29th Annual Honolulu Festival is set to take place from March 7-9, 2025
Mar 2 (Sat)

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

Event Time 09:00 - 12:00 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd

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. 

Door Prizes

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Enter for a chance to win great prizes!

Performances

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center, Waikiki Beach Walk

*Time may be changed according to the venues.

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Craft Fair

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Ennichi Corner

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Anime Corner

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Hawaii Music Festivals – Hawaii Band & Orchestra Festival –

Event Time 10:00 - 14:30 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd flr, #311

Maui Mikoshi Unveiling Ceremony

Event Time 11:00 - 11:15 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place 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

Event Time 11:30 - 11:45 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

The Honolulu Festival’s Bon Dance Yagura (tower) will be unveiled!

Bon Dance Workshop

Event Time 11:45 - 12:30 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Film Festival

Event Time 13:00 - (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd flr, #316A-B-C

(Free Admission)

13:00 - LIGHT UP NIPPON
15:00 - Quartet

Rebuilding begins on the road -Story Behind the Camera-

Event Time 13:00 - 16:00 (Mar 2 (Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd flr, #301

Guest Speaker: Mamiko Akutagawa
Host: Reiko T. Rogers