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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
2014.04.24
White Beach Festival is back to entertain this weekend [Festival]
Last year two White Beach Festivals were cancelled, but this spring the event is back, and better that ever. Organizers welcome everyone to the two-day event Saturday and Sunday th...
2014.04.10
Terurinsai salutes Okinawa music legend [Festival]
An eight-hour concert paying homage to one of Okinawa’s greatest musicians is coming up April 13th in Okinawa City. This marks the sixth festival in the honor of Rinsuke Teruya who...
2014.04.10
Foster Festival kicks off MCCS 2014 festival season [Festival]
As Okinawa’s heat ratchets onward and upward, so does the MCCS festival season starting with Foster Festival. This year’s festival will be held this Saturday and Sunday, from 2 to ...
2014.04.10
Music legends’ tunes to provide background for fireworks [Festival]
By Bill Charles Okinawa’s first fireworks festival of the season is coming up Saturday night, and organizers of the Ryukyu Kaiensai are holding their collective breaths that weathe...
2014.04.03
Okinawa’s boat show in Ginowan this weekend [Festival]
The Okinawa Marine Festa 2014, the island’s only boat show, will be introducing the latest model boats, yachts and personal watercraft this weekend. The boat show runs Saturday 10 ...
2014.04.03
Tsuboya Shisa Day celebrates Tsuboya tradition [Festival]
Naha’s long pottery making traditions are concentrated in the Tsuboya area, and is Shisa Day (Shi = four/Sa(n) = three), honoring Okinawa’s favorite pottery. It’s only natural that...
2014.03.28
Uruma Gelato café holds beach cleaning, mini fair [Festival]
A small café called Uruma Gelato, located in the Yonashiro district of Uruma City, is organizing an annual beach cleaning, fair and flower carnival this Sunday. This marks the four...
2014.03.28
Okinawa Jazz Guild Orchestra stars at weekend “Spring Festival” [Festival]
Jazz has had its ups and downs on Okinawa in recent years as the Okinawa Jazz Guild Orchestra, a band playing big band jazz, broke up and then reemerged at a Plaza House concert in...
2014.03.21
Ginoza Fair weekend of inclusivity [Festival]
The public benefits this weekend as the Ginoza Fair brings together the Ginoza Village Industrial Festival and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Festival. The Saturday and Sunda...
2014.03.20
International Movie Festival opens five-day run [Festival]
The “Okinawa International Movie Festival” launches its 6th edition today after sharing with many people inside and outside of Okinawa the concept of Laugh & Peace over five pr...
2014.03.14
Azaleas nearly in full bloom in Higashi Village [Festival]
A bit of welcome rain, and abundant sunshine, are doing their part to bring Higashi Village azaleas to full bloom, just in time for everyone to enjoy the 32nd Higashi Village Azale...
2014.03.13
50+ bands helping celebrate St. Patrick’s on Chuo Park Avenue [Festival]
The luck of the Irish is set to begin happening a bit earlier than St. Patrick’s Day as the Okinawa City community begins celebrating with festivities and a parade on Saturday. The...
2014.03.10
Kites entertain young and old, make money for charity [Festival]
For little kids, and adults who haven’t really wanted to grow up, kite flying is both fun and challenging, and this weekend they will have a chance to enjoy their favorite pastime ...
2014.03.07
Local festival entertain with goat fights, shiqwasa [Festival]
Now, here’s a chance to experience something different this weekend! Katsuyama is a little hamlet located on the hills northwest of Nago City. It’s known for its tangerine an...
2014.02.10
MUSIX focuses spotlight on Okinawa Music [Festival]
The Okinawa International Asian Music Festival Musix 2014 is little more than a week away, and excitement is mounting at the festival’s ground zero, Music Town Otoichiba in Okinawa...
2014.02.06
Ryukyu no Hana Migui touts flowers, music at Shuri Castle [Festival]
Shuri Castle’s Suimuikan grass space is the venue for Ryukyu no Hana Migui, now in progress through February 11th. Colorful flowers are in full bloom at Shuri Castle, leading event...
2014.02.06
Orchids & other beauties now at Ocean Expo Park [Festival]
The 9th annual Flower Festival is in full bloom at Ocean Expo Park, but there’s much more beauty over the coming days as the Okinawa International Orchid Exhibition is running simu...
2014.01.30
Food & Flower Festival aims to please both eyes and palate [Festival]
The Okinawa Flower & Food Festival, an event focusing on local supply and consumption of Okinawa-grown fresh agriculture, forestry and marine products, including flowers, veget...
2014.01.27
Sunflowers are shining bright golden yellow [Festival]
It may be winter in Okinawa, but that’s not slowing the burst of golden yellow in the fields of Kitanakagusuku, where sunflowers are in full bloom. Kitanakagusuku Village is proud ...
2014.01.23
Cherry blossoms, entertainment fill Nago streets [Festival]
By Bill Charles For newcomers to Okinawa, the Nago Sakura Festival, the Cherry Blossom Festival, ranks as one of the most beautiful events of the year, with Mother Nature showing o...
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