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Itoman Haaray; a traditional and fun eve… [CULTURE Festival]
The Itoman Haaray takes place on the May 4th of the Lunar Calendar. This day is actually June 18th 2026 of the Gregorian Calendar. Most peop...Read More
Chasing the Dragon – The Naha Haarii [Festival]
The Naha Haarii Festival will happen during Golden Week from May 3-5, 10:00 ~ 19:00 at the Naha New Port. Haarii — meaning “dragon boat” in ...Read More
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
2026.06.15
Itoman Haaray; a traditional and fun event in southernmost of Okinawa [CULTURE Festival]
The Itoman Haaray takes place on the May 4th of the Lunar Calendar. This day is actually June 18th 2026 of the Gregorian Calendar. Most people in Itoman adhere to the Lunar Calenda...
2026.04.30
Chasing the Dragon – The Naha Haarii [Festival]
The Naha Haarii Festival will happen during Golden Week from May 3-5, 10:00 ~ 19:00 at the Naha New Port. Haarii — meaning “dragon boat” in the Okinawan language originated in Chin...
2026.04.26
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...
2026.01.08
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...
2025.10.05
October 17th, Okinawa Soba Day [CULTURE 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...
2025.10.02
Naha City’s World Record Giant Tug-of-War [CULTURE 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...
2025.09.30
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 ...
2025.09.09
Everyone’s Favorite, The Orion Beer Festival [Festival]
The Orion Beer Festival kicks off the weekend following Okinawa Obon. It will be held Saturday and Sunday, September 13th and the 14th at the Koza Athletic Park in Okinawa City. To...
2025.09.07
All Okinawa Eisa Festival 2025 [CULTURE Festival]
The Zento Eisa Matsuri, the All Okinawa Eisa Festival, takes place every year on the first weekend after Obon. This tradition began in 1956 at what was then called Koza, what would...
2025.08.02
Yonabaru Tug-of-War is community-wide effort [Festival]
The 43rd Yonabaru Great Tug of War Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday, Aug 2nd and 3rd (postponed from July 26th~27th), at the Yonakohama Park and Yonabaru Udunyama Youth Fie...
2025.05.01
Chasing the Dragon – The Naha Haarii [Festival]
The Naha Haarii Festival will happen during Golden Week from May 3-5, 10:00 ~ 19:30 on May 3rd through 4th, and 10:00~20:15 on 5th at the Naha New Port. Tens of thousands of people...
2025.03.01
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...
2024.12.06
Okinawa Holiday Season Illumination Guide 2024!! [Community CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT]
OKinawa Illumination Guide!! Kanucha Stardust Fantasia Nov.1 ~ Feb.12 18:00~23:00 (Last entery 20:30) @Kanucha Resort Okinawa (156-2 Abu Nago City) スターダストファンタジア2024-2025 大いなる輝き―Gr...
2024.11.17
Okinawa International Carnival 2024 [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
The Okinawa City International Carnival takes place on Saturday, Nov. 23rd. The venue will take place along Gate 2 Street and Koza Music Town. Admission is free. The Carnival Para...
2024.07.12
Ocean Expo Park Fireworks Festival is pyrotechnics mega extravaganza [Festival]
Of dozens of fireworks Okinawa has every summer, the biggest of all takes place on Emerald Beach in the Ocean Expo Park in Motobu, where more than 10,000 fireworks light the skies ...
2024.06.11
The Eisa Night Schedule 2024 [CULTURE Festival]
Although this year’s rainy season seems to continue into eternity, another season is about to start. Okinawa City Tourism Association is hosting a series of Eisa Nights every weeke...
2024.05.30
What to do during rainy season on Okinawa? [ENTERTAINMENT]
Usually every year from early May through mid-June, rainy season comes to Okinawa. This can damp a lot of fun for the family and kids who just want to get out and play. Because aft...
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...
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...
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