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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
2016.07.17
Kin Blue Beach hosts good old-fashioned beach bash [Festival]
Kin Blue Beach on the coast of Kin Town is a training and recreation area of the U.S. Marine Corps, but on the last Sunday of this month the beach will open its gates wide to every...
2016.07.17
Urasoe Tedako Festival focuses on local cultural heritage [Festival]
Tedako means ‘children of the sun’, and the annual three-day festival pays homage to a powerful king of the central Ryukyu before it was united into one kingdom. King Eiso had his ...
2016.07.15
Haebaru event offers kids experience in adult jobs [Festival]
A special event for children is scheduled to take place at Haebaru Central Community Center on July 18. The event is called Kid’s Park, and the idea is to give the children an oppo...
2016.07.15
Okinawa’s tallest dam shows nature, environment on canoe, boat trips [Festival]
Higashi Village on the northeastern coast of Okinawa main island is an active community of some 2,000 residents. It’s known for its Azalea Festival in the spring, its large Eco-par...
2016.07.01
Taiho Dam Festival offers day of fun and education [Festival]
In order to ensure a stable supply of fresh water, the government has built a number of dams in the prefecture. Taiho Dam in Ogimi Village is the second tallest dam on Okinawa at 7...
2016.07.01
Corona Sunsets Festival rocks Chura Sun Beach this weekend [Festival]
Last year, Molson Coors Japan Co., Ltd, set up a seasonal bar at Chura Sun Beach in Tomigusuku to promote beverages and drinks produced by the Mexican brewer, Corona. The Corona Su...
2016.06.27
Peaceful Love slated to rock the island on Jul. 9, 10 [Festival]
By far the most enduring rock concert tradition on Okinawa is the Peaceful Love Rock Festival that has taken place in the middle of the summer every year since 1983. This year the ...
2016.06.22
Dragon boats compete for Governor’s Cup trophy at Manza Beach [Festival]
This Sunday, the ANA Intercontinental Manza Beach Resort stages the 33rd Okinawa Governor’s Cup “Manza Haarii Festival” with the best dragon boat paddlers taking a measure of each ...
2016.06.22
Nishihara Peace Music Festival has serious message [Festival]
Today is the 71st anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, and the 26th Nishihara Peace Music Festival is the lighter annual addition to official ceremonies that ta...
2016.06.21
Kugani-nu Kanasa aims to make people think about peace [Festival]
An event called Kugani-nu Kanasa is scheduled to take place at Okinawa Peace Memorial Park on the eve of the Okinawa Memorial Day (Irei-no Hi). The Jun. 22 Kugani-nu Kanasa is the ...
2016.06.17
Fathers’ Day bullfighting tournament [Festival]
June 19 is the Father’s Day, and Ishikawa Multipurpose Dome in Uruma City has a bit different and exotic entertainment to offer on that day. The dome is the venue of the largest Ok...
2016.06.10
Nirai Haarii invites everyone to share in family fun at Fisherina [Festival]
Uminchu Wharf, also known as Chatan Fisherina area, next to Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort is a facility that aims to become the center of marine leisure activities of every kind on ...
2016.06.10
Fresh fish aficionados have Fathers’ Day fest at Tomari Iyumachi [Festival]
One of the more interesting festivals on Okinawa takes place every year on the weekend of Fathers’ Day at Tomari fishing port in Naha that usually is more of a realm of restaurant ...
2016.06.10
Kanaderu Park invites everyone to enjoy start of summer [Festival]
Kanaderu Park, an outdoor music event that takes place four times a year, once in about every three months, on Chuo Park Avenue in Okinawa City, on a number of stages set along the...
2016.05.19
Orion Happy Park fetes 5th anniversary with ”Happy Party” [Festival]
Orion ‘Yambaru-no Mori’ is a restaurant inside Orion Beet’s ‘Happy Park’ facility within Orion Brewery in Nago, where the brewery entertains visitors, and also the public can have ...
2016.05.13
SUM 41 headlines weekend Camp Schwab Festival [Festival]
Camp Schwab in the north is the place to be this weekend when it opens gates to local folks to joint its Marines at the annual Camp Schwab Festival where there will be fun and acti...
2016.05.13
Nanmin Festival is steeped in cultural traditions [Festival]
Naminoue Shrine, known as the largest and most popular shrine in Naha, was also one of the official shrines in the Ryukyu Kingdom. The shrine also hosts an annual spring festival, ...
2016.05.01
All kids enjoy Adventure World at Chatan Dome [Festival]
Adventure World, a children’s event that takes place every year during the ‘Golden Week’ at Chatan Dome in Mihama, is eagerly looked forward by children of all ages as a rainproof ...
2016.04.28
Naha Haarii starts Okinawa summer festival season [Festival]
The Golden Week gets officially started tomorrow with a national holiday called ‘Showa-no Hi’ that honors the birthday of the previous Japanese emperor posthumously named ‘Showa’ a...
2016.04.26
Southeast Botanical Gardens pull all stops for Golden Week [Festival]
Southeast Botanical Gardens in Chibana, Okinawa City, has been a fixture as a central Okinawa sightseeing spot for decades. Over the years it has seen its ups and downs, but after ...
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