Mark your calendar! 29th Annual Honolulu Festival Comes March 7-9,2025
Mar 11(Sat)

Japanese Film Festival

Event Time 10:00 - 17:05 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MOVIES

*Free Admission!!

10:00am~11:40am The Sketch of Life
01:00pm~03:07pm A LONG GOODBYE
04:00pm~05:05pm Sumikkogurashi: Good to be in the corner

Sake & Food Fest

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

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

Kyushu Food Fair

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Honolulu Festival will hold a Japanese products fair for the first time.
For this year’s fair, we have selected a variety of popular products from Kyushu. We hope you come and check it out and enjoy the shopping experience.

Craft Fair / Ennichi Corner / Food Corner

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

More than 100 vendors exhibiting from around the world Including Hawaii and Japan. Ennichi corner will feature many activities for the young and young at heart.

*All the event schedules are subject to change without notice.

HouseMart Ben Franklin Crafts

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place

Joy Shimabukuro of HouseMart Ben Franklin Crafts will be offering several craft projects for all ages to make and take. Projects will include Alcohol Ink Butterfly Card, Origami Kimono Girl clip and a Paper Fan to color. There will also be a hands-on Hardware Science Project for those interested in STEM. Stop by and create fun crafts at the HouseMart Ben Franklin Craft Booth!

Maui Mikoshi (Exhibit Only)

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 11(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 displayed at the Hawaii Convention Center over the Festival weekend.

11:00~ Maui Mikoshi Unveiling Ceremony

Stage Performances

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center / Ala Moana Center Stage / Waikiki Beach Walk

Come and enjoy dance, music and traditional arts performed by groups from Hawaii, Japan and other parts of the Pacific region.

*Show ends at different times depending on the venue.
*Performance schedule is subject to change without notice.

【Honolulu Festival Genki Ball Toss Event】

  • Time:March 11th Sat. 11am, 1pm, 3pm March 12th Sun. 11am, 1pm
  • Where:Donation Booth Hawaii Convention Center Booth number #48
11:00~11:30 Sat. & Sun. Donation at the booth #48 before the Toss time
13:00~13:30 Sat. & Sun. Donation at the booth #48 before the Toss time
15:00~15:30 Sat. Donation at the booth #48 before the Toss time

Bon Dance

Event Time 12:00 - 12:15 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

*For about 15 minutes each dance.

Bon Dance

Event Time 14:20 - 14:35 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

*For about 15 minutes each dance.

The Japanese idol group, “BANZAI JAPAN” and “Waseda University’s Getappers”, “WORLDWINGS Dance Company” will perform on stage!


*Free Entrance!!

Hitomi Shimatani Official Ambassador Inauguration Mini-Live

Event Time 17:00 - 17:30 (Mar 11(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center 1F Stage

A special mini-live will be held to commemorate Hitomi Shimatani’s appointment as the 27th Honolulu Festival Official Ambassador. Since her debut in July 1999, Shimatani, a talented Japanese singer from Hiroshima, Japan, has been well received for her ability to sing various types of songs that transcend genres with her beautifully clear vocals. She has received

numerous awards including the Newcomer of the Year Award. In addition to her musical activities, she has appeared on many radio programs and TV shows in Japan.

For social contributions, “YUME Biyori” was selected as the theme song for the LGBT events in 2018. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, her charity song “Shiawase wo hakoberu youni” was released, which was sung together with 77 children from the Tohoku and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake areas. Her SDGs support song “CYCLE” was also released, as she performed at charity concerts.

*Free Entrance!!