Haisai Festa 2015

Golden Week is one of Japan's peak periods for travelling, but you can save money on airfares by heading to one of the many cultural festivals held in Tokyo and the surrounding area. While the capital's parks host most of these events, Kawasaki's La Cittadella is taking a trip to Okinawa, with four days of food, music and dance from Japan's southernmost prefecture. Look out for eisa dancing, stalls selling Okinawan soba, mango kakigori and Orion beer, live music by Okinawan performers and workshops on traditional crafts and instruments. Meanwhile, neighbouring Club Citta hosts a full-scale Okinawan music festival on May 5, with island poppers Kariyushi58, Sakishima Meeting and Kiiyama Shouten performing.