Festival – Michael and Erika

Okinawa Tug-of-War in Yonabaru

The Yonabaru Tug-of-War festival (Yonabaru Otsunahiki) is one of the three great Tug-of-War festivals in Okinawa, with the biggest one being in […]

We have heard from a number of people here that one of the most fun things they did here in Japan was […]

Okinawa is home to the world’s largest Tug of War festival, which dates back some 600 years. We have been several times, […]

We went up to Nago (about 2/3 the way north on the island) to see the Cherry Blossom Festival! It was a […]