Okinawan Festival

Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Aug. 29, 2018

Honolulu Family Team,

Photo: Courtesy of Okinawan FestivalAt the Okinawan Festival this weekend, keiki can take pictures wearing traditional kimono while holding paranku hand drums. Okinawan Festival You won’t need sunscreen and bug repellant at this year’s Okinawan Festival. The popular event has…

Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-August 31

Honolulu Family Team,

Photo: Okinawan Festival Okinawan Festival Get your andagi fix this weekend at the Okinawan Festival with an eating-contest, themed T-shirts and a mobile andagi cart. The event will kick off Saturday morning with taiko drums and dances by shishimai (curly maned animals that…

Inside Look: Okinawan Festival

Jennifer Carlile Dalgamouni,

Photo: Okinawan Festival Billed as the largest ethnic festival in Hawai‘i, the Okinawan Festival is this Labor Day weekend. The huge event is held at Kapi‘olani Park and this year's theme is “Sharing Uchinanchu (Okinawan peoples’) Aloha.” It will kick off Saturday morning with…

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Did this: Okinawan Festival 2014

Tracy Chan,

The 32nd Annual Okinawan Festival at Kapiolani Park was a colorful celebration of Okinawan culture with food, music, performances, crafts and activities, education booths… and of course, andagi! The two-day event, organized annually by the Hawaii United Okinawa Association over…

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Okinawan Festival 2014 preview

Grant Shindo,

The 32nd annual Okinawan Festival gets underway this weekend (Aug. 30-31), with a huge crowd expected to converge at Kapiolani Park for food, entertainment, crafts, a bon dance and more. The two-day event, organized by the Hawaii United Okinawa Association,…

Did this: Okinawan Festival

Myong Choi,

Thousands descended on Kapiolani Park Saturday for the Okinawan Festival, which over two days is expected to draw about 50,000 people. In its 31st year, the Okinawan Festival is a big Labor Day weekend destination for food, entertainment, culture and…

Do this! Aug 29-Sept 4

Tracy Chan,

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Coming up: Okinawan Festival

Frolic Hawai‘i,

For many locals, Labor Day weekend means one thing: time for the Okinawan Festival!As in year’s past, this weekend’s 31st annual event on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 features entertainment, cultural displays and of course, lots of delicious eats. A…

More new items at the Oki Fest

Melissa Chang,

Shari Tamashiro, a staple at the Okinawan Festival, took me around to see them set up yesterday. I didn’t realize that their Heiwa Dori, or market, is full of items flown in from Okinawa just for the event. Here are…

Behind the scenes: Okinawan Festival

Melissa Chang,

Can you believe the Okinawan Festival is now in its 30th year? It’s coming up this weekend, bigger than ever.Most people will be there to get Okinawan staples like pig’s feet soup, yakisoba, champuru, Okinawan-style soba and shoyu pork, as…

Foodscene: September

Mari Taketa,

Sept. 1: Wine season beginsProbably the most ignored first-day-of-season ever. We’ll drink to that!Sept. 1 & 2: Okinawan FestivalKapiolani Park9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Bon dance Saturday 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.Andagiiii!! Okifest’s crunchy fried donuts are among the best on the…

Did this: Okinawan Festival 2011

Catherine Toth Fox,

Taco rice, taiko, calligraphy and the biggest bon dance of the summer.Oh, and we did mention 100,000 andagi?These were some of the highlights at this year’s 29th annual Okinawan Festival at Kapiolani Park.What started as a one-day cultural event at…

Cat Chat 28: Making andagi

Catherine Toth Fox,

There’s nothing better than fried dough.Except when that fried dough — in this case, the Okinawan donut andagi — is freshly made at the annual Okinawan Festival, held this weekend at Kapiolani Park.While the annual festival serves such Okinawan staples as…

Okinawan Festival 2010

Melissa Chang,

It’s that time of year again! Time to dodge the ex-boyfriends, brave the crowds, and get to Kapiolani Park to get my annual fill of the best andagi in the world. That’s right, it’s the Okinawan Festival 2010.I usually go…