[2024 Latest] Countdown in Okinawa 2024-2025: Experience Okinawa Traditions at Oriental Hotel with Quizzes & Fireworks

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Spend New Year's Eve and New Year's Day enjoying a host of events while staying at a hotel. From December 30th to January 2nd, a variety of events will be held exclusively for guests staying at the hotel!

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Hotel Management Japan Co., Ltd.

Hotel Management Japan Co., Ltd. is a hotel management company that operates 22 hotels in Japan (total number of rooms: 6,445). In addition to its own brands, "Oriental Hotel" and "Hotel Oriental Express," the company also manages and operates a variety of hotels, including "Hilton," "Sheraton," and "Hotel Nikko."

Oriental Hotel Okinawa: Family-Friendly Resort with Garden Pools and Ocean Views

Okinawa

Naha / Okinawa / Nago

The Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa has been reborn in a location well-suited as a base for a journey to experience Yambaru. We welcome you to a comfortable hotel that offers a unique stay experience through a wide range of accommodation plans and a variety of activities that guests can select based on their individual preferences.

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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!

Period: Monday, December 30, 2024 to Thursday, January 2, 2025

Table of Contents
December 31st (Tuesday) New Year's Eve Event Information
January 1st (Wed) New Year's Day Event Information
January 2 (Thursday) Event Information
Event information for January 1st (Wed) and January 2nd (Thu)
December 30th (Monday) - January 2nd (Thursday) Event Information

December 31st (Tuesday) New Year's Eve Event Information

A hotel original program

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

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

Price: Free

Fireworks

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: Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Time: 0:00~

New Year's Eve "Okinawa 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 31, 2024

Time: 23:00-0:00

Location: Garden Pool

Price: ¥500 *Limited to 150 meals

January 1st (Wed) New Year's Day Event Information

New Year's Day Mochi Pounding and 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

Price: 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

Price: Free

Ryukyu 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, approximately 20 minutes each

Venue: Banquet hall

Price: Free

January 2 (Thursday) Event Information

New Year's Calligraphy

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

Price: 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

Event information for January 1st (Wed) and January 2nd (Thu)

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 (Wed) and January 2nd (Thu), 2025

Time: 10:00-21:00

Venue: Garden Pool

December 30th (Monday) - January 2nd (Thursday) Event Information

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: Monday, December 30, 2024 - Thursday, January 2, 2025

Time/Venue (20 minutes each):

18:30 @ Buffet & Grill QWACHI

19:15 @Okinawa Dining Jinanbou

20:00 @ Buffet & Grill QWACHI

Bingata Dyeing 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: December 30, 2024 (Monday) - January 2, 2024 (Thursday)

Time: 15:00-21:00 (last admission 20:00)

Price: from 3,000 yen

Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa

Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa completed a three-year comprehensive renovation in April 2024.

The hotel's pool and spa are of course attractive, but it also has beds for co-sleeping, a kids' space and pool, and a universal room, so it's a comfortable hotel for guests of all ages. It's also easily accessible to the theme parks in Nago City and Yambaru National Park, making it an easy base for sightseeing in Okinawa, so please use it when you're sightseeing in Okinawa.

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Hotel Management Japan Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

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