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Golden Week, Japan’s Mega Holiday [CULTURE Family Festival]
Spring is here. And in Japan that means warmer weather, cherry blossoms, and rainy season. But, before the rainy season takes hold and shrou...Read More
Ie Island Easter Lily Festival [Festival]
April 27th marks the start of the 27th Annual Yuri Matsuri, the Ie lsland Lily Festival, showcasing more than one million teppoyuri’s, or Ea...Read More
Okinawa’s guardian shisa has its own day… [History Travel & Beach]
April 3rd is the “Day of Shisa” in Okinawa as four (April) is “shi” and three is “san” in Japanese. The day was established in 2002 to promo...Read More
2024.04.26
Golden Week, Japan’s Mega Holiday [CULTURE Family Festival]
Spring is here. And in Japan that means warmer weather, cherry blossoms, and rainy season. But, before the rainy season takes hold and shrouds Japan in a blanket of gray clouds and...
2024.04.23
Ie Island Easter Lily Festival [Festival]
April 27th marks the start of the 27th Annual Yuri Matsuri, the Ie lsland Lily Festival, showcasing more than one million teppoyuri’s, or Easter Lilies, which have become a vibrant...
2024.04.02
Okinawa’s guardian shisa has its own day on April 3 [History Travel & Beach]
April 3rd is the “Day of Shisa” in Okinawa as four (April) is “shi” and three is “san” in Japanese. The day was established in 2002 to promote Shisa made in the Tsuboya district of...
2024.02.22
Higashi Village’s Azalea Flower Festival [Festival]
Higashi Village has few claims-to-fame here on the island. It has the smallest populated municipal region in mainland Okinawa, with a population of around 1,900. It has some the ta...
2024.01.18
Cherry Blossom Festivals on Okinawa kicks off Saturday [Festival]
Northern Okinawa has long taken pride of having the earliest cherry blossoms in Japan. Although cherry trees in Okinawa are not the same variety that people in mainland Japan admir...
2023.12.09
Okinawa Holiday Season Illumination Guide 2023!! [Community ENTERTAINMENT]
OKinawa Illumination Guide!! Okuma illumination Nov.1 ~ Feb. 29 From sunset till dawn @Okuma Private Beach &Resort (913 Okuma Kunigami Village) https://okumaresort.com/season...
2023.12.07
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・12/9~12/10 Chatan Pottery Market at Deport Island in Chatan 10:00~17:00 Free to enter https://shorturl.at/ktvG8 PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5uGjj8t8JzfnHL2w5 ・12/10 Churas...
2023.11.14
The ‘Ritou Fair’ puts Focus on the Outer Islands [Festival Shopping]
A three-day annual fair called the ‘Ritou Fair’ opens Friday, November 24th at the Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha at Onoyama Park in Naha City. Its mission is to promote products, h...
2023.11.10
OkiEvents this Week! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Gourmet]
・11/11 OIST Sicence Festival 2023 @OIST in Onna Village 10:00~16:00 Free to enter https://www.oist.jp/outreach/science-festival-2023 PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3jyyqGwevD7rZpfv7 ...
2023.11.02
OkiEvents this Week!! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・11/3~11/5 Shuri Castle Restoration Festival @ Shuri Castle 10:00~ https://oki-park.jp/shurijo/en/event/8414 PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QjS1NgwKyNC56SBv8 11/5 Ryukyu Dynasty Pict...
2023.10.26
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・10/27~10/29 Okinawa Industry Festival @ Onoyama Park in Naha city 10:00~20:00 Free to enter https://www.city.naha.okinawa.jp/business/kigyouricchi/event/KSYOU02023.html PIN: https...
2023.10.19
OkiEvents this Week! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・10/21 Jazz in Nanjo @ Sugar Hall in Nanjo city 18:00~21:00 ¥3000 for an adult, ¥1000 for University and High School Students, ¥500 for Junior High School and Elementary School Stu...
2023.10.16
October 17th, Okinawa Soba Day [ENTERTAINMENT Gourmet LIFE]
A bowl of soba is to Okinawa what a hamburger is to America. Here on the island you can see Okinawa soba signs everywhere. It has become entrenched in the Okinawan psyche. Those wh...
2023.10.12
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・10/14~10/15 Ginowan Eisa Festival @ Ginowan Seaside Park 17:00~21:00 Free to enter https://shorturl.at/sBLV8 PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ieU8X1SxWRVp43Wg7 ・10/14~10/15 Uruma City...
2023.10.05
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・10/7~10/8 Kitanakagusuku Festival @ Shiosai Park Free to enter 14:00~21:00 https://www.kitapo.jp/event/kitanaka_festival/ PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uTcQNsLUJJkA1HRY7 ・Unna Fest...
2023.10.03
Naha City’s World Record Giant Tug-of-War [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
The Naha Giant Tug-of-War is the largest of its kind throughout the world. This feat was officially recognized and recorded into annals of the Guinness Book of World Records in 199...
2023.09.29
Itoman Tug-of-War marks end of summer [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT]
Many Okinawan farmers and fishermen, in some form or fashion, pay tribute to the Gods, seeking their blessing and favor for a great harvest or to net large sums of fish during the ...
2023.09.28
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・9/29 Itoman Tug of War Festival at Itoman Rotary 13:00~ (The Tug of war starts 17:00) Free to enter https://www.city.itoman.lg.jp/site/kankou-navi/15741.html PIN: https://maps.app...
2023.09.20
OkiEvents this week!! [CULTURE Festival]
・9/24 Yomitan Eisa Festival @ Yomitan Athletic Field 16:00~21:00 Free to enter https://www.facebook.com/okiseikyo PIN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GFaoXBecSA6w1L58A ・Uruma Paripi Festi...
2023.09.14
OkiEvents this Week! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・9/15~9/17 Uruma Eisa Festival @ Uruma city https://www.city.uruma.lg.jp/culture/1249/9113/29578 9/15: Uruma city office 18:00~21:00 PIN: https://goo.gl/maps/oPCu...
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