About Author: Tom Platt

In this former military housing complex, rusty U.S. Mail boxes teeter beside cool boutiques, and American vintage goods spill off the shelves next door to uniquely Okinawan culinary creations.

On Memorial Day, some 7,000 lanterns floated along the Ala Moana Beach in a magnificent display to pay respects to the fallen and loved ones. 

Tony Soba serves some of the cheapest bowls of Yaeyama soba one can find in Okinawa, and doubles as an unabashed shrine to a forgotten actor.

What made "The Key" so popular amongst both the audience and the jury? An unexpected and somewhat controversial blend of fiction and documentary narratives.

Offering a radical new way to experience music, "Into the Light" allows the listener to interact with it by regulating the special relationship with its source.