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All Festival 175 Market 41 Gathering 31 Residency 27 Workshop 22 Community 2
All regions Hokkaido 12 Tohoku 57 Kanto 39 Chubu 58 Kinki 49 Chugoku 29 Shikoku 7 Kyushu 33 Okinawa 12 Other 12
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
Daily
Market Okinawa
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
旧暦12月頃（日程非公表）
Festival Okinawa
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
旧暦6〜7月（島によって異なる）
Festival Okinawa
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
毎日（通年）
Market Okinawa
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
通年（各工房が常設営業）
Market Okinawa
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
通年（要予約の場合あり）
Workshop Okinawa
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
通年
Residency Okinawa
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
2026年7月中旬（例年7月）
Festival Okinawa
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
2026年（例年・秋〜冬の開催あり）
Festival Okinawa
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
通年（要予約・工房により異なる）
craft Okinawa
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