The first website that pops up is Okinawa Hai. It's actually a great website for finding food, parks, and stuff to do. There's also an important category called I'm New Here that you will find helpful. See the caveat at the end of this post.
The next website I went looking for was the bookoo/ Okinawa Yard Sales website on Okinawa, which I imagined must be a pretty active community. It's a good resource for buying and selling stuff (like a Craig's list that's dominated by military people, if you're new to the military). It didn't teach me anything about Okinawa, but it was still nice to see something familiar in the new place we were going to.
One warning: As you look for stuff about moving to Okinawa, do know that the guidelines vary drastically from service to service. (If you're reading about a Marine spouse's experience, it's going to be different if your spouse is in the Air Force, and so on.) Information you find online may be significantly out of date. So pay attention.
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