CONTRIBUTED BY KACEY A.
Here you’ll find a variety of local events happening in the month of October. Events on the island are constantly being created and changed, so please make sure to use the contact info provided on each event to verify information. If you know of an additional event that you’d like to share with our readers, please add it to the comments below!
November 1st
Antaur Festival
Music, art, fusion cuisine, live performances, dance (djembe, samba, reggae, Okinawan rock). Day long open-air festival. Shintoshin Park, Naha City. 10am – 7pm (6pm on Sunday). Free. 070-6469-9952
Urasoe Sweets Fair
20+ shops will show off their homemade sweets. Urasoe Center Hall 1-9-3 Nakama, Urasoe-shi. 11am – 5:30pm. ¥1,000. Free parking on site. 098-877-4606
Crossoverz Season Final
Ultimate Street Basketball Tournament. ¥3,500. Music Town Sound Market 3F Hall, Okinawa City. Doors 2pm Start 3pm. Tickets in Advance at Family Mart Lawson, Music Town, or info@crossover.okinawa. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
Yomitan Village Festival
9am – 8:45pm. The 41st Yomitan Festival filled with food, live music, performances, and fireworks. Yomitan Village Office Parks, Route 12, Yomitan. Free
Zampa Jam
12pm – 10pm. Last summer dance. All weekend music festival on the beach. ¥5,000 Advance. ¥7,000 at door. Sumuida Salt Beach, Yagachito, Nago.
Ryukyu Kings vs. Rizing Fukuoka
Okinawa City Gym, Okinawa CIty. Tickets vary from ¥900 to ¥4,000 per game. Season tickets available. Tickets can be purchased at Kadena ITT, MCCS Tours+, and box office. 5:30pm doors open, 7:00pm tip off.
November 1st – 2nd
Sakufu Ritual at Shuri Castle
11:40am – 11:55am Sakufu Matrix at Shuri Castle Gate. Free.
12:10pm – 1:10pm Sakufu Ritual at Shuri Castle Tadashi, ¥820 entrance to Shuri Castle Park.
4pm – 8pm Shuri Castle Music Festival, Free. Food & Drinks available for purchase.
5pm – 9pm Bankoku Beams of Light along Garden Road, Free.
1-2 Shurikinjo, Naha. 098-886-2022
November 2nd
Ryukyu Kings vs. Rizing Fukuoka
Okinawa City Gym, Okinawa CIty. Tickets vary from ¥900 to ¥4,000 per game. Season tickets available. Tickets can be purchased at Kadena ITT, MCCS Tours+, and box office. 12:30pm doors open, 2:00pm tip off.
November 3rd
Ryukyu Dynasty Festival Ancient Rite Matrix
12:50pm – 3:30pm Reproduction of the San-ketera Pilgrimage Miyuki, for the king to pray for the nation’s well-being and good harvest. ¥820 entrance to Shuri Castle Park. 1-2 Shurikinjo, Naha. 098-886-2022
Koza Motor Sports Festival
9am – 5pm. Okinawa City Koza Sports Park. Various motor sports demonstrations, exhibitions, talk show, live music, and more. Limited parking on site. Free. 098-939-1212
Okinawa Performing Arts Festival
Watch traditional Okinawa dance, kumidori, instruments, narrators. Experience eisa & lion dancing. Fun for all ages. 11am – 6:30pm. Okinawa Children’s World – Okinawa City Zoo, Okinawa City. Free. Limited on-site parking, Shuttles will run from Okinawa City Office.
November 7th- 8th
Tsuboya Yachumu Street Festival
Tsuboya pottery & events festival. Saturday 10am – 6pm, Sunday 10:30am – 6pm. Located on Tsuboya Yachimu N Street. Public parking. Event is free. 098-862-3761
Aloha Chatan
11am – 5:30pm Hula Tahitan dance and Hawaii product exhibition. “Buy-Eat-Look”. Sunset Beach Chatan Park Baseball Field, near beach. Free. 098-926-5678
C-1
Chatan gourmet battle. 11am – 5:30pm. Tickets go on sale at 10am, you will need to purchase tickets, this tickets can then be redeemed for food of your choice. Public voting. Sunset Beach Chatan Park Baseball Field. 098-926-5678
November 8th
OIST Open House
10am – 5pm. Campus is open to the public to visit the state-of-the-art science university. Events, lectures, tours, science & research introductions, and experiences for all ages. OIST Campus, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son.
November 12th
Adopt Abroad
Providing information about adopting while living overseas. Free. Kadena Air Base, Schilling Center. 1:30pm – 4:30pm. *Must have base access to attend this event.
November 15th
Okinawa Bread Sweets Festa
3rd Semi-Annual bread & sweets festival. 11:30am – 4pm. Nishihara-Yonabaru Marine Park. 17 Higashizaki Nishihara, Nakagami-gun. Free. okinawabreadsweatsfesta@gmail.com
November 20th – 23rd
Tsuboya Pottery Festival
36th Annual Tsuboya Pottery Festival. Tsuboya Elementary School, 3-14-12 Makishi, Naha. 098-86-3284
November 21st – 23rd
Okinawa Island Fair
Exhibition of 18 Okinawan islands and their specialty productions are on display for information, samples and display. Traditional arts, performances, food, drink, and tourism information. 10am – 7pm Okinawa Cellular Park, 42-1 Onoyama-cho, Naha. No parking on site. Free. 098-963-8191
November 23rd
Onoyama Handmade City
10am – 4pm. Local handmade goods, clothes, accessories, plants, foliage, food & beverage. Onoyama Park, 52 Onoyama-cho, Naha. No parking on site. Free.
November 28th – 29th
Okinawa International Carnival
Okinawa City Tug of War, folk art parade, samba carnival, hula dancing, costumes, music & dancing to represent lots of different countries. Koza Music Town. Public Parking. Free Event. 098-989-5566
November 29th
Okinawa Food Flea
Local food, local crafts, local entertainment. Read about a previous Food Flea on OkiHai. Free. Bring Yen for purchases. Ginowan Marina. 12pm – 6pm.
Illuminations
Zakimi Castle Ruins: 708-4 Zakimi, Yomitan. Daily 6pm – 9pm. Free. Weather dependant.
Stardust Fantasia: Kanucha Resort, 156-2 Abe, Nago. Daily 6pm. ¥3,000 at event, ¥2000 in advance.
Other Holidays & Events
November 3rd – Culture Day (Bunka no hi)
November 15th – 7-5-3 Festival (Shichi-go-San)
November 23rd – Labor Thanksgiving Day (Kinro kansha no hi)