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Hansen Festival [Festival]
It’s official! Hansen Festival has been rescheduled for Saturday, January 26 from 2 to 10 p.m. and Sunday, January 27 from 1 to 9 p.m. on th...Read More
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 th...Read More
Okinawan Custom Car Show 2019 [Festival]
The biggest and most popular custom car show in Japan is coming to Okinawa at the end January 2019. The “Okinawa Custom Car Show” that is kn...Read More
2013.10.17
Uruma City ready to party this weekend [Festival]
Okinawa’s summer isn’t over yet, at least in the eyes of Uruma City officials who are hosting the 8th Uruma City Festival this Saturday and Sunday. Uruma City Comprehensive Athleti...
2013.10.17
Kinser Festival features top notch entertainment [Festival]
Okinawa may cool a bit in October but MCCS festival season is still going on strong with Kinser Festival. This year’s festival is scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 1...
2013.10.10
Granddaddy of all tug-of-wars on Sunday in Naha [Festival]
By Bill Charles Naha Matsuri, Naha Tsunahiki, the Naha Giant Tug-of-War Festival. All names for the biggest and best known of ages-old tug-of-war competitions taking place each ye...
2013.10.09
Three days of rock’n roll, fun on Torii Beach [Festival]
It’s being billed as the ultimate rock event on Okinawa, and the U.S. Army’s Torii Station officials say the Oct. 11-13 weekend on-base event this year is even bigger and better th...
2013.10.09
Futenma Festival brings spiritual aspect to folk fun [Festival]
Futenma shrine was built in 1459 at the King’s behest. For many years the shrine was known to be a place where many people came to pray, do community gatherings and was even used a...
2013.10.04
Ghouls wanted for annual Mihama Halloween Costume Contest [Festival]
Ghosts and goblins—not to mention a host of other Halloween ghouls who start coming out this time of year—are again being offered an opportunity to show off as Chatan Mihama Americ...
2013.10.04
Noguni Soukan Festival honors introduction of sweet potato [Festival]
Every year Kadena Town celebrates its great man Noguni Soukan, who, in 1605, brought the sweet potato to Okinawa from China, saving the people from starvation. The annual Noguni So...
2013.09.28
Blue Lagoon Festival focus on ocean and music [Festival]
With Typhoon Pabuk a mere speck on Okinawa’s far eastern horizon, it’s smooth sailing this weekend for the 9th Blue Lagoon Festival at 21st Century Forest in Nago City. The two-day...
2013.09.28
Nakijin combines three festivals into one [Festival]
There’s no shortage of excitement coming up this weekend as Nakijin Village stages its 4th annual Nakijin Festival, an all-in-one event that combines three different styles of acti...
2013.09.05
Seinen Furusato Eisa at Onoyama this weekend [Festival]
Sounds of Eisa with its distinctive beat of drums has been an Okinawan summer tradition since the beginning of times, and has eventually evolved into a way to promote Okinawan cult...
2013.08.29
Chatan’s 34th Eisa Festival welcomes visitors [Festival]
Chatan Town’s 34th Eisa Festival is taking place Sunday, and traditionally costumed dancers will perform for visitors from across the island. The festival is taking place at Kuwae ...
2013.08.29
Eisa and Orion Beer take centerstage this weekend [Festival]
The throbbing beat of traditional drums will be heard across Okinawa beginning tomorrow, a post-Obon dance celebration that fills the air with excitement and happiness amidst praye...
2013.08.16
Yanbaru Youth Eisa Festival runs Sunday [Festival]
A typical Okinawan Bon festival complete with sanshin, Japanese drums, singing and Eisa dance is slated for Tancha Park in Motobu on Sunday. Also known as a Lantern Festival, as or...
2013.08.16
Halestorm puts pizzaz to weekend Hansen Festival [Festival]
The Grammy award-winning band Halestorm takes the center stage this weekend for the annual Hansen Festival. Joining Halestorm for the Saturday and Sunday festival are five other ba...
2013.08.09
Summer festival offers “sabani” sailboat rides [Festival]
Rides aboard “sabani”, a traditional Okinawan fishing sailboat are a highlight of this weekend’s summer festival at Kanna Thalasso Okinawa. The Saturday & Sunday festival runs ...
2013.08.09
Ogimi Village Summer Festival promises diversity [Festival]
Ogimi Village is readying its weekend Summer Festival, lining up entertainment that ranges from hula dance to kids’ programs to even a goat-scramble tug-of-war. The Saturday and Su...
2013.08.08
Kachashi contest continues as Hagoromo Festival favorite [Festival]
Ginowan City’s the place to be this weekend, as the central Okinawa city celebrates its 36th annual Hagoromo Festival, an event that traditionally draws more than 100,000 spectator...
2013.08.08
Fishing, music accent 40th Motobu Ocean Festival [Festival]
The three-day 40th Anniversary version of the Motobu Ocean Festival takes place this weekend, August 9th through 11th. Admission is free for the festival, which takes place at both...
2013.07.31
Tug of War crown jewel of Yonabaru festival [Festival]
The 31st Yonabaru Great Tug of War Festival takes place Saturday & Sunday at the Yonabaru Udunyama Youth Field with sumo highlighting the first day and the great tug of war Sun...
2013.07.29
Okinawa Kodomo no Kuni Eisa Festival [Festival]
Eisa dance by local children’s groups and young men’s associations is on tap the first weekend in August at the Okinawa Kodomo no Kuni Eisa Festival in Okinawa City. The Eisa Festi...
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