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Itoman Tug-of-War marks end of summer [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT]
Many Okinawan farmers and fishermen, in some form or fashion, pay tribute to the Gods, seeking their blessing and favor for a great harvest ...Read More
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・9/29 Itoman Tug of War Festival at Itoman Rotary 13:00~ (The Tug of war starts 17:00) Free to enter https://www.city.itoman.lg.jp/site/kank...Read More
OkiEvents this week!! [CULTURE Festival]
・9/24 Yomitan Eisa Festival @ Yomitan Athletic Field 16:00~21:00 Free to enter https://www.facebook.com/okiseikyo PIN: https://maps.app.goo....Read More
2023.04.28
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 shrouds Japan in a blanket of gray clouds and...
2023.04.27
OkiEvents this Week!! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Family]
・4/28~30 Craft Fair Okinawa @ Okinawa Kouei no Mori in Tomigusuku city (Next to Karate Kaikan) 10:00~18:00 Free to enter https://craftfair-okinawa.net/ PIN: https://goo.gl/maps/T34...
2023.04.20
OkiEvents this Week! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・4/28~6/4 Jimmy Onishi Art Exhibition POP OUT @ Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Naha city 9:00 – 18:00 (6/3 & 6/4 until 20:00) Closed on Monday ¥1000 for adu...
2023.04.14
Ie Island Easter Lily Festival [Festival]
April 22nd marks the start of the 26th Annual Yuri Matsuri, the Ie lsland Lily Festival, showcasing more than one million teppoyuri’s, or Easter Lilies, which have become a vibrant...
2023.04.13
OkiEvents this Week! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
OkiEvents this week!! ・4/15~16 White Beach Festival @ White Beach in Uruma city 11:00 – 18:00 Free to enter https://www.facebook.com/NavyMWROkinawa PIN: https://goo.gl/maps/n...
2023.04.01
Okinawa’s guardian shisa has its own day on April 3 [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 promote Shisa made in the Tsuboya district of...
2023.03.30
Tsuboya Shisa Day Fest educates and enlightens [Festival]
Tsuboya Shisa Day is up next Monday, and it teaches everything about Okinawa’s protector. Shisa is the traditional protector of Okinawan homes and buildings, and April 3rd is calle...
2023.03.22
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・3/25~26 All Okinawa Yachimun Festival @ Hotel Moon Beach in Onna village 10:00~19:00 Free to enter https://www.moonbeach.co.jp/information/95/ PIN: https://goo.gl/maps/FffzFyTe6NP...
2023.02.23
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Sports]
・2/25 – 2/26 Yomitan Yachimun Market @ Farmers Market Yunta Ichiba in Yomitan village 10:00~17:00 Free to enter https://www.yomitan-syakyo.com/kyouhan/yachimunichi.php PIN: h...
2023.02.22
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 Okinawa, with a population of around 1,900. It has some the tastiest pi...
2023.02.16
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・2/18, 19, 25, 26 and 3/4, 5 Shuri Castle Reconstruction Festival at Shuri Castle Park (Projection Mapping will happen 3/4 & 3/5 only and need to apply lottery application for ...
2023.02.03
OkiEvents this Week! [ENTERTAINMENT Family Festival]
・2/4 – 2/5 Itoman Fair @ Itoman Road Station 10:00 ~ 18:00 Free to enter https://www.city.itoman.lg.jp/docs/2021121700028/ PIN: https://goo.gl/maps/1EBcXzXwj4u4jBBF9 ・2/5 Bul...
2023.01.25
OkiEvents this Week! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・1/28 – 29 Nago Cherry Blossom Festival @ Nangusuku Park and Nago Crossing 11:00 – 21:00 Free to enter https://nagomun.or.jp/event/1606/ PIN: https://goo.gl/maps...
2023.01.12
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
1/14 – 1/15 Itoman Furusato Festival @ Kukuru Itoman Outside Stage (1/14) 15:00 – 20:00 (1/15) 16:00 – 20:00 Free to enter https://bit.ly/3iAzuQ7 PIN: https://goo...
2022.12.22
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・12/24 Ginoza X’mas Night @ Ginoza Road Station 16:30~ Free to enter https://mitinoeki-ginoza.com/news/21946/ PIN: https://goo.gl/maps/KjQzwb2ttmVWG4VX8 ・12/24 Nishihara Town...
2022.12.15
OkiEvents this Week!! [CURRENT ISSUE Festival]
・12/17 Itoman Night Market @Itoma-ru in Itoman city 17:00 – 21:00 Free to enter https://www.itoman-itomaru.okinawa/ PIN: https://goo.gl/maps/ybuxer1T8xLQ6Niv6 ・12/18 G...
2022.12.09
OKinawa Holiday Season Illumination Guide 2022!! [Community ENTERTAINMENT]
OKinawa Illumination Guide!! Okuma illumination Nov.7 ~ Feb. 28 From sunset till dawn @Okuma Private Beach &Resort (913 Okuma Kunigami Village) https://okumaresort.com/season...
2022.12.07
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Sports]
・12/11 Churashima Air Fest at Naha Air Base 9:00 – 15:00 Free to enter (Free courtesy bus will be available from Naha Military Port and Shura-sun Beach) https://www.mod.go.jp...
2022.12.01
OkiEvents this Week!! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
・12/2 – 12/4 Shima no Sake (Sake of the Islands 47 brands of Awamori) Festival @ Saion Square in Naha city 11:00 – 18:00 (Fri: 14:00 – 18:00) Free to enter https:...
2022.11.24
OkiEvents This Week!! [CURRENT ISSUE ENTERTAINMENT Festival News]
・11/26 Nago Autumn Fireworks Festival @ Nago Fishing Port 17:00~21:00 (Fireworks 20:00~) Free to enter https://r.goope.jp/srb-47-37/info/4798793 PIN: https://goo.gl/maps/tWiWbp3mxd...
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