Tag: Okinawan Festivals & Holidays

It's the summer season in Okinawa which means typhoons and festival season. Both are anticipated every year and enjoyed by many local people and...

CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A. Here you’ll find a list of local events for the month of February. Events on the island are constantly being created...

Ringing In The New Year, Okinawa Style. CONTRIBUTED BY KARI F. Most cultures have annual customs and celebrations revolving around the new year, and I...

December 2016 Local Events Calendar CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A. Here you’ll find a list of local events for the month of December. Events on the island...

This post was originally published on October 3, 2009; we are resharing it with you so you have a better understanding of this unique national sports...

October 2016 Local Events Calendar CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A. Here you’ll find a list of local events for the month of October. Local events on the...

Keiro no hi, the Autumnal Equinox Day is celebrated on the third Monday of September; this year it falls on September 19th; Shubun no hi...

CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A. August is here and we have a list of local events for the month. Events on the island are constantly being...

This post was originally published on June 30, 2008. We're pulling it out of the archives for you to enjoy.  Make a wish! According to...

CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A. Here you’ll find a list of local events for the month of July. Events on the island are constantly being created...

Editor's Note: Kodomo-no-hi Children's Day was originally published on May 29, 2009; we're pulling it out of the archives for those of you who...

This post was originally published on April 25, 2011.  We're pulling it out of the archives for all of you - especially our newer...

The 2016 festival will run from Saturday, April 23 - Thursday, May 5, 2016. This post was originally published on May 2, 2008.   CONTRIBUTED BY...

CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH CURTIS  Having been on island for two years, we have been to our fair share of festivals, but I have to say...

CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH  CURTIS You don’t have to look very far in Okinawa for gorgeous pottery; you can take a trip to the Yomitan Pottery...

The 2016 azalea festival on Okinawa runs from March 1st through the 21st. Find out more below! CONTRIBUTED BY ANTHONY CAMINA Annually in March Higashi Village hosts a...

CONTRIBUTED BY KASSIE O'DRISCOLL Okinawa Food Flea is a festival held about every other month in Chatan that had me hooked from the very beginning....

Editor's Note: The Annual Okinawa Burger Festival is held every fall in late November or early December depending on weather. At the time of publication...

CONTRIBUTED BY ANTHONY CAMINA It is that time of the year. A time for Christmas carols, sleigh bells jingling and beautiful lights a twinkling. If...

CONTRIBUTED BY SHELL BURGER When my husband first mentioned going to a Shishimai Festival I was a little hesitant, especially having a very wiggly and...

CONTRIBUTED BY SHELL BURGER Every September around the fall equinox, or what the Japanese call “Mid-Autumn,” Shuri Castle holds what they call their “Mid-Autumn Celebration”...

This post was originally published on March 14, 2009. We're pulling it out of the archives for you to enjoy.  White Day is always...

This post was originally published on March 14, 2008. Because it's azalea season again, we're pulling it out of the archives for our newer...

This post was originally published on February 13, 2010. We're pulling it out of the archives for all of you - especially our newer...

This post was originally published on February 3, 2008. We're pulling it out of the archives for you to enjoy.   Satsubun, while not a...

The location and dates of the 2015 festival have changed from previous years. This year it will operate from February 28th through March 15th.  CONTRIBUTED...

This post was originally published on January 9, 2010.  We're pulling it out of the archives so that all of you - especially our...

This post was originally published on February 3, 2008. We're pulling it out of the archives for you to enjoy.  The Naha Tug Of...

This post was originally published on August 1, 2008.  We're pulling it out of the archives for all of you - especially our newer...

CONTRIBUTED BY JANNEL KETTENRING Yonbaru The Rope Yonbaru Parade Almost all of us have heard of the amazing tug of war that happens each October in Naha,...