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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:...Read More
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/eve...Read More
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 an...Read More
2020.01.28
MMA Fight Night …on Camp Foster [ENTERTAINMENT Sports]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is coming to Camp Foster for a competition you don’t want to miss—MMA Fight Night! It’ll all go down in the fieldhouse on Saturday, February 15. Two fighte...
2020.01.20
Hansen Festival 2020 [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
This year’s Hansen Festival will feature fun for both service members and families alike with FREE live entertainment, game booths, Fun Land rides and delicious food such as high-q...
2020.01.09
Cherry Blossoms Grace Northern Okinawa [Festival]
Northern Okinawa has a unique distinction of having the earliest blooming cherry blossoms in all of Japan. Though they are different from those found in mainland – you can say they...
2019.12.06
Winter Kids Carnival at Tomiton in Tomigusuku City [ENTERTAINMENT]
The Winter Kids Carnival will take place at the Tomiton in Tomigusuku City. The event will have plenty of fun activities for the kids, such as a bungee trampoline, trampoline park,...
2019.11.28
Naha Base Air Festival features Japanese air show [Festival]
Churashima Air festival is something special to see for those who’ve never seen a Japan Self Defense Force air show. The JASDF Naha Air Base is adjacent to Naha International Airpo...
2019.11.27
Courtney Holiday Festival [Festival]
Enjoy a Fun-filled Weekend! The Camp Courtney Holiday Festival will be held on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 from 1 to 9 p.m. both days You’ll want to mark your calen...
2019.11.12
The ‘Ritou Fair’ puts Focus on the Outer Islands [Festival Shopping]
A three-day annual fair called the ‘Ritou Fair’ opens Friday, November 15th at the Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha at Onoyama Park in Naha City. Its mission is to promote products, h...
2019.11.05
Koza Motor Sports Festival [Festival Sports]
The Koza Motor Sports Festival 2019 will take place at the Koza Sports Park on November 9 and 10. Admission to the event is free and it runs from 12:00~17:00 on Saturday and 10:00~...
2019.11.04
Niutu Umachii invites to “Meet the Roots Music of Ryukyu” [ENTERTAINMENT]
Niutu Umachii concert is a free event seeking to take the audience to the roots of Okinawan Music with a lineup of local artists gathering to Koza Music Town on Nov. 9 for an eveni...
2019.10.24
Get Ready for Kinser Festival [Festival]
Kinser Festival, going down this year Saturday, October 26 from 2 to 10 p.m. and Sunday, October 27 from 1 to 9 p.m., welcomes all service members, their families and our Japanese ...
2019.10.02
Naha City’s World Record Giant Tug-of-War [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 the Guinness Book of World Records in 199...
2019.09.26
MCCS Comic Con invites nerds of the world to unite [ENTERTAINMENT]
In October, MCCS will hold the ultimate celebration of comics, anime, manga, science fiction, fantasy and horror aficionados and more—Comic Con Okinawa 2019—happening October 13 fr...
2019.09.20
Ginowan Hagoromo Festival attracts with pomp and legend [Festival]
Ginowan Hagoromo Festival is one of the largest festivals on the island regularly attracting more than 100,000 visitors during two-day run over the weekend of Sep. 28th (Sat) and S...
2019.08.21
Everyone’s Favorite, The Orion Beer Festival [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. You might say a little rest and relaxati...
2019.08.19
All Okinawa Eisa Festival 2019 [CULTURE Festival]
The Zento Eisa Matsuri, the All Okinawa Eisa Festival, takes place every year on the first weekend after Obon. This tradition began in 1956 at what was then called Koza, what would...
2019.07.30
10000 Eisa dancers to take over Kokusai Street Aug. 4 [CULTURE Festival]
Rhythmic sounds of drums fill the air on Aug. 4th as thousands of dancers of all ages from some 70 groups will march along Kokusai Street in Naha in a seven-hour long procession. A...
2019.07.22
Yonabaru invites to season’s first giant tug-of-war [Festival]
The 37th Yonabaru Great Tug of War Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday, August 3rd and 4th, at the Yonabaru Udunyama Youth Field and Yonakohama park. The main event, the Yonab...
2019.07.21
Unna Matsuri features folk music, beef soup and fish catching [Festival]
Unna Festival has its 36th incarnation this year featuring two full days of experience based programs, markets, the largest beef soup on the island, live fish catching contests to ...
2019.07.12
Chatan Seaport Carnival centers on beach activities [Festival]
The Chatan Seaport Carnival is known as the one major summer festival that concentrates on activities on the beach, and it happens this weekend 13th and 14th on the Sunset Beach in...
2019.07.01
Ocean Expo Park Summer Festival delivers its Biggest Bang [Festival]
Of all the fireworks on Okinawa during summer season, only one is the grand-daddy of them all. On July 13th, 10,000 fireworks will light the skies over Emerald Beach at the Ocean E...
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