murmurTarama Harvest Festival and Hachigatsu Odori Dances
Tarama Village · Nakasuji and Shiokawa districts, Tarama Island
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Tarama Village · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sep 18–20, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually in September
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Every year for three days, from the eighth to the tenth day of the eighth lunar month
- Venue
- Nakasuji and Shiokawa districts, Tarama Island
- City
- Tarama Village, Okinawa
About
Every year in the eighth lunar month, Tarama Island in Okinawa spends three days performing folk dances, classical dances and kumiodori dance-drama to pray for a rich harvest. The festival is a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and seeing children join in the old dances is one of its pleasures. In 2026 it ran from September 18 to September 20. According to Tarama Village, it goes back to the 1600s, when farmers in Miyako and Yaeyama bore heavy taxes. Having paid in full by the seventh lunar month, villagers reported it the following month at the sacred sites of the Nakasuji and Shiokawa districts and prayed for the next harvest, and the dances born at the village-wide celebrations are still danced today.
Sources
- OfficialTarama Village www.vill.tarama.okinawa.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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