Yambaru Art Festival 2025

The Yambaru (also often written as Yanbaru) region of Okinawa refers to the northern part of the island which comprises the Higashi, Kunigami, and Ogimi villages. It's a region which is well-known for its natural beauty, being home to subtropical rainforests with unique flora and fauna – but they're also on the map for their art, too.

The Yambaru Art Festival is scheduled from late January until late February, and the multi-venue event will showcase a wide variety of works from different mediums including pottery, glassware, textiles, dyed fabrics, and woodwork items.

For those who can't attend in person, a number of different workshops, lectures, and other parts of the event will be broadcast online via the official website here.