2024.10.03
Event
Year End / New Year's Events 2024-2025
2024.12.30 ~ 2025.01.02
Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa is a great place for both adults and children to enjoy themselves during the year end and new year holidays.
To liven up the New Year's countdown, we will be holding a hotel original live quiz show entitled Year-End Guest Appreciation Festival 2024. You will be able to answer the quiz questions on your smartphone from the comfort of your own room. We will be asking questions about Okinawa that you may think you know the answer to (or maybe not), and you can answer while you are eating, watching, and listening. This year we have the cooperation of Yoshimoto Entertainment Okinawa in providing comedians to make the show fun! After the quiz, there will be a traditional Eisa performance next to the Garden Pool followed by fireworks. It will be a unique countdown experience for our guests.
Other events during the holidays include a New Year's Day Lion Dance which parades through the lobby area, pounding rice to make mochi, sanshin live performances, and Ryukyu Traditional Dance performed by the group Mutsu no Hana--a perfect way to begin a new year in Okinawa. And the heated Garden Pool will be open so everyone can enjoy their first swim of the New Year!
To liven up the New Year's countdown, we will be holding a hotel original live quiz show entitled Year-End Guest Appreciation Festival 2024. You will be able to answer the quiz questions on your smartphone from the comfort of your own room. We will be asking questions about Okinawa that you may think you know the answer to (or maybe not), and you can answer while you are eating, watching, and listening. This year we have the cooperation of Yoshimoto Entertainment Okinawa in providing comedians to make the show fun! After the quiz, there will be a traditional Eisa performance next to the Garden Pool followed by fireworks. It will be a unique countdown experience for our guests.
Other events during the holidays include a New Year's Day Lion Dance which parades through the lobby area, pounding rice to make mochi, sanshin live performances, and Ryukyu Traditional Dance performed by the group Mutsu no Hana--a perfect way to begin a new year in Okinawa. And the heated Garden Pool will be open so everyone can enjoy their first swim of the New Year!
New Year's Eve Events
Hotel Original Programming
Our original quiz show will be broadcast for one day only. The program is hands-on and allows guests to participate in questions and quiz items from their room using the TV and their cell phones. The program will be introducing Okinawan comedians who will make it fun and entertaining.
Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Time: 21:45 ~ 23:15
Venue: Guest Rooms
Cost: Free
Our original quiz show will be broadcast for one day only. The program is hands-on and allows guests to participate in questions and quiz items from their room using the TV and their cell phones. The program will be introducing Okinawan comedians who will make it fun and entertaining.
Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Time: 21:45 ~ 23:15
Venue: Guest Rooms
Cost: Free
● Traditional Eisa Dance Performance by a Youth Association
You can watch Eisa dance, a traditional Okinawan performing art, up close.
Enjoy a unique New Year's Eve experience that can only be experienced in Okinawa.
Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Time: 23:35 ~ 23:55
Venue: Garden Pool
Cost: Free
You can watch Eisa dance, a traditional Okinawan performing art, up close.
Enjoy a unique New Year's Eve experience that can only be experienced in Okinawa.
Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Time: 23:35 ~ 23:55
Venue: Garden Pool
Cost: Free
Fireworks Display
Our guests will be able to see the countdown fireworks up close since our hotel sits on the side of the hill. You will be able to watch from your room or from the Garden Pool area.
Date: New Year's Eve
Time: 24:00 ~
Our guests will be able to see the countdown fireworks up close since our hotel sits on the side of the hill. You will be able to watch from your room or from the Garden Pool area.
Date: New Year's Eve
Time: 24:00 ~
Toshi-Koshi Okinawan Soba (Year End Soba)
We have prepared soba to be served at the Garden Pool area. We hope you will enjoy eating it while watching the live countdown program and the fireworks.
Date: Tuesday, December 31st
Time: 23:00 ~ 24:00
Venue: Garden Pool
Cost: ￥500
Limited to 150 servings
We have prepared soba to be served at the Garden Pool area. We hope you will enjoy eating it while watching the live countdown program and the fireworks.
Date: Tuesday, December 31st
Time: 23:00 ~ 24:00
Venue: Garden Pool
Cost: ￥500
Limited to 150 servings
New Year's Day
● New Year's Day Mochi Pounding & Free Sake
On New Year's Day, we start with mochi pounding and shouting "Yoisho". We will also be serving free sake, so let's celebrate together.
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 ~ 11:00
Venue: Lobby
Cost: Free
On New Year's Day, we start with mochi pounding and shouting "Yoisho". We will also be serving free sake, so let's celebrate together.
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 ~ 11:00
Venue: Lobby
Cost: Free
New Year's Day Lion Dance
The lion dance parades around the lobby area offering their good wishes for the new year and offering to ward off evil spirts by "biting" your head! The costumes are made from banana fibers.
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 ~ 11:00
Venue: Lobby Floor
Cost: Free
The lion dance parades around the lobby area offering their good wishes for the new year and offering to ward off evil spirts by "biting" your head! The costumes are made from banana fibers.
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 ~ 11:00
Venue: Lobby Floor
Cost: Free
Ryukyu Traditional Dance
Ryukyu Dance is a traditional performing art that has been passed down since the Ryukyu Kingdom era and is deeply rooted in Okinawan culture. Mutsu no Hana, a group of young professionals, will be performing a line-up suitable for the start of a New Year.
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Time: 19:30／20:30 about 20 minutes each time
Venue: Banquet Hall (3F)
Cost: Free
Ryukyu Dance is a traditional performing art that has been passed down since the Ryukyu Kingdom era and is deeply rooted in Okinawan culture. Mutsu no Hana, a group of young professionals, will be performing a line-up suitable for the start of a New Year.
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Time: 19:30／20:30 about 20 minutes each time
Venue: Banquet Hall (3F)
Cost: Free
January 2nd
● Japanese Calligraphy Writing
There will be a professional calligrapher to give you advice in writing your word for the new year. Or you can bring your child's winter homework to do on vacation!
Date: Thursday, January 2, 2025
Time: 16:00 ~ 19:00
Venue: Lobby Floor
Cost: Free
※We will provide calligraphy tools, examples, the paper, etc. If you have a specific example or paper you want to use, you are welcome to bring it with you.
※Please note that there is limited space at one time and you may have to wait.
There will be a professional calligrapher to give you advice in writing your word for the new year. Or you can bring your child's winter homework to do on vacation!
Date: Thursday, January 2, 2025
Time: 16:00 ~ 19:00
Venue: Lobby Floor
Cost: Free
※We will provide calligraphy tools, examples, the paper, etc. If you have a specific example or paper you want to use, you are welcome to bring it with you.
※Please note that there is limited space at one time and you may have to wait.
January 1 & 2
First Swim of the New Year
Our Garden Pool has a heated area making it the perfect place to enjoy your first swim of the new year. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy an invigorating swim with a spectacular view overlooking the East China Sea.
Date: January 1st & 2nd
Time: 10:00 ~ 21:00
Venue: Garden Pool
Our Garden Pool has a heated area making it the perfect place to enjoy your first swim of the new year. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy an invigorating swim with a spectacular view overlooking the East China Sea.
Date: January 1st & 2nd
Time: 10:00 ~ 21:00
Venue: Garden Pool
Okinawan New Year's Specialty Dishes
We will be serving some New Year's dishes at the breakfast buffet at Buffet & Grill QWACHI as well as some at the Club Lounge. We hope you will enjoy our Okinawan specialties to begin your new year with!
Available: January 1 & 2, 2025
Venue: Buffet & Grill QWACHI, Club Lounge, Jinanbou
We will be serving some New Year's dishes at the breakfast buffet at Buffet & Grill QWACHI as well as some at the Club Lounge. We hope you will enjoy our Okinawan specialties to begin your new year with!
Available: January 1 & 2, 2025
Venue: Buffet & Grill QWACHI, Club Lounge, Jinanbou
December 30th ~ January 2nd
Sanshin Live
Sanshin Live includes music ranging from Okinawan folk songs to popular tunes. Enjoy the performance while you are enjoying your evening meal.
Date: Decemer 30th ~ January 2nd
Times & Venues:
18:30 ＠Buffet & Grill QWACHI
19:15 ＠Uchina Dining Jinanbou
20:00 ＠Buffet & Grill QWACHI
Each performance will be about 20 minutes.
Sanshin Live includes music ranging from Okinawan folk songs to popular tunes. Enjoy the performance while you are enjoying your evening meal.
Date: Decemer 30th ~ January 2nd
Times & Venues:
18:30 ＠Buffet & Grill QWACHI
19:15 ＠Uchina Dining Jinanbou
20:00 ＠Buffet & Grill QWACHI
Each performance will be about 20 minutes.
Bingata Craft
Bingata is a traditional Okinawan dyeing technique. Our guests of all ages can enjoy this craft by adding color to their favorite design on a bag.
Date: Decemer 30th ~ January 2nd
Time: 15:00 ~ 21:00 (Last Entry 20:00)
Venue: Lobby Floor Event Space
Cost: From ￥3,000
Bingata is a traditional Okinawan dyeing technique. Our guests of all ages can enjoy this craft by adding color to their favorite design on a bag.
Date: Decemer 30th ~ January 2nd
Time: 15:00 ~ 21:00 (Last Entry 20:00)
Venue: Lobby Floor Event Space
Cost: From ￥3,000
