{"id":8169,"date":"2026-04-19T23:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/8169\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:13:07","slug":"okuma-beach-fest-returns-april-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/8169\/","title":{"rendered":"Okuma Beach Fest returns April 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb2-plus4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Okuma Beach.jpg\" alt=\"Information of Okuma Beach Fest written; beach image.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"default-font lh-default ma0 mh3 mt0 pb3\">\n\t\t\t\t (Photo courtesy of Kadena FSS)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">With Okinawa\u2019s beach opening season coinciding with festival season, it\u2019s no surprise that it is time again for Okuma Beach Fest!&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">On April 25, expect a party with plenty of live entertainment, a kiddie land, game booths, go-kart rides and more. &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">The festival of community, culture and friendship will feature Okinawan performers bringing a range of genres to the stage including hip-hop and pop. &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Be on the lookout for some fun photo ops with dinosaurs and a gorilla set to join the festivities.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Why not join the party and celebrate the spring together?<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Okuma Beach Fest<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">&#13;*Ages 18 and older are required to show ID. &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Admission is FREE for SOFA personnel, U.S. and Japanese citizens. Children under the age of 18 must be escorted by guardians. Children may be required to show an ID to verify their age.  &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">* Acceptable IDs for Japanese nationals include driver\u2019s License, my number card, and passport. Passport or residency card is accepted for non-Japanese Nationals.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">* All bags are subject to inspection upon entry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">For more info, check out the website (<a href=\"https:\/\/kadenafss.com\/event\/okuma-beach-fest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/kadenafss.com\/event\/okuma-beach-fest<\/a>), or Facebook pages  (<a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/6J899IX20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/6J899IX20<\/a>) and (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theokumabeach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theokumabeach<\/a>) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo courtesy of Kadena FSS) With Okinawa\u2019s beach opening season coinciding with festival season, it\u2019s no surprise that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7125,7122,7120,7124,6146,7116,7126,7118,7121,2432,8,7115,162,7127,5984,7114,7117,7119,7123],"class_list":["post-8169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-okinawa","tag-band","tag-dance-show","tag-dinosaurs","tag-drums","tag-events-on-okinawa","tag-festivals","tag-folk-band","tag-go-kart-rides","tag-gorilla","tag-hip-hop","tag-japan","tag-kadena-fss","tag-okinawa","tag-okinawa-actors-school","tag-okinawa-events","tag-okuma-beach","tag-okuma-beach-fest","tag-pop","tag-taiko"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}