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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
Cherry Blossom Festivals on Okinawa kick… [Festival]
Northern Okinawa has long taken pride of having the earliest cherry blossoms in Japan. Although cherry trees in Okinawa are not the same var...Read More
2012.10.12
Nanjo City Festival is rare event [Community Festival]
Nanjo city festival scheduled for this weekend at Gusuku Road Park does not get to be routine as the event is held only every four years. The weekend’s festival is only the second ...
2012.10.12
Miss International Beauty Pageant contestants join Naha Matsuri [ENTERTAINMENT]
It was an exciting three-day weekend for 80 beauty contestants in Okinawa for the Miss International Beaty Pageant, with the Naha Matsuri, World Eisa Festival, a couple of parades ...
2012.10.12
K-Pop Collection brings auditions to Okinawa [ENTERTAINMENT]
Korea’s music sensation labeled K-Pop is generating worldwide interest, and now Okinawa’s gearing up to bring some of their best music here. Grand K-Pop artists are now making fina...
2012.10.12
Two championship Tenkaichi matches upcoming Oct. 21st [ENTERTAINMENT Sports]
Okinawa’s Tenkaichi Super Fights is featuring three main events in its October 21st program, with two of the main matches being for titles. The MMA Middle Weight Class Title Match ...
2012.10.05
Sigma Fest 2012 slated for Sports Day [ENTERTAINMENT]
Universal Music is presenting the Sigma Fest 2012 in Okinawa music festival on the Japanese Sports Day holiday October 8th. The six-hour festival-conbcert at Nishihara Marine Park ...
2012.10.05
Humble sweet potato honored with weekend festival [Festival]
It is a delectable Okinawan vegetable served year around, but this weekend the sweet potato’s status is elevated and honored with a festival of its very own. The 32nd Noguni Soukan...
2012.10.05
Great tug-of-war challenges east vs. west [ENTERTAINMENT Festival]
By Bill Charles Take a 44-ton rope and wrap 25,000 pair of hands around it, and what happens? Answer: A tug-of-war Sunday afternoon that will attract hundreds of thousands of spec...
2012.10.05
Miss International Beauty Pageant activities under way [ENTERTAINMENT]
One of the world’s most prestigious beauty pageants, the Miss International Beauty Pageant, is now putting this year’s 80 contestants through their paces on Okinawa. The young ladi...
2012.10.05
Ni-Utu-Umachii: Meeting the roots of Ryukyu music [ENTERTAINMENT]
Ryukyu music has its roots in ancient times, with nature-power and spirituality of the Ryukyu Kingdom’s ancestors playing a big role, and that music’s wings have spread to be ever ...
2012.10.05
Rocktoberfest heads to Torii Beach [Festival]
Army Morale, Welfare and Recreation is sponsoring Rocktoberfest this weekend on Torii Beach, bringing the German style festival to the island. “This isn’t your ordinary Oktoberfest...
2012.09.28
“Goodwill Ambassadors of Beauty” [ENTERTAINMENT]
By Jun Ikemura One of the longest running beauty pageants in the world is making its second appearance in Okinawa in October, bringing 80 young ladies to the stage for the Miss Int...
2012.09.21
7th Oyaji Love Rock Festival kicks off this weekend [Festival]
There’s music in the air at Toyosaki Seaside Park special stage this weekend as the 7th Oyaji Love Rock Festival presents 18 bands. Doors open at 2 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, w...
2012.09.21
China Airlines celebrates 1st anniversary as Skyteam partner [Travel & Beach]
China Airlines is cheering and celebrating this month, acknowledging the first anniversary as a member of Delta’s Skyteam partner system. China Airlines flies twice daily between O...
2012.09.21
Blue Lagoon Festival focuses on ocean and music [Festival]
The Blue Lagoon Festival coming up next weekend is the eighth annual occurrence for the outdoor music event in Nago City. The festival runs September 29th and 30th, with doors open...
2012.09.21
Salsa: Caribbean flavor that’s spicing up Okinawa [ENTERTAINMENT]
By Mana Komatsu Salsa’s a heavily drum-flavored music first spawned outside Cuba in the 1970’s and then caught fire and began spreading first across the Caribbean, and now, around ...
Random body searches to begin at airports in October [Travel & Beach]
Random body searches on international passengers at 29 airports across the country will start next month to prevent explosives from slipping through metal detectors. The Transport ...
2012.09.21
Sales featured at Kanaderu Park Music Festival Saturday [Festival]
Eight entertainment stages will be spread across the Kanaderu Park Music Festival site Saturday for the quarterly event that promises “Funny Music & Yummy Food”. Stages with mu...
2012.09.21
Promenade Concerts to play Okinawa City this fall [ENTERTAINMENT]
Brass bands will be making big sounds in Okinawa City on seven Saturdays this fall as Promenade Concerts at Music Town Sound Market and other Okinawa City venues. The concerts take...
Disney on Classic~a Magical Night 2012 coming in Dec. [ENTERTAINMENT]
Tickets are soon to go on sale for The Disney on Classic~a Magical Night 2012¸ as the Disney epic celebrates its 10th anniversary. The Disney on Classic’s a ‘brilliant concert’ tha...
2012.09.15
Combined bands concert “Friendship Through Music” [ENTERTAINMENT]
There’s music in the air Sunday evening as the Japan Self Defense Forces and III Marine Expeditionary Force present “The Planets” by Gustav Holst at a combined concert, Sunday. The...
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