Activities Paantu Festival in Okinawa Sarah Koh Okinawa's Miyakojima island celebrates the Paantu festival – an ancient form of exorcism involving supernatural creatures, ma...
Culture Okinawa International Movie Festival Kim The annual Okinawa International Movie Festival is a chance to showcase both international and domestic films, and highlight ...
Activities Nago Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Being Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa's cherry blossoms, or sakura, bloom in the months of January and February. A w...
Culture Ryukyu Lantern Festival Bonson Lam It is said that in many moons ago in China, women were not allowed out of the house at night, except on the 15th day of the C...
Culture The Kitchen God of Sefa Utaki Bonson Lam Sefa Utaki is the Okinawan way of acknowledging the “ultimate ancestor”, the creator of the Ryukyu Islands. It is a place of...
Activities Cherry Blossom in Okinawa Japan Travel Okinawa's cherry blossoms are the first to bloom in Japan every year. Because of the warm climate, they are different from th...
Food Nakijin's Cafe Koku Bonson Lam Could this be the best vegetarian and vegan cafe in Okinawa? Perched on an ocean side mountain just 90 minutes northwest of N...
Culture Something's Afoot Hillary Lewis The Pacific Okinawa Players Theatre group presents "Something's Afoot," a family friendly musical.
Culture Okinawa Indigo Exhibition Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum will look into indigo dyeing and weaving tec...
Culture Modern Ryukyu Lacquerware Exhibition Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Urasoe Art Museum in Okinawa looks at the works of contemporary Okinawan lacquerware...