HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Okinawan Festival is known as the largest ethnic festival in Hawaii with an estimated 2-day attendance of 40,000. The Okinawan Festival Bon Dance on Saturday night is ...

Children and the young at heart couldn’t resist posing for photos with the chondara, or Okinawan clowns, making their way around Kapiolani Park yesterday for the 28th annual Okinawan Festival. Eileen ...

The Maui Okinawan Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Maui Mall. There will be Okinawan food for sale, entertainment, local craft vendors, professional photo sessions in ...

Limbless, eyeless daruma dolls sat on a table Sunday morning at Hualalai Academy, staring blindly out at the intrigued and enthusiastic youth participating in the two-day Children’s Camp offered by ...

NAHA, Okinawa (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the past 40 years, Hawaii has had a great sister-state relationship with Okinawa, an ...

Robert Webb walked up to a brightly dressed Yoshiko Crandell and suddenly gave her a hug. Crandell smiled down at the fifth-grader. She leaned forward to hear his soft voice say, “We’re going to miss ...

First Photo: Maui Ryukyu Culture Group dancers Pat Meya (from foreground), Janet Miyahira, June Konno and Toshiko Nisihara perform Saturday during the Maui Okinawan Festival at the Maui Mall in ...

A fascinating blend of cultural and historical influences, the Japanese archipelago feels a world apart from Tokyo, Kyoto and ...

Traditional dances of Okinawa come as we celebrate the cultural connection between our islands for Okinawa Week on Living808. Senju Kai Hawaii Master Teacher Frances Nakachi Kuba discussed the rich ...

HILO The sounds of drums filled the room Tuesday morning at the Hilo Higashi Hongwanji as nearly a dozen keiki pounded the five-gallon buckets turned teku drums. Out front, another group practiced a ...