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September 2026 1 events
09/05–09/06
Festival Okinawa
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
10/10–10/12
Festival Okinawa
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
旧暦12月頃（年によって異なる）
Festival Okinawa
Miyakojima Paantu: The Mud-Covered God
Ueno Nohara, Miyakojima City, Okinawa
The god appears covered in mud — ancient mud, from a sacred well that has been used for this ritual longer than anyone c
旧暦6〜7月（島によって異なる）
Festival Okinawa
Yaeyama Hoonen-sai: The Harvest Offering of the Far Islands
Ishigaki City and Taketomi Town, Okinawa (held on individual islands)
In the Yaeyama islands — Japan's southwestern edge — each community holds its own harvest festival in the lunar summer.