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Ie Island Easter Lily Festival [Festival]
April 27th marks the start of the 27th Annual Yuri Matsuri, the Ie lsland Lily Festival, showcasing more than one million teppoyuri’s, or Ea...Read More
Okinawa’s guardian shisa has its own day… [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 promo...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 mainland Okinawa, with a popula...Read More
2013.07.01
Fireworks to highlight Sea Port Chatan Festival [Festival]
By Bill Charles Fireworks, music, water sports and more will be filling everyone’s schedules over the long Independence Day weekend holiday stretch, and the Sea Port Chatan Festiva...
2013.07.01
Torii to celebrate holiday with Jazz & Salsa Festivale [Festival]
American Independence Day is going to be a festive three-day splash at Torii Beach, asArmy Morale, Welfare and Recreation turns America’s birthday into a Jazz & Salsa Festivale...
2013.06.28
Miki Ishiki & Mai Teramoto Recital coming to Tedako Hall [ENTERTAINMENT]
Musicians Miki Ishiki and Mai Teramoto are teaming up for a concert Saturday afternoon at Tedako Hall in Urasoe City. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for the 2 p.m. program, which features...
2013.06.27
Queen of belly dance to perform Saturday [ENTERTAINMENT]
It is being described as an exciting belly dance show filled with fascination that colors the night in Okinawa, as Nicole, the queen belly dance and super male belly dance unit “EG...
2013.06.27
Jazz Pianist Fumio Karashima joins Ashibina 15th anniversary [ENTERTAINMENT]
Renowned jazz composer and pianist Fumio Karashima is coming to Okinawa Saturday to help Okinawa City Civic Theater Ashibina celebrate its 15th anniversary. The Fumio Karashima Jaz...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
June 27 ~ July 3 Aries It is very important that you show as much flexibility as possible at this time. Keeping an open mind usually brings good results, and maybe you can find a n...
2013.06.24
Earn your entrance to Beach Clean Reggae Festa [Festival]
The Irie Camp Beach Clean Reggae Festa is coming up a week from Sunday, with plenty of fantastic music, but it’s a working participation event. The June 30th event begins at 1 p.m....
2013.06.24
Season begins with 7th Okinawan Drum Festival [Festival]
Let the Eisa festivities begin; it’s summer in Okinawa. The 7th Okinawan Drum Festival kicks off the season at Naha Civic Hall Sunday, June 30, with nearly a dozen Eisa organizatio...
2013.06.24
Johnny Ginowan sponsors Ukulele Beach Party [ENTERTAINMENT]
It’s not your run of the mill parties, and ‘lively’ is but one of many ways to describe this outdoor ukulele party being hosted by Johnny Ginowan, Sunday. The six-hour outdoor part...
2013.06.23
Cuban dancer tames Latin Dance Workshop [ENTERTAINMENT]
A “Latin cultural lesson for adults” is on tap next Wednesday at Mil beso, featuring Cuban dancer Shihoko. The workshop promises to be small and intimate, with only 30 participants...
2013.06.21
Street dance, sport are ‘Wide Vision 2013’ [ENTERTAINMENT]
It’s time for a bit of street dance on Sunday, or some three-on-three basketball, as Wide Vision 2013 comes to reality at Koza Music Town Oto-Ichiba. The fun begins when doors open...
2013.06.21
Nishihara Peace Music Festival to complement ceremonies [Festival]
Sunday marks the 68th anniversary to the end of the battle of Okinawa in 1945, and the Nishihara Peace Music Festival will augment official ceremonies taking place the same day at ...
2013.06.21
Swiss Classical Jazz Trio to perform on Okinawa [ENTERTAINMENT]
The classical trio Plaistow is on the move again, beginning a 22-day Japan tour that includes a June 24th concert at the Jazz Jungle in Okinawa City. The tree, Johann Bourquenez on...
Horoscope [Horoscope]
June 20 ~ 26 Aries This period is going to be very busy in our life, and its best to try to take one thing at a time. Make sure you rid yourself of negative thoughts, and follow as...
2013.06.17
Folk concert slated for ruins of Katsuren Castle [ENTERTAINMENT]
The 2nd Gusuku Shimauta Concert will feature folk songs reaching to the very heart of Okinawa when it kicks off the weekend of June 22nd and 23rd on the grounds of the Katsuren Cas...
2013.06.17
Day of Songs Concert at Kadena to recall battle [ENTERTAINMENT]
Ceremonies marking the 68th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa on June 23rd are upcoming in a little more than a week, culminating Saturday, June 29th, with the Day of...
2013.06.16
Silk Road Concert highlights Chinese instruments [ENTERTAINMENT]
Musicians performing Sunday at the Silk Road Music Concert at Okinawa Prefectural Museum are putting Chinese instruments to good use in this China-centered concert. There are two f...
2013.06.14
David Ralston going Okinawa live with 9th CD release [ENTERTAINMENT]
It’s taken the gritty music and raspy voice of David Ralston almost forever to get around to the album title he’s always wanted to do, and Sunday evening OKINAWA comes out big, bol...
2013.06.14
Hawaiian Dinner Show comes to life Sunday evening [ENTERTAINMENT]
The special music of Hawaii only comes to life once a year in Okinawa, and this year’s Hawaiian Dinner Show Sunday features first class singers and dancers performing at Erythrina ...
2013.06.14
Sunday marks fathers’ turn to be feted [ENTERTAINMENT]
By Bill Charles Father’s Day I s Sunday, a mere month behind the more highly touted Mother’s Day, and there’s a lot planned for this matching holiday of mom and dad salutes. As wit...
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