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The42nd Annual Okinawa Industry Festiva… [Festival Shopping]
The 42nd Annual Okinawa Industry Festival, which showcases many products made in Okinawa will open its doors in Onoyama Park and the Okinaw...Read More
Naha City’s World Record Giant Tug-of-Wa… [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
The Naha Giant Tug-of-War is the largest of its kind throughout the world. This feat was officially recognized and recorded into annals of t...Read More
Everyone’s Favorite, The Orion Beer Fes… [Festival]
As summer comes to a close, kids are getting ready to get back to school. Parents are trying to get their kids ready to get back to school. ...Read More
2018.04.27
Ie Island Easter Lily Festival [Festival]
April 22nd marks the start of the 23rd Annual Yuri Matsuri, the Ie lsland Lily Festival, showcasing more than one million teppoyuri’s, or Easter Lilies, which have become a vibrant...
2018.04.23
All kids enjoy Adventure World at Chatan Dome [Festival]
May 5th is Children’s Day, a Japanese national holiday and a part of the “Golden Week” in Japan. The 15th Kids Festival Adventure World is a part of the holiday excitement kids eag...
2018.04.10
10th Koza Terurin Festival set for April 15th [Festival]
A festival in honor of one of Okinawa’s greatest musicians, Rinsuke Teruya, will take place Sunday afternoon, April 15th, at Okinawa City’s Chuo Park Avenue. The nine-hour concert ...
2018.04.10
The Ryukyu Kaiensai Fireworks Festival [ENTERTAINMENT]
Japan’s pre-summer celebration will ignite with the 15th Annual Ryukyu Kaiensai Fireworks Festival 2018. This will be one of Okinawa’s most spectacular entertainment extravaganzas ...
2018.03.23
Schwab Festival [Festival]
This year’s Camp Schwab Festival will take place Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25 from 1 to 9 p.m. both days on Camp Schwab adjacent to the BeachHead. This annual festival w...
2018.03.15
Sunflowers in Winter? Yes, in Okinawa! [Festival]
Naturally, when you mention sunflowers, most people immediately think of an array of yellow lit flowers stretching out towards the horizon with a backdrop of a deep blue sky, under...
2018.03.14
Beach Opening on Okinawa!! [Travel & Beach]
Are you ready to have some fun?! Get ready to get back in the water because March is the opening season for Okinawa beaches. Check out the summer opening schedule below. And of cou...
2018.03.12
Manza Beach Resort 35th Anniversary Celebration [Travel & Beach]
Summer is around the corner! Starting in March, many beaches around Okinawa will reopened again to the public with the first beach opening celebration taking place on Saturday, Mar...
2018.03.12
American Game Show [ENTERTAINMENT]
Want to have a night of fun with the family? Come on out to the American Game Show! It’s family friendly and each show has a different theme and/or special guest entertainer....
2018.02.26
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...
Coming this March! Micky Mouse heads to Nago City! [Festival]
This March, Nago City will be hosting the Tokyo Disney Resort’s 35th Anniversary Celebration parade. The parade will be held in Nago City on March 24th, starting at 15:30 and will ...
2018.01.23
CAMP KINSER FESTIVAL [Festival]
Kinser Festival is back! The much-anticipated fall festival, which was postponed by a late-in-the-season visit by Typhoon Saola in October 2017, will take now take the number one s...
2018.01.23
Cherry Blossom Festivals on Okinawa [Festival]
Northern Okinawa has long taken pride of having the earliest cherry blossoms in Japan. Although cherry trees in Okinawa are not the same variety that people in mainland Japan admir...
2018.01.22
Okinawan Custom Car Show 2018 [ENTERTAINMENT]
The biggest and most popular custom car show in Japan is coming to Okinawa at the end of this month. The “Okinawa Custom Car Show” that is known by its official name as the “Tokyo ...
2018.01.05
Kinoshita Circus “Proudly continues to be the best!” [ENTERTAINMENT]
Japan’s oldest circus is about to begin a two-month series of performances that start on Dec.15th. Advance tickets are now available for the performances in Toyosaki, Tomigusuku, w...
2017.12.21
Season’s illuminations bring holiday mood to Okinawa [ENTERTAINMENT]
Jingle Bells Jingle Bells ring in stores on Okinawa as we enter the final weeks of the year 2017. Downtown, the Christmas atmosphere is enhanced by fancy illuminations that have be...
2017.12.18
Christmas Fantasy in Okinawa Zoo rings in holiday spirit [Festival]
Although chances for a white Christmas on Okinawa are rather slim, the annual Christmas Fantasy at Okinawa Kodomono Kuni, a.k.a. Okinawa Zoo, is ready to entertain visitors with th...
2017.12.12
Ryukyu Lantern Festival 2017 [Festival]
This is the third edition of the Ryukyu Lantern Festival, a romantic event featuring thousands of Chinese lanterns adorning the premises of Murasaki Mura. Located in Yomitan Villag...
Ryukyu Lantern Festival open at Murasaki Mura [Festival]
The “Yomitan Yoakari Project – Ruykyu Lantern Festival” opened Saturday at Murasaki Mura theme park in Yomitan. The festival, featuring about 4,000 lanterns lit from 6 to 10 p.m. e...
Okinawa Mori No Nigiwai show tickets now available [ENTERTAINMENT]
Mori No Nigiwai Okinawa show “Brand New World – New Wind is Blowing in Okinawa,” an annual extravaganza featuring 700 performers of traditional Okinawan performing arts, will take ...
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