Current time in Okinawa, Japan
The current local time in Okinawa is shown below. Okinawa observes JST.
Daylight saving time
Okinawa does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Standard abbreviation
- JST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Okinawa in context
Okinawa is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands in southwestern Japan, around 1,600 kilometres south of Tokyo and 600 kilometres south of the main Japanese island of Kyushu. The prefectural population of around 1.45 million is centred on the city of Naha at the southwestern end of Okinawa Island, with major US military installations occupying significant portions of the central and northern parts of the island. The subtropical climate is noticeably warmer year-round than the Japanese mainland.
Timezone history of Okinawa
Okinawa shares Japan Standard Time at UTC+9 with the rest of Japan, despite sitting at longitudes (around 127.7 degrees east) that would place it on a different offset under most national timezone systems. The unified single-timezone Japanese standard means Okinawa's sunrise arrives noticeably later than in Tokyo during the same calendar moment, with summer dawns close to 05:30 versus Tokyo's 04:30.
Working hours in Okinawa
Okinawa's working day runs 09:00 to 18:00, with a noticeably more relaxed pace than the Japanese mainland reflecting the island's separate Ryukyuan cultural heritage and subtropical climate. The substantial US military presence on the island anchors a distinct civilian economy of base services and supply contractors. Tourism is the other dominant industry, with around 9 million annual visitors in normal years drawn to the beaches and coral reefs. Mainland Japanese national holidays apply alongside Ryukyuan cultural observances.