Okinawan Festival Favorites
ALL-TIME FAVORITES!
Pig’s Feet Soup: It’s called ashitibichi in Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language). Pieces of pig’s feet are cooked in a soup stock and garnished with konbu (seaweed), daikon (turnip), togan (squash) and mustard cabbage and...
2014 Okinawan Festival
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9 a.m.
KILAUEA OKINAWA DANCE CLUB
Toshiko Neumann, Leader
9:15 a.m.
NUUANU OKINAWA SHORIN-RYU / SHINDEN-RYU KARATE ASSOCIATION
Mitchel Shimamura, Sensei
9:40 a.m.
HAWAII OKINAWA CREATIVE ARTS
Jon Itomura, President, and Eric Nitta, Vice President
10:10 a.m.
HUOA...
2017 Okinawan Festival – Countdown on to the 35th Okinawan Festival!
Okinawan Festival Returning to Kapi‘olani Park Labor Day Weekend After cancelling last year’s Okinawan Festival just days before the signature summer event was set to open, citing safety concerns over an approaching hurricane, the Hawaii United Okinawa Association’s 2,000-plus volunteers will be out in force “Sharing Uchinanchu Aloha” during Labor Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday,....
2017 Okinawan Festival – MUSIC, DANCE, AND LOTS MORE!
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2, 2017 (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) 9 a.m. RYUKYU SOKYOKU KOYO KAI HAWAII SHIBU Jane Kaneshiro and Bonnie Miyashiro, Co-chairs Jane Kaneshiro Sozan Kai Bonnie Miyashiro Soho Kai Toma Toyoko Sokyoku Kai Yamashiro Yoneko Sokyoku Kenkyu Kai Yasuko Arakawa Aki no Kai Sunny Tominaga Sokyoku Sanyuukai Chieko Miyasato Sokyoku Kai 9:30 a.m. RYUKYU KOTEN....
Okinawa Performing Artists to Present June 8 Lecture-Demo on Kumiwudui
The 85th anniversary of Kin Ryosho Sensei’s teaching of the art of Kumiwudui, also known as Kumi Odori, in Hawai‘i — and the 41st anniversary of his teaching dance and Kumiwudui at the University of Hawai‘i will be commemorated with the presentation of a lecture demonstration by two of Kin-Sensei’s former students. The program is....
Descent Into Hell
Lee A. Tonouchi
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: Next Tuesday, June 23, Okinawa Prefecture will commemorate Irei no Hi — Okinawa Memorial Day. The day is observed in Okinawa only to remember the date...
2017 Okinawan Festival – Even More Culture in this Year’s Cultural Tent!
The Okinawan Festival’s Cultural Tent is a great place to spend several hours of your time at the festival expanding your knowledge of Okinawan culture. The Cultural Tent, which is organized annually by the Hui O Laulima women’s group, will feature an even wider selection of displays and activities this year — and more tent....
Featured Story – GETTING TO THE ROOT OF BENI IMO
The Staff of Life for the Okinawan People
Dan Nakasone
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
I had an eerie feeling walking through a wooded area on a path rarely traveled. I was tracing the footsteps of my...
Okinawan Food and Heritage – “Kwatch Sabira”, “Thank You for this Food”
Okinawan Culture Reflected in Its Food Lynette Lo Tom Special to The Hawai‘i Herald “If you aren’t going to enjoy the fat, then don’t eat rafute,” Grant Murata declares passionately. Rafute is the unctuous braised pork belly that is a signature dish of Okinawa. Not to be confused with the more common and usually leaner....
Lead Story – History Can Give Us Hope
Kalaheo High School Students Make a Documentary About the Post-Battle of Okinawa Relief Effort Dan Nakasone Special to The Hawai‘i Herald “History can teach us to have hope,” said Kalaheo High School senior, Kehaulani Bringas. “Given the way things are today, this story gives me hope,” agreed Emily Casey, also a senior at Kalaheo. They....