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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 fieldho...Read More
OKinawa Holiday Season Illumination Guid… [Community ENTERTAINMENT]
OKinawa Illumination Guide!! Okuma illumination Early November ~ Late February @Okuma Private Beach &Resort (913 Okuma Kunigami Village...Read More
Winter Kids Carnival at Tomiton in Tomig… [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 ...Read More
2018.04.27
Japan’s Mega Holiday Season, Golden Week [Festival]
Public offices, banks, and many companies will close during the much anticipated Golden Week. No doubt that you will see people on the move as they gear up to hit their holiday hot...
2018.04.27
Ninja House at the Ryubo [ENTERTAINMENT]
During Golden Week, the 6th floor of the Ryubo Department Store in Naha will be converted into a Ninja House! Here, kids and adults can participate in a number of ninja training ac...
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 ...
2018.03.23
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....
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...
2017.12.12
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 ...
2017.12.05
Celebrate the Season [Festival]
MCCS will be spreading some extra holiday cheer this year as they present the 24th Annual Courtney Christmas & Holiday Festival. This FREE event is geared to all ages and will ...
2017.12.04
Ryujin-no Utage brings mystery of yore to modern age [ENTERTAINMENT]
People of the Ryukyu Kingdom believed that Ryujin was a God who reincarnated into a dragon, and controlled and governed water. To please the God, people used music and Taiko drums,...
2017.11.22
Okinawa International Carnival highlights international heritage of Koza [Festival]
The Okinawa City International Carnival takes place on Saturday, Nov. 25th, and Sunday 26th, in areas around Gate 2 Street, Koza Music Town and Chuo Park Avenue. Admission to all ...
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