Happy Children’s Day! Thank you to the members of our Hawai‘i Herald community for sharing photos of their keiki.
Kainoa Mukuyama Reynon (age 5) wears a hakama borrowed from the Hanayagi Dancing Academy Foundation of Hawaii for his Shichi-Go-San at the Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha, where he was blessed by Rev. Takizawa on Nov. 6, 2022. (Photo by Thai Phan)
Kari Furoyama (age 17), collaborated with her grandmother to fold 1,000 paper cranes for her aunty who had a stroke. (Photo courtesy of Lori Furoyama)
Winter Jay (age 1.5) of Kailua, taking a break, at the Windward Mall Bon Dance festival, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Kristen Nemoto Jay)
Ryder (age 9 months) and Lily Kikuchi Fong (age 4) celebrate Girls’ Day in March 2023. (Photo courtesy LesliAnn Kikuchi and Kevin Fong)
Kaiya (age 7) and Kayli (age 4) pose for their Shichi-Go-San pictures in Tokyo. (Photo courtesy of Alysa Tomasa)
Finn (age 8), Isla (age 2) and Ollie R. (age 1) enjoy sibling bonding time. (Photo courtesy of Mari R.)
Yoshiaki “Aki” (age 6) and Mizuki Sewake (age 8) in 2006. (Photo courtesy of Colin Sewake)
Phoenix (age 6) and Indie (age 4) enjoy andagi at the Jodo Mission of Hawaii Bon Dance, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Summer Nakaishi)
Ululani Holck (age 5) holds a sakura blossom in Tsukiji Market this March. (Photo courtesy of Geralyn Holck)
Damien Cobb-Adams (age 9) enjoys an April sunset in Akasuka. (Photo courtesy of Geralyn Holck)