AboutInformation for The 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival

Information for The 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival

Let the whole world move to the Uchina beat!

Date

1. Festival Eve：Wednesday, October 26, 2016
2. Festival：Thursday, October 27, ~ Sunday, October 30, 2016

Main Event Venue

Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha 、Okinawa Cellular Park Naha、Okinawa Prefectural Hall of martial Onoyama Park、Palette Civic Theater、Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum、Okinawa Pref Municipal Center Hall, etc

Participants

The 5th WUF
Participants from Overseas：Over 5,300 people　Participants from Japan：Over 500 people　The grand total Number of visitors：About 420,000 visitors

Program

1. Event
   1. Pre Event
      • Learning about Uchinanchu Around the World!
      • Uchina Junior Study
      • Kaiho Yoshu Network Construction Project
   2. Festival Eve Parade・
   3. Main Program (Ceremony etc）Opening Ceremony、Closing Ceremony・Grand Finale
      • Ceremony of Distinguished Contributors from Overseas
      • Opening Ceremony
      • Closing Ceremony
      • Grand Finale
   4. Host・Co-host Event
      • Shimakutuba Speech Giving Event
      • Emigration Documents and Materials Exhibitions
      • Eisa EXPO
      • Umanchu Greet Interchange Festival
      • World Bazaar
      • World Uchina Symposium etc
      • The 5th Worldwide Youtu Uchinanchu Festival(host by WYUA）
   5. Co-event

   6. Manicipal Events
   7. Event hosted byInternational Exchange Organization
   8. Other events
      • Award ceremony of OKINAWAPEACEPRIZE
      • The Shurijo Castle Festival（Hosted by The Shurijo Castle Festival Executive Committee ）
      • Karate and Kobudo Exchange Exhibition
      • Ocean Expo Park 40th anniversary　symposium
2. Advertisement/Promotion
   • Mascot, Theme songs, Symbol mark（Logo）,Catch phrase
   • Creating banners, leaflets, posters, stickers and commemorative badges
   • WEBsaite
3. Invitation

Sponsorship・Donation

1. Sponsorship
2. Donation

Organization

1. Host
   • Okinawa Prefecture
2. Co-host
   • Okinawa International Exchange & Human Resources Development Foundation,Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau
3. Auspice
   • Okinawa General Bureau Cabinet Office, Japan International Cooperation Agency, The Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad, The society for the Promotion of Japanse Diplomacy Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
4. Sponsorship
5. Executive Committee
   • The 6 th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival Executive Committee