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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
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
2013.07.04
Motobu Summer Festival opens at noon Saturday [Festival]
An afternoon festival featuring music, sweets, sports and martial arts, the Motobu Summer Festival, kicks off at noon Saturday. Admission is free for the typical local summer festi...
2013.07.01
Fireworks to highlight Sea Port Chatan Festival [Festival]
By Bill Charles Fireworks, music, water sports and more will be filling everyone’s schedules over the long Independence Day weekend holiday stretch, and the Sea Port Chatan Festiva...
2013.07.01
Torii to celebrate holiday with Jazz & Salsa Festivale [Festival]
American Independence Day is going to be a festive three-day splash at Torii Beach, asArmy Morale, Welfare and Recreation turns America’s birthday into a Jazz & Salsa Festivale...
2013.06.24
Earn your entrance to Beach Clean Reggae Festa [Festival]
The Irie Camp Beach Clean Reggae Festa is coming up a week from Sunday, with plenty of fantastic music, but it’s a working participation event. The June 30th event begins at 1 p.m....
2013.06.24
Season begins with 7th Okinawan Drum Festival [Festival]
Let the Eisa festivities begin; it’s summer in Okinawa. The 7th Okinawan Drum Festival kicks off the season at Naha Civic Hall Sunday, June 30, with nearly a dozen Eisa organizatio...
2013.06.21
Nishihara Peace Music Festival to complement ceremonies [Festival]
Sunday marks the 68th anniversary to the end of the battle of Okinawa in 1945, and the Nishihara Peace Music Festival will augment official ceremonies taking place the same day at ...
2013.06.09
Itoman Haarii leads the dragons [Festival]
By Bill Charles A series of dragon boat races with a 500-year history are on tap for next week in Itoman City, just south of Okinawa’s capital. The Itoman Haarii takes place Wednes...
2013.06.06
Futenma’s Flightline Festival kicks off Saturday [Festival]
Summertime means summer fun on Okinawa, with this year’s annual MCAS Futenma Flightline Festival. As the summer heat waves roll in, this celebration will counter with cool treats a...
2013.06.03
2013 Hagoromo Port Festival looking for few good anglers [Festival]
Okinawa’s most prestigious fishing festival is only a month away, but the Ginowan City Tourism Promotion Association is still accepting applications for fishing teams to participat...
2013.05.24
Ishigaki Island Fair opens in Naha [Festival]
Southern Okinawa’s Ishigaki Island, a part of the Yaeyama islands chain, is being showcased with a three-day fair opening tomorrow at the Okinawa Times Building in Naha City. Admis...
2013.05.23
Scarecrow Festival in Iheya Island enters final week [Festival]
A unique festival on Iheya Island, a Scarecrow Festival reminiscent of the old days when the stick figures protected crops, is welcoming visitors through the end of May. The festiv...
2013.05.09
Antaru Festival 2013 is music and art weekend gathering [Festival]
Rain or shine, the Antaru Festival 2013 is taking place at Shintoshin Park in Omoromachi district of Naha City this weekend, bringing a host of mainland Japanese and international ...
2013.04.29
Kodomo No Kuni Festival 2013 [Festival]
Kodomo no Kuni, the Okinawa City Zoo, is hosting a festival May 3rd through 6th as a part of the island’s Golden Week celebrations, with everything from carp streamers to marching ...
2013.04.29
Naha Haarii highlights Okinawa’s Golden Week [Festival]
By Bill Charles The best known of Okinawa’s dragon boat races are coming up May 3rd ~ 5th as the cornerstone of the Naha Haarii Festival at Naha Aja Port Wharf. Festivities all thr...
2013.04.29
Adventure World is fun-filled family event [Festival]
May 5th is Children’s Day, a national holiday eagerly awaited each year by kids of all ages, and this year the Kids Festival Adventure World is a part of the festivities Friday, Ma...
2013.04.27
Koinobori streamers ready to begin to fly everywhere [Festival]
With Golden Week just around the corner, the signals are clear that the colorful Koinobori, or Carp Streamers, are ready to fly at various locations throughout the island. And they...
2013.04.26
Okinawa Truck Art Charity Meeting open to any vehicle [Festival]
An automobile show in which anyone, with any kind of vehicle, can take part, is taking place this weekend at the JA Farmers Yomitan Yunta Market in Kina, Yomitan Village. Admission...
2013.04.22
Hawaiian Festival brings ukulele, leis and hula [Festival]
Little grass skirts, the hula and ukulele-powered music comes to the floor of the Ginowan Convention Center Monday the 29th. Admission is free for the Hawaiian Festival organized b...
2013.04.22
18th Iejima Island Lily Festival set for two-week run [Festival]
The 18th annual Iejima Island Lily Festival in northern Okinawa is making final preparations for its opening on Saturday. The free flower festival runs through Monday, May 6th, at ...
2013.04.20
Yambaru Umi no Eki Festival plays Sunday [Festival]
It’s a family-oriented festival coming up Sunday, at Yambaru Umi No Eki, the Sea Station in Yamakawa, Motobu Town. The free festival runs 1 p.m. ~ 9 p.m., with ‘Mahaina Village of ...
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