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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
Cherry Blossom Festivals on Okinawa kick… [Festival]
Northern Okinawa has long taken pride of having the earliest cherry blossoms in Japan. Although cherry trees in Okinawa are not the same var...Read More
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...
2025.10.02
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...
2025.09.09
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...
2025.05.26
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...
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...
2024.04.23
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...
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