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24th annual Honolulu Festival

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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Getappers perform along the Grand Parade route on Kalakaua Avenue.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. The Izumo Taisha Mikoshi is held carried down Kalakaua Avenue.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Sonoda Gakuen High School from Hyogo, Japan featured 300 high school sophomores who danced as they marched the parade route.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. The Saitama Ryujin Matsuri Kai featured "Ryujin" which is a symbol of Saitama, the long inflatable sculpture of the dragon god that ascends to heaven and provides water to the fields to keep the farmers happy.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Lion dancers with the Asian Lion Dance Team visited the crowd, as some spectators fed the lion for luck.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Members of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association marched with banners representing the 50 clubs in the organization.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. The young cyclists of the Minna Unicycle Club displayed their skills on the unicycle.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Women of Studio Dance Alive start their dance routine, part of the Opening Performance prior to the Grand Parade.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Members of the Tokyo Metropolitan University All Boys Cheerleading Team - "Maxons" - began the Grand Parade Opening Performance with their routine.
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The Grand Parade of the 24th annual Honolulu Festival featured groups and performers from Asia Pacific and Hawaii and included marchers, marching bands and floats, going down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Sunday, March 11, 2018. The Honolulu Daijayama Booster Group was the highlight of the Grand Parade, traveling down Kalakaua Avenue with the fire-breathing Daijayama dragon with sparklers coming out of its mouth and back.