murmurKuroshima Harvest Festival (Pooli)
Taketomi Town · Kuroshima Island
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Taketomi Town Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually in August
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held in the sixth lunar month on a day chosen by the zodiac calendar
- Venue
- Kuroshima Island
- City
- Taketomi Town, Okinawa
About
Kuroshima, an island in the Yaeyama group, holds its harvest festival around the sixth lunar month; locally it goes by names such as Pooli. The Taketomi Town Tourism Association counts it among the grandest events on the island, and says Miruku appears and various performing arts are offered to the gods. The big moment is the paarei dragon boat race between villages, in which uuni, fast runners chosen by each village, take part. Sacred rites on the Taketomi islands are scheduled by the lunar calendar and the zodiac, so the date moves every year; in 2026 it was August 2.
Sources
- OfficialTaketomi Town Tourism Association painusima.com
- OfficialTaketomi Town Tourism Association painusima.com
- 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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