The Honolulu Rainbow EKIDEN, inaugurated in March 2013 as Hawaii’s first public relay race for amateur runners, is finally back after five years!

Official Website : Honolulu Rainbow EKIDEN 2024

Exhibition of Japanese sake culture, sake sampling, food on sale
*ID with photo is required for tasting
*Samples are limited

　A selection of wonderful Japanese movies. Please visit and enjoy.

*Free Admission!!

The event will feature various Japanese seafood dishes, food tasting sessions, workshops, entertainment elements such as tuna dismantling shows and musubi cooking demonstrations.

The Fair will present around 70 carefully selected products from six of Hawaii’s sister cities (prefectures) in Japan: Ehime, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Okinawa and Yamaguchi. Products include exclusive items such as Hokkaido’s authentic butter cookies and Ehime’s Mandarin Mochi. We invite you to come and have a delightful shopping spree.

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 displayed at the Hawaii Convention Center over the Festival weekend.

Enjoy the ‘Sabaki Girl’ skillfully and energetically cut through a tuna relying on a single knife, right before your eyes. The live show will showcase dismantling the tuna, sharing interesting facts about the carefully raised tuna from Uwakai, as well as engaging in fun quizzes during the live show.

Take on the challenge of crafting your own rice ball! ONIGIRI ACTION is an annual fall social media campaign with a simple act of taking a photo can help feed underprivileged school children.