Upcoming Events
Yawara Pole Walking and Self-Health Seminar
Sep 26 - Sep 29, 2024
Mr. Watanabe is back to Hawaii again this year. Japanese foot specialist and Judo Sport Therapist, Eiichi Watanabe, will hold Pole Walking and Self-Health Seminar from Sep 26 to Sep 29. This year two assistants, Mr. Matsumoto, an acupancturist from Fukuoka, and Mr. Ihara, a Pilates Instructor from Aichi, will help you keep your healthy body. Free seminars and workshops. Only one English workshop on Sep 29th.
Please see Watanabe Sensei Website: http://www.foothealth.jp E-mail: yoda@foothealth.jp
Jyuni Hitoe Demonstration
Nov 21 - Nov 23, 2024
Wabunka Densho Kyokai, The Japanese Cultural Tradition Association, will bring the World of Genji Tale to Hawaii this November. They will demonstrate how to wear the Juni Hitoe, Kimono worn by Noble women and ladies-in-waiting at the Imperial Court of Medieval Japan. We plan at least three events; a Talk at the Mokuyo Gosankai (木曜午餐会) on Nov 21st, a Demonstration at the Japanese Consulate on Nov 22nd, and Interaction with students and Hawaii residents at Keoni Auditorium, Imin Conefence Center at University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Ogasawara Ryu Yabusame Hawaii in 2026
June, 2026
The series of event of Ogasawara ryu 850 Years of Heritage were well received, and now we are working hard to bring Yabusame to Hawaii in 2026. The planned performance of Yabusame, led by Kiyomoto Ogasawara, the 32nd generation Master of the Ogasawara-ryu discipline, is a rare opportunity to see one of Japan’s most venerable cultural traditions. For more than 700 years the Ogasawara family have been instructors in Japanese Archery, Horse mounted archery, and court etiquette to Shoguns as well as samurais; continuously passing on its teachings through the family lineage until today.
Yabusame is usually performed in Japan as a part of sacred rituals; with performers wearing garbs representing the era, such as Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and Edo. It is an educational, rarely-seen demonstration of the traditions and values of Bushido – the moral code of conduct for Samurai. Ogasawara’s Yabusame was seen by King Charles III and Emperor Naruhito at the Japan Festival in London in 2001.
It was first introduced to Hawaii in 1996 at the Honolulu Festival.
