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Mark Your Calendar !

19th Annual Honolulu Festival
Date: March 1 - 3, 2013
Place: Honolulu, Hawaii (Island of Oahu)
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center, Waikiki Beach Walk, DFS Galleria Waikiki


*This page is constantly updated without notice, so please check back often for details.

  Friday, March 1, 2013

Educational School Tour Educational School Tours
(open to the public)
9:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center
[ About Educational School Tours ]


Governor's Luncheon ReceptionGovernor's Luncheon Reception
(by invitation only)
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Venue: Washington Place


Friendship Gala
Friendship Gala6:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center
Tickets: $90 / $70 for under 21 years old
 (includes food and one beverage)
*FREE admission for under 6 years old (NOT include food and beverages)


  Saturday, March 2, 2013

* Free Admission *

Symposium
"3/11 Tsunami Debris: Japan-U.S. Collaborative Effort"

9:00am - 12:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd flr, #323
Language: English & Japanese with interpreter

After two years passed from 3/11 Tsunami at East Japan, debris have reached even to Hawaii. Both governments and NPO of the United States of America and Japan will talk about how they cooperate and solve the debris problem and influence to the environment of all over the Pacific.
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Door Prizes
10:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center
Enter for a chance to win great prizes!


PerformancesPerformances
10:00am - 6:00pm
*Time may be changed according to the venues.
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center, Waikiki Beach Walk
Performance Schedule

Craft Fair
10:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center

Ennichi Corner
Ennichi Corner
10:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center
[ About Ennichi ]


Anime Corner
10:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center

Choral Festival
Hawaii Music Festivals
- Hawaii Band & Orchestra Festival -

10:00am - 2:30pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd flr, #311


Maui Mikoshi Unveiling Ceremony
Maui Mikoshi 11:00am - 11:15am
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center

The Maui mikoshi contest was developed exclusively for high school students in Maui.  Each year there is a competition among high schools to design a mikoshi for the Honolulu Festival.  The winning Maui mikoshi is unveiled and displayed at the Hawaii Convention Center over the Festival weekend. Students selected as the overall winner visit Honolulu during the weekend of the festival and march in the Grand Parade showcasing their award winning mikoshi.


Honolulu Festival Yagura Unveiling Ceremony
11:30am - 11:45am
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center
The Honolulu Festival's Bon Dance Yagura (tower) will be unveiled!
Bon Dance Workshop

Bon Dance Workshop
11:45am - 12:30pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center


Film Festival (Free Admission)
1:00pm -   LIGHT UP NIPPON
3:00pm -   Quartet
Venue:Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd flr, #316A-B-C
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Rebuilding begins on the road -Story Behind the Camera-
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd flr, #301
Guest Speaker: Mamiko Akutagawa
Host: Reiko T. Rogers


  Sunday, March 3, 2013

* Free Admission *

Door Prizes
10:00am - 3:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center
Enter for a chance to win great prizes!


Performances
Ennichi Corner
Anime Corner
Performances
10:00am - 3:00pm
*Time may be changed according to the venues.
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center, Waikiki Beach Walk, DFS Galleria Waikiki
Performance Schedule

Craft Fair
10:00am - 3:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center


Ennichi Corner
10:00am - 3:00pm
Venue: Hawaii Convention Center
[ About Ennichi ]


Anime Corner
10:00am - 3:00pm
Venue:Hawaii Convention Center


Film Festival (Free Admission)
11:00am -  Haru's Journey
Venue:Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd flr, #316A-B-C
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Honolulu Rainbow Ekiden
START 12:00pm - around 3:00pm
Venue: Waikiki (Fort DeRussy -- Kalakaua Ave -- Sans Souci Beach -- Fort DeRussy -- Moana Surfrider A Westin Resort & Spa)

Honolulu Rainbow EkidenThe first ever, "Honolulu Rainbow Ekiden" will be held for runners in Hawaii!  Our goal is to join all participants in the Spirt of Aloha, by the use of ribbon leis as race sashes.  We also strive to widen a circle of friendship beyond ethnic background or generation, to spread a ripple of goodwill to all participants of the Ekiden.

[ URL ] http://www.honoluluekiden.com


Grand Parade

Opening Performance
4:00pm -
Venue: Kalakaua Avenue/Waikiki
Grand Parade (Starting Point, Waikiki Shopping Plaza, Moana Surfrider A Westin Resort & Spa, Pacific Beach Hotel)

Parade
4:30pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Kalakaua Avenue/Waikiki
(START: Saratoga Road and Kalakaua Ave.)
Parade Schedule


Nagaoka Fireworks ShowNagaoka Fireworks Show
8:30pm -
Venue: the Skies over Waikiki Beach

The Nagaoka Fireworks is well known for their large fireworks display originating from Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast.

*Hawaiian105 KINE will be broadcasting the music to the fireworks from 8:30pm.
  Please bring your FM Radio with you.
*The firework display may be cancelled due to weather conditions.


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Related article:
- Nagaoka Fireworks Special Interview (2011)
- Sending out to the World Our Prayer for the Pursuit of Peace Nagaoka's Fireworks
  in Honolulu (2012)


 

 
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