Year-round
Festival
Okinawa
M
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
Y
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
Festival
Okinawa
O
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
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
Festival
Okinawa
N
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