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It was Okinawan night at the Jikoen Hongwanji on July 25, 2008. That’s right, 100% Uchinanchu! Historically, Jikoen only featured Okinawan dancing at their obon and required dancers to wear a full kimono (no hapi coats). In recent years, they introduced Japanese dances into the program and loosened up their dress code. On Friday, they went back to their roots and dedicated the entire evening to Okinawan songs and dances once again. They even held a kachashi contest at the end of the night.
Photos from the evening can be found in my Obon 2008 Flickr set.
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Hawaii’s Plantation Village
Waipahu, Hawaii
June 7, 2008, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m
The Dancing Fools gathered for the first bon dance of 2008 at Hawaii’s Plantation Village in Waipahu. It seems only appropriate to kick off the season at such a historic locale. After all, it was the plantations that brought the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii, bringing with them the culture and traditions of their homeland, bon dances being one of them.
Here are some scenes from the bon dance:
Champuru Videolog #30
Mike enjoys the bon dances by capturing the scene in his art. This time last year, he made the line drawing of this plantation train. This year, he put the finishing touches on the piece with watercolors.
A group photo of half of the bon dance posse
Ryan, Shari, and Donna
Renee, graciously brought Happy Hearts Mochi to share with us. There was not one mochi left by the time we were done! Thank you, Renee!
A great time was had by all! See you at the next one!
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The Honolulu Star Bulletin published the 2008 bon dance schedule for the state of Hawaii. You can access it here.
Don’t forget, we’re kicking off the bon dance season at the Waipahu Plantation Village on Saturday night! See you there!
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The bon dance schedule has not been published by the local newspapers yet, but we received a preliminary schedule from Mike. Once the published schedule is released, we’ll confirm and update the schedule that we have made available online.
Tentative Dancing Fools Schedule
(Dates subject to change. Check the blog for the latest info.)
- June 7 - Waipahu Plantation Village
- June 21 - Ewa Hongwanji Temple
- June 27 - Wahiawa Hongwanji Temple
- June 28 - Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin
- July 4-5 - Moiliili Hongwanji
- July 11-12 - Waipahu Hongwanji Temple
- July 18-19 - Rissho Kosei Kai Hawaii Kyokai
- July 25-26 - Jikoen Hongwanji Temple
- July 26 - Waianae Hongwanji Temple (?)
- August 3-4 - Koganji Temple
- August 8-9 - Pearl City Hongwanji Temple
- August 15-16 - Mililani Hongwanji Temple
- September 20 - Autumn Matsuri
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The first bon dance of the summer will be held at the Waipahu Plantation Village on Saturday, June 7 at 5:00 pm. The address is 94-695 Waipahu Street, Waipahu. For more information, call (808) 677-0110.
Here’s a videolog from last year’s event. (Sorry for the poor quality of the video. This was before I discovered the optimal settings for saving video for the web.) To see more videos from the 2007 bon dance season, visit our Videos section.
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Top Row: Mike, Joyce, Shari, Doreen, Lucy, Aileen
Bottom Row: James, Donna, Mahealani, Ryan, Jill, Joni
The bon dance posse gathered this past Saturday, May 24, 2008, to celebrate the coming of summer and to kick off the 2008 bon dance season. Thanks to Mike for sharing the preliminary 2008 bon dance schedule (for Oahu, Hawaii) with us which hasn’t even been published by the newspapers yet!
Thanks to everyone who came to the party! We will definitely make this an annual event.
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