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Okinawan Festival

By Bruce Asato

Sept. 3, 2017

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(L-r) Youngsters Tysen Trieu, 12, his sister Tyana, 10, and their cousins Tyrus Huynh, 4 and Tyrus' sister, Mia, 8, enjoy their rainbow shave ice with mom and dad, Tien and Tommy Trieu, and grandma, Van Nguyen, at the 35th annual Okinawan Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, Sunday, September 3, 2017.
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(L-r) Galen Teruya, Eugene Shiroma and Nelson Yoshioka tend to making the popular andagi for the Oroku Aza club at the 35th annual Okinawan Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, Sunday, September 3, 2017.
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The Hui Okinawa Kobudo Taiko of Hilo perform at the 35th annual Okinawan Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, Sunday, September 3, 2017.
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Performers with the Hawaii Okinawa Creative Arts presented the "Legend of Shisa" of Okinawa, where a bad spirited dragon that was terrorizing the people was chased away by lions in a performance at the 35th annual Okinawan Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, Sunday, September 3, 2017. The lions then wandered into the audience to spread their good luck, in this case with 5 month old Autumn Kaiwi, held by her aunt, Sandy Tecson.
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Performers with the Hawaii Okinawa Creative Arts presented the "Legend of Shisa" of Okinawa, where a bad spirited dragon that was terrorizing the people was chased away by lions in a performance at the 35th annual Okinawan Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, Sunday, September 3, 2017. The lions then wandered into the audience to spread their good luck, in this case with 5 month old Autumn Kaiwi, held by her aunt, Sandy Tecson.
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Performers with the Hawaii Okinawa Creative Arts presented the "Legend of Shisa" of Okinawa, where a bad spirited dragon that was terrorizing the people was chased away by lions in a performance at the 35th annual Okinawan Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, Sunday, September 3, 2017.
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Performers with the Kilauea Okinawa Dance Club dance to "Iwai Bushi" on stage at the 35th annual Okinawan Festival at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, Sunday, September 3, 2017.
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