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New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival, Jan. 8

By Bruce Asato

Jan. 8, 2017

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Carol Nako, left, and Karen Hirata take a bite out of their KC Waffle Dogs at the Moiliili Field venue of the 'Ohana Festival. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at two venues, the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Six year old Sean Okumoto swings his "kine" (cedar/pine Japanese wooden mallet) while Rev. Tyron Inouye turns the mochi in the "usu" during the making of traditional Japanese mochi during a mochitsuki (mochi pounding) demonstration by the Tenrikyo Mission of Hawaii at the 'Ohana Festival. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Six year old Sean Okumoto readies his "kine" (cedar/pine Japanese wooden mallet) while Rev. Tyron Inouye explains that he should pound the mochi and not Inouye's hand that he uses to turn the rice in the "usu" in the making of traditional Japanese mochi during a mochitsuki (mochi pounding) demonstration by the Tenrikyo Mission of Hawaii at the 'Ohana Festival. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Rev. Tyron Inouye takes a part of the kneaded mochi from the "usu" and gives it to Hironori Yamamoto so workers can portion and shape the mochi which results in the traditional Japanese mochi delicacy during a mochitsuki (mochi pounding) demonstration by the Tenrikyo Mission of Hawaii at the 'Ohana Festival. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Hironori Yamamoto wields his "kine" (cedar/pine Japanese wooden mallet) to knead the steamed mochi rice while Rev. Tyron Inouye turns the rice held in the "usu" that results in the traditional Japanese mochi during a mochitsuki (mochi pounding) demonstration by the Tenrikyo Mission of Hawaii at the 'Ohana Festival. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Mochi pounders use their "kine" (cedar/pine Japanese wooden mallet) to knead the mochi rice as steam rises from the "usu" in the making of traditional Japanese mochi during a mochitsuki (mochi pounding) demonstration by the Tenrikyo Mission of Hawaii at the 'Ohana Festival. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Toma Sau Yan portrays a young Òkamuro (companion) to an Òorian (courtesan) during cherry blossom viewing season, in a presentation by the Hanayagi Dancing Academy Hawaii Foundation on the Moiliili Field stage. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Nori Sakagami, Motonori Mukai and Hironori Yamamoto wield their "kine" (cedar/pine Japanese wooden mallet) to knead the steamed mochi rice held in the "usu" that results in the traditional Japanese mochi during a mochitsuki (mochi pounding) demonstration by the Tenrikyo Mission of Hawaii at the 'Ohana Festival. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Kenny Endo, middle, plays the large taiko with other performers of the Kenny Endo/Taiko Center of the Pacific group in their performance of 'Tatsumaki' 'Yabusame' (whirlwindi) on the Moiliili Field stage. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Chizuko Endo, foreground, and the Kenny Endo/Taiko Center of the Pacific group perform 'Yabusame' (a depiction of the horseback archery training by samurai) on the Moiliili Field stage. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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The 'Lion' approaches a mikan (japanese tangerine) in a presentation of Edo Kotobuki Jishi (Lion Dance from Old Tokyo) by the Kenny Endo/Taiko Center of the Pacific group on the Moiliili Field stage. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Kelia Yasuoka, 8, 'feeds' the lion in a presentation of Edo Kotobuki Jishi (Lion Dance from Old Tokyo) by the Kenny Endo/Taiko Center of the Pacific group on the Moiliili Field stage. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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Rev. Akihiro Okada the Daijingu Temple of Hawaii, officiates in the traditional Shinto blessing for the opening of the festival, with Christine Kubota, Chair of the Board of the Japanese Cultural Center, middle, and Carol Hayashino, JCC president and executive director, on the Moiliili Field stage. Ten thousand people were expected to attend the Japanese Cultural Center's New Year's 'Ohana Festival that featured two stages of entertainment, cultural demonstrations and exhibits, about 40 craft booths and exhibitors, games, bounce houses and over a dozen food booths, at the Cultural Center and Moiliili Field, Sunday, January 8, 2017.
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