IN SEASON NOW
Karatsu Kunchi
11月2日（月）
Ohara Festival
11月2日（月）
Hikari no Machi Hakata
11月3日（火）
Midosuji Illumination
11月3日（火）
Yagoro-don Festival
11月3日（火）
Tokyo German Village Winter Illumination
10月31日（土）
Naruko Gorge in Autumn: A Canyon of Color and Hot Water
10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃
To-no-Hetsuri
10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃
Nita Pass
10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃
Daisen
10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃
Fukiware-no-taki
10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃
Geibikei Gorge: The Song Comes on the Way Back
10月中旬〜11月上旬が見頃
Koyasan
10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃
Fukuroda Falls
11月上旬〜中旬が見頃
Shin-Yabakei
10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃
Yamadera
10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃
Eiheiji Temple
11月上旬〜中旬が見頃
Sumatakyo Gorge
11月上旬〜下旬が見頃
Zuihoji Park
11月上旬〜中旬が見頃
Genbikei Gorge: The Dumplings Arrive by Rope
10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃
Year-round
Market
Okinawa
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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
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日程は公式発表による
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
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例年7月〜8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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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例年7月中旬
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
craft
Okinawa
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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
Festival
Okinawa
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例年2月上旬が見頃
Nago Castle Park Cherry Blossoms
Nago Castle Park, 5511 Nago, Nago, Okinawa
This one flowers in winter. In the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991 to 2020 averages, full bloom at Naha falls on 4 Fe