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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 May 30th 2025 of the Gregorian Calendar. Most peopl...Read More
Chasing the Dragon – The Naha Haarii [Festival]
The Naha Haarii Festival will happen during Golden Week from May 3-5, 10:00 ~ 19:30 on May 3rd through 4th, and 10:00~20:15 on 5th at the Na...Read More
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 popula...Read More
2025.05.26
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 May 30th 2025 of the Gregorian Calendar. Most people in Itoman adhere to the Lunar Calendar...
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...
2025.01.16
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...
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...
2024.10.02
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...
2024.08.19
All Okinawa Eisa Festival 2024 [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...
2024.08.02
Yonabaru Tug-of-War is community-wide effort [Festival]
The 42nd Yonabaru Great Tug of War Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday, Aug 3rd and 4th, at the Yonakohama Park and Yonabaru Udunyama Youth Field, with most of the action for ...
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...
2024.04.26
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...
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...
2023.11.10
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...
2023.10.12
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...
2023.09.28
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...
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