The International Theater Festival Okinawa for Young Audiences is a yearly children's theatrical festival held in

Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city ...

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. It is sponsored by the city of

and features content from around the world. It was originally named the Kijimuna Festival after the

Kijimuna The Kijimuna ( Okinawan: , ''kijimunaa'', also ''kijimun'' 木の精), or Bunagaya, are creatures of the mythology native to the island of Okinawa. They are said to look around three or four years old and have red hair. About The kijimuna are ...

, a mythical creature who inhabits the

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and

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of Okinawa. In 2014, it moved its main venue to the city of

Naha is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area i ...

. Subsequently, in 2015, it was renamed the Ricca Ricca Festa after the phrase "let's go" in the

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*http://www.kijimunafesta.com/ *http://www.kijimuna.org/ *http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=9671 *http://www.lookatvietnam.com/tag/kijimuna *http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=8816 *http://annassitej.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/kijimuna-festa-2009/ *https://www.facebook.com/nuchigusuifest/ {{coord missing, Okinawa Prefecture Festivals in Okinawa Prefecture