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[2009-11-19] Okinawa City considers itself a cosmopolitan city, home to people from more than 30 countries.
The city, also known as Koza, welcomes them all this weekend for the Gate 2 Street Festival and Okinawa City International Carnival. Read More! [2009-11-12] Travel to northern Okinawa frequently brings visitors into contact with old, historic communities, but Gushiken Village is really something else! It’s old, all right, in every sense of the word.
The people are old. Read More! [2009-11-05] The U.S. Read More! [2009-10-29] A 15th century castle at the heart of Okinawa’s history is celebrating this weekend, and everyone’s invited to the festival.
The Shuri Castle Festival commemorates the Ryukyu Kingdom era, which dates back to the1600’s, when Sho Hashi used his leadership skills to bring together three Sanzan Kingdoms peacefully. Read More! [2009-10-22] It is being called the ‘Total Industrial Exhibition’ with an appeal to everyday citizens.
The 33rd Annual Okinawa Industrial Festival runs Friday through Sunday in downtown Naha, at the city’s omnibus Onoyama Park complex. Read More! [2009-10-22] The 9th All-Island Hatagashira Festival, the festival featuring Okinawa’s traditional Eisa dance, moves into Naha Shintoshin Park Saturday and Sunday.
The two-day festival at Omoromachi in Naha City introduces the folk dance parade and booths featuring various regions’ products and cultures. Read More! [2009-10-22] Bowser’s the king this weekend at the Wan Wan Festival being hosted at Marine Plaza Agarihama this weekend.
Never short of festivals, Okinawa this weekend goes the extra steps to feature on exclusively for man’s best friend, the dog. Read More! [2009-10-15] It’s pretty much a home grown affair this year, the Camp Foster Festival chock full of Okinawa’s top musicians, along with a great array of foods including a few Marine Corps Community Services originals this weekend.
The annual event is one of Okinawa’s most anticipated military festivals, a weekend that delights service members and locals alike with free, top-notch entertainment, game booths, amusement rides, Kiddie Land for the children, and enough cultural foods to appease the heartiest appetite. Read More! [2009-10-08] It’s an event with Guinness Book of World Records implications, and it’s coming to downtown Naha on Sunday.
Officially, it is the 39th annual Ryukyu Kingdom Festival Tsunahiki, but everyone on Okinawa knows it better as the great tug-of-war. Read More! [2009-10-08] The Naha Tsunahiki rope is more than 200 meters (650 feet) long this year, weighs 90,500 pounds, and is 1.56 meters in diameter. Read More!
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