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What to do during rainy season on Okinaw… [ENTERTAINMENT]
Usually every year from early May through mid-June, rainy season comes to Okinawa. This can damp a lot of fun for the family and kids who ju...Read More
Okinawa’s guardian shisa has its own day… [History Travel & Beach]
April 3 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...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 Okinawa, with a population of a...Read More
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 ...
2017.11.19
Otaku Fes in Okinawa turns Koza to Anime city! [Festival]
‘Otaku Fes in Okinawa’ takes place in the Koza district of Okinawa City on Nov. 25 and 26th, as a special project of Koza International Carnival held on the same dates. The Otaku F...
2017.11.14
‘Ritou Fair’ puts focus on outer islands [Festival]
A three-day annual fair called ‘Ritou Fair’ opens Friday, Nov. 17 at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Onoyama Park in Naha to promote products, beauty, and tourism of 18 communities on ...
2017.11.01
Traditions of Ryukyu Kingdom come alive at Shurijo Castle Festival [Festival]
The Shurijo Castle Festival runs from Nov. 3rd through the 5th, and features a magnificent parade, plus Ryukyu dance and other traditional performing arts. The first day of the fes...
2017.10.27
Halloween on Okinawa; mix of Japanese and down home American [ENTERTAINMENT]
Halloween is a popular traditional family event especially in western countries, and is recently getting popular also in Japan. In the case of Okinawa, Halloween probably became a ...
2017.10.26
KINSER FESTIVAL (postponed) [Festival]
The Camp Kinser Festival scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28 and Sunday, Oct. 29, has been postponed (and the Neon Trees, DJ Manifesto and other entertainment performances have been ca...
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