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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
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
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...
2024.02.22
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...
2023.12.07
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...
2023.10.12
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...
2023.09.28
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...
2023.09.07
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Family Festival]
・9/8 – 9/10 All Okinawa Eisa Festival @ Okinawa city (9/8: Goya crossing, 9/9&9/10: Koza Athletic Field) For more information: https://www.okinawanderer.com/2023/09/all-o...
2023.09.06
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 9th and the 10th at the Koza Athletic Park in Okinawa City. To ...
2023.09.05
All Okinawa Eisa Festival 2023 [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...
2023.08.18
OkiEvents this Week! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・8/19~8/20 Yonabaru Tug of War Festival @ Udunyama Park in Yonabaru town (The Tug of War only 20th from 16:00~) Sat: 11:00~ Sun: 16:00~ Free to enter and join http://yonabaru.okina...
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