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All regions Hokkaido 14 Tohoku 67 Kanto 63 Chubu 77 Kinki 64 Chugoku 39 Shikoku 13 Kyushu 47 Okinawa 12 Other 12
September 2026 1 events
Festival Okinawa O
09/05–09/06
Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival
Koza Athletic Stadium and city streets, Okinawa City, Okinawa
A dance to send off the ancestors fills the night. When Obon ends, Okinawa begins its eisa. Young people beat drums and
October 2026 1 events
Festival Okinawa N
10/10–10/12
Naha Great Tug-of-War Festival
Kumoji intersection, National Route 58, Naha, Okinawa
Everyone pulls a rope two hundred meters long. In Naha, Okinawa, the Great Tug-of-War uses the largest straw rope in the
Year-round
Market Okinawa M
Daily
Makishi Public Market
2-10-1 Matsuo, Naha, Okinawa
In Okinawa, a market is called a machigwaa. Step inside, and the fish on the counters are colors you won't find on the
Festival Okinawa M
旧暦12月頃（日程非公表）
Miyakojima Paantu: The God Who Marks You
Ueno Nohara, Miyakojima City, Okinawa
The deity appears from the forest covered in mud — thick, ancient mud drawn from a sacred well. Paantu moves through the
Festival Okinawa Y
旧暦6〜7月（島によって異なる）
Yaeyama Hoonen-sai: Harvest Offerings at the Edge of Japan
Ishigaki City and Taketomi Town, Okinawa (held on individual islands)
In the Yaeyama islands — Japan's southwestern edge, closer to Taiwan than to Tokyo — each community holds its own harves
Market Okinawa I
毎日（通年）
Ishigaki Euglena Mall: The Kitchen of the Yaeyamas
Near Ishigaki Public Market, Okawa, Ishigaki City, Okinawa
Before the ferry to Taketomi or Iriomote or any of the outer Yaeyama islands, stop at the market. The covered arcade nea
Market Okinawa T
通年（各工房が常設営業）
Tsuboya Yachimun Street: Okinawa's Living Pottery District
Tsuboya, Naha City, Okinawa
Yachimun is the Okinawan word for pottery, and Tsuboya is where it has been made for three hundred years. The district s
Workshop Okinawa R
通年（要予約の場合あり）
Ryukyu Glass: Blowing Something Beautiful from Broken Bottles
Nishizaki, Itoman City, Okinawa
After the war, there was glass everywhere — bottles discarded by American military bases. Okinawan craftspeople melted t
Residency Okinawa K
通年
Kudaka Island: The Island at the Center of Ryukyuan Spiritual Life
Kudaka Island, Nanjo City, Okinawa
Kudaka Island is five square kilometers, accessible by ferry from the southern Okinawa coast, home to roughly two hundre
Festival Okinawa O
2026年7月中旬（例年7月）
Okinawa Kanasa Fireworks
Ginowan Seaside Park, Ginowan, Okinawa
"Kanasa" means beloved. In the Okinawan language, kanasan is the word for something dear, something cherished—and the fi
Festival Okinawa N
2026年（例年・秋〜冬の開催あり）
Naha Okinawa Fireworks Festival
Naminoue Beach, Naha, Okinawa
Fire falls on a southern sea. Naha was once the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom—an independent island nation with its own
craft Okinawa R
通年（要予約・工房により異なる）
Ryukyu Bingata Dyeing Experience
Shuri, Naha, Okinawa
These are the vivid colors of a southern island. Bingata is the brilliant dyeing tradition born of the Ryukyu Kingdom—ye