RYUKYU Folk Festival, All-Island Hatagashira Festival

Oct 26th – 28th (FRI – SUN)
You can see many Okinawan folk entertainments like Eisa dance, Ryukyu fork dance, and Karate there. It’s a one of the most magnificent festival in Okinawa. The number of the all cast is over 3,000. The highlight of the festival, Hatagashira, is a sport and tradition of balancing enormous flagpoles with heavy decorations at the top. At the end of the festival, people will dance Kacya-shi to give glory to the last of the festival. You can join the dance!!
PLACE / Ohonoyama Park & Naha Shin-toshin Park
INFO / RYUKYU Festival Organizing Committee
http://www.ocvb.or.jp/card/en/0600001303.html
      URL http://www.minsai.jp/
      TEL 098-859-4122