This annual festival in Machida invites dancers from Japan's tropical southern prefecture of Okinawa to perform in Tokyo. On Saturday May 11, you can catch a series of Okinawan michijune dance performances around the Haramachida-odori neighbourhood near Machida Station's North Exit from 1pm to 4.30pm. Three eisa dance groups will parade the streets with drums for a lively show.
On Sunday May 12 from 11am to 6.00pm, you can see 18 groups performing the traditional Okinawan eisa dance along Haramachida-odori street. There will be street food, too, as always at any Japanese festival.