murmurJuri-uma Festival
Naha City · In front of the Tsuji Shinshikai prayer site (Tsuji, Naha)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Tsuji Shinshikai Foundation · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, Mar 8, 2026 （Ended） Part one starts at 12:00, part two at 14:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early March
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held for the Lunar New Year closing day (the twentieth day of the first lunar month)
- Venue
- In front of the Tsuji Shinshikai prayer site (Tsuji, Naha)
- City
- Naha City, Okinawa
About
Held in Naha's Tsuji district on the twentieth day of the lunar New Year, the closing day of the New Year season, this festival asks for good harvests and thriving business. Tsuji was a pleasure quarter where social life and the performing arts flourished from the days of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the festival is said to have begun with its women, known as juri, dancing with horse-shaped ornaments at their waists. In front of the Tsuji Shinshikai prayer site, the juri-uma dance is joined by a sacred procession, Ryukyuan dance, and performances by local groups including hatagashira banners and eisa drumming. The festival stopped after 1988 but was brought back in 2000 and has continued since.
Sources
- OfficialTsuji Shinshikai Foundation tuji-sinsikai.jp
- OfficialOkinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (Okinawa Story) www.okinawastory.jp
Last checked: Oct 11, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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