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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
Okinawa’s guardian shisa has its own day… [History Travel & Beach]
April 3rd is the “Day of Shisa” in Okinawa as four (April) is “shi” and three is “san” in Japanese. The day was established in 2002 to promo...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
2016.06.20
Jazz pianist, singer songwriter Emi Meyer to play in Naha, Ginoza [ENTERTAINMENT]
Emi Meyer, a jazz pianist and singer songwriter is scheduled to have two concerts on Okinawa on Jun. 25 and 26. The concerts will be her first appearance on the island with the fir...
2016.06.20
Memorial Day, international friendships focus of ‘Future Okinawa’ event [ENTERTAINMENT]
Okinawa has beautiful beaches, unique heritage and culture, but 71 years ago the Pacific War ravaged the island. It was scary. June 23, 1945, is the day the Pacific War ended, and ...
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...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
June 16 ~ 22 Aries There’s romance in the air, and if you pay a little more attention to feelings of others, your attractiveness in the eyes of potential partners will go up expone...
Movies at U.S. base theaters on Okinawa Jun 16 ~ 22 [Movies -On Base-]
KADENA THEATER Admission Prices First-run Adult $6.50, Child $3.75 First-run 3D movies Adult $8.50 Child $5.75 Regular Adult $6.00, Child $3.50 16 Thu 1900 Warcraft PG13 16 T...
2016.06.13
Tokoiriya ballet on stage at Gangala Valley Cave Cafe [ENTERTAINMENT]
Nationally renown, Okinawa-born ballet dancer Ryoki Midorima, is scheduled perform his 3rd cross-genre composite ‘Tokoiriya’ production titled ‘Reborn’ at a show at Gangala Valley ...
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
Koza Music Company organizes ‘No to discrimination!’ music event [ENTERTAINMENT]
Koza Music Company, and event organizer and promotion company based in Okinawa City, is scheduled to hold a live music event on Saturday, Jun. 18th at Garage Bar JJ in Aragusuku, G...
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...
2016.06.10
Okinawa City Eisa season starts this Sunday at Music Town [ENTERTAINMENT]
The annual season for Okinawa City Tourism Association hosted Eisa Nights are starting this Sunday at Okinawa City Music Town Music Space. The events continue every weekend at vari...
Movies at U.S. base theaters on Okinawa Jun 9 ~ 15 [Movies -On Base-]
KADENA THEATER Admission Prices Adult $6.00, Child $3.25 3D movies Adult $8.00 Child $5.25 09 Thu 1900 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows PG13 10 Fri 1800 Warcraf...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
June 09 ~ 15 Aries You are almost reaching the level of harmony in your life that you have dreamed of. The only thing you need is a little more self-confidence, and some help from ...
2016.06.03
Ryukyu Dodon! brings wadaiko performance to Mihama’s MODs [ENTERTAINMENT]
Japanese drums called ‘wadaiko’ or ‘taiko’, consist of a wide range of different sizes of drums, all of which have a body made of wood, often of a hollowed hardwood log capped with...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
Jun 2 ~ 8 Aries This weekend passions run hot and surely bring a telltale twinkle in your eye. There’s someone who’s likely to spell out his or her deep feelings towards you, and t...
Movies at U.S. base theaters on Okinawa Jun 2 ~ 8 [Movies -On Base-]
KADENA THEATER Admission Prices Adult $6.00, Child $3.25 3D movies Adult $8.00 Child $5.25 02 Thu 1900 Alice Through The Looking Glass PG 03 Fri 1800 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtl...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
May 26 ~ Jun. 1 Aries This weekend and the starting days of June are the most dynamic days of this summer. Your sense of competition and impatience in general drives you to try to ...
Movies at U.S. base theaters on Okinawa May 26 ~ Jun 1 [Movies -On Base-]
KADENA THEATER Admission Prices Adult $6.00, Child $3.25 3D movies Adult $8.00 Child $5.25 26 Thu No Movie (Midnight show only) 27 Fri 0005 X-Men: Apocalypse 3D PG13 27 Fri 180...
2016.05.23
Flying on low cost carrier is different experience [Travel & Beach]
By David Higgins Over our recent Golden Week holidays I took a flight to Taiwan using an LCC (Low Cost Carrier) called ‘Peach Airlines.’ Other low cost carriers serving Okinawa inc...
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 ...
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