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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 Okinawa, with a population of a...Read More
Naha Base Air Festival features Japanese… [Festival]
Churashima Air festival is something special to see for those who’ve never seen a Japan Self Defense Force air show. The JASDF Naha Air Base...Read More
Courtney Holiday Festival [Festival]
Enjoy a Fun-filled Weekend! The Camp Courtney Holiday Festival will be held on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 from 1 to 9 p.m. ...Read More
2021.10.20
Okinawa Industry Fair will take place online and outdoors this year [Festival Shopping]
Due to COVID-19 and to avoid overcrowding, the annual Okinawa Industry fair will be held again this year but with fewer vendors. Each vendor will showcase their items at the Okinaw...
2021.03.09
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 Okinawa, with a population of around 1,900. It has some the tastiest pi...
2020.12.18
Gintengai Night Market recently opened [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
Gintengai Shopping Street removed the old arcade roof and is now open for night market business! After the old and dangerous arcade roof was removed, the business owners of the sho...
2020.10.01
Cherry Blossoms Festival 2021 has been cancelled [CURRENT ISSUE Festival]
The organizers of the Cherry Blossoms Festivals in northern part of Okinawa, such as Nago city and Nakijin village, has announced that the festivals in 2021 will be cancelled due t...
2020.01.20
Hansen Festival 2020 [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
This year’s Hansen Festival will feature fun for both service members and families alike with FREE live entertainment, game booths, Fun Land rides and delicious food such as high-q...
2020.01.09
Cherry Blossoms Grace Northern Okinawa [Festival]
Northern Okinawa has a unique distinction of having the earliest blooming cherry blossoms in all of Japan. Though they are different from those found in mainland – you can say they...
2019.12.23
Christmas Fantasy in Okinawa Zoo rings in holiday spirit [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
Although chances for a white Christmas on Okinawa are rather slim, the annual Christmas Fantasy at Okinawa Kodomono Kuni, a.k.a. Okinawa Zoo, is ready to entertain visitors with th...
2019.11.28
Naha Base Air Festival features Japanese air show [Festival]
Churashima Air festival is something special to see for those who’ve never seen a Japan Self Defense Force air show. The JASDF Naha Air Base is adjacent to Naha International Airpo...
2019.11.27
Courtney Holiday Festival [Festival]
Enjoy a Fun-filled Weekend! The Camp Courtney Holiday Festival will be held on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 from 1 to 9 p.m. both days You’ll want to mark your calen...
2019.11.13
Okinawa International Carnival [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
The Okinawa City International Carnival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 23rd and the 24th. The venue will take place along Gate 2 Street and Koza Music Town. Admission is...
2019.11.12
The ‘Ritou Fair’ puts Focus on the Outer Islands [Festival Shopping]
A three-day annual fair called the ‘Ritou Fair’ opens Friday, November 15th at the Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha at Onoyama Park in Naha City. Its mission is to promote products, h...
2019.11.05
Koza Motor Sports Festival [Festival Sports]
The Koza Motor Sports Festival 2019 will take place at the Koza Sports Park on November 9 and 10. Admission to the event is free and it runs from 12:00~17:00 on Saturday and 10:00~...
2019.10.24
Get Ready for Kinser Festival [Festival]
Kinser Festival, going down this year Saturday, October 26 from 2 to 10 p.m. and Sunday, October 27 from 1 to 9 p.m., welcomes all service members, their families and our Japanese ...
2019.10.02
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...
2019.09.20
Ginowan Hagoromo Festival attracts with pomp and legend [Festival]
Ginowan Hagoromo Festival is one of the largest festivals on the island regularly attracting more than 100,000 visitors during two-day run over the weekend of Sep. 28th (Sat) and S...
2019.08.21
Everyone’s Favorite, The Orion Beer Festival [Festival]
As summer comes to a close, kids are getting ready to get back to school. Parents are trying to get their kids ready to get back to school. You might say a little rest and relaxati...
2019.08.19
All Okinawa Eisa Festival 2019 [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...
2019.07.30
10000 Eisa dancers to take over Kokusai Street Aug. 4 [CULTURE Festival]
Rhythmic sounds of drums fill the air on Aug. 4th as thousands of dancers of all ages from some 70 groups will march along Kokusai Street in Naha in a seven-hour long procession. A...
2019.07.22
Yonabaru invites to season’s first giant tug-of-war [Festival]
The 37th Yonabaru Great Tug of War Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday, August 3rd and 4th, at the Yonabaru Udunyama Youth Field and Yonakohama park. The main event, the Yonab...
2019.07.21
Unna Matsuri features folk music, beef soup and fish catching [Festival]
Unna Festival has its 36th incarnation this year featuring two full days of experience based programs, markets, the largest beef soup on the island, live fish catching contests to ...
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