Southern Island Star Festival 2024 Kim The annual Southern Island Star Festival is a celebration of Ishigaki Island's sparkling night skies, and the event includes ...
Culture Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival 2024 Kim Held annually on the weekend after obon festivities since 1956, the Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival is a large-scale celebration ...
Activities Kadena AmericaFest 2025 Kim Kadena AmericaFest celebrates the US-Japan alliance and friendship, and the open-base event allows visitors to check out airc...
Activities Okinawa Tropical Illuminations 2023-2024 Kim The Okinawa Tropical Illumination at Southeast Botanical Gardens is one of the country's top illumination events, ranking thi...
Activities Okinawa Zoo & Museum Christmas Fantasy 2024-2025 Kim The Okinawa Zoo & Museum Christmas Fantasy event has been running for over 25 years now, and is one of the largest illuminati...
Culture Yambaru Art Festival 2025 Kim The Yambaru Art Festival is scheduled from mid December until mid January and the multi-venue event will showcase a wide vari...
Culture Ryukyu Lantern Festival 2024-2025 Bonson Lam It is said that in many moons ago in China, women were not allowed out of the house at night, except on the 15th day of the C...
Activities Nago Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 Kim Being Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa's cherry blossoms, or sakura, bloom in the months of January and February. A w...
Culture Okinawa International Movie Festival 2025 Kim The annual Okinawa International Movie Festival is a chance to showcase both international and domestic films, and highlight ...
Activities Paantu Festival in Okinawa 2024 Sarah Koh Okinawa's Miyakojima island celebrates the Paantu festival – an ancient form of exorcism involving supernatural creatures, ma...
