To The Wall --- 13 years ago -

It is suppose to make you feel refreshed. Yeah. It was pointless. They are all over the Vegas strip. 

Loved living in Oki --- 13 years ago -

I don't remember seeing them when we were there. But we were always on a mission to find something specific. Now I'm going to have to Google them. 

Balls To The Wall --- 13 years ago -

New York, NY had one. It was upstairs near Coyote Ugly. 

Loved living in Oki --- 13 years ago -

Let's be honest. If it's a bar without alcohol, I probably won't be spending much time there. 

Rach --- 13 years ago -

Oh no, bad reviews of 02 Bars..:(:(
..But then, if I took someone else's word for what was wise, I wouldn't have spent the last 4 years of my life traipsing through Canada, chasing after a girl.

Gotta taste for myself. 

Loved living in Oki --- 13 years ago -

Wikipedia says oxygen bars can do anything from cure cancer to kill you. 

Rach --- 13 years ago -

Good enough for me! 

Freaky Biznatch Mstar --- 13 years ago -

This got hot. You can come smoke my hookah anytime. 

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