Location: park in P3 at Ocean Expo Park; most of the action is around the staircase which leads down to a viewing area of Ie, with the Aquarium on the right and the traditional Okinawa village Time: Jan 24-Feb 22, 8am - 6pm. On weekends there are street performers and larger crowds The Japanese are great at colour, gardens, and ridiculous cuteness, and this festival has all three. There are also tons of cheesy photo opportunities. For flower lovers, there is also a flower festival at Shuri castle during this same timespan. And the Okinawa International Orchid Show is 
going on at the lovely Tropical Dream Center (admission 670Y).When we had enough of the colour, we wandered around the Okinawa
n village. Not sure how we missed this area on prior visits to Ocean Expo park, but it is quite worthwhile. There are life-size models of lots of different traditional buildings - farmer's homes, a priestess home, granaries, stables, pigpens, and a botanical garden of typical Ryukuan plants.
n village. Not sure how we missed this area on prior visits to Ocean Expo park, but it is quite worthwhile. There are life-size models of lots of different traditional buildings - farmer's homes, a priestess home, granaries, stables, pigpens, and a botanical garden of typical Ryukuan plants. 
