Honolulu Festival gets ackowledgement from Honolulu City Council

The City Council of Honolulu presented two honorary certificates on Wednesday March 18 — one to the Honolulu Festival Foundation and one to Keiichi Tsujino for their work on the 15th Annual Honolulu Festival. Mr. Tsujino, president of the Honolulu Festival Foundation, was not able to attend. However David Asanuma and Tatsuo Watanabe of the Honolulu Festival Foundation were there to receive the certificates. The people in the photo are(l to r): (back row) Charles Djou, Donovan Dela Cruz, Todd Apo, Nestor Garcia, Duke Bainum; (front row) Tatsuo Watanabe, David Asanuma, Rod Tam and Gary Okino.

92.3 KSSK Perry and Price Show from John Dominis

Honolulu Festival and Manoa DNA were invited to the Perry and Price Show at John Dominis on February 28. We were able to talk a bit of the upcoming Honolulu Festival on the weekend of March 14-15, 2009. And Manoa DNA, who will be performing at our Festival, was kind enough to perform two numbers for the audience.
We all got to enjoy the wonderful entertainment of Perry and Price. Karen Keawehawaii sat in for Larry. She's hilarious. Sweetie Pacarro kept the show moving along. And Michael Perry, such a smooth voice.
Thank you for always supporting the Honolulu Festival every year!




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94.7 The WAVE-Honolulu Festival Interview

Hi folks! Yes, we’re all getting ready for the Honolulu Festival. It’s next week! We were given the opportunity to promote our event on radio, 94.7 The WAVE. This Los Angeles radio station happened to be broadcasting from the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina. The show airs live in L.A. from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. with Ms. Pat Prescott.

We hope that the Los Angeles people listening to the station will pack their bags and head to beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii! The weather is great and there’s so much to do. Sun, swim and…come enjoy the Honolulu Festival!

Aloha.


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Okonomiyaki at Ennichi Corner was a hit!

For those of you who are not familiar with okonomiyaki, it is a type of Japanese pancake/crepe that is made at ennichi in Japan. In Honolulu you can eat it at Chibo's Restaurant at the Royal Hawaiian Center. It is quite filling made with a flour batter, vegetables, meat and seafood. "Okonomi" means "as you like" and "yaki" means fried. So you are able to pick the type of meat or seafood to go into your okomiyaki. The type that was served at Ennichi Corner at the Honolulu Festival is Hiroshima style with plenty of cabbage, green onion, tenkasu (morsels of leftover tempura batter), yakisoba (fried noodles) and thin slices of pork belly. You can't forget the okonomi sauce that is poured over the finished product. Honolulu Festival's was Otafuku okonomi sauce.
Sammy Li, owner of Sammy's Restaurant in Waikiki's Miramar Hotel, was in charge of the okonomiyaki for the Honolulu Festival. He and his staff practiced and prepared to make plenty of okonomiyaki.
The Honolulu Festival was fortunate to have Wanda Adams, Honolulu Advertiser's Food Editor, come to Sammy's and learn about okonomiyaki and its history. Ken Saiki, President of Honolulu Hiroshima Kenjinkai, explained in detail the facts behind making okonomiyaki. We were able to see Chef Winston cook some for us and were even able to sample some. Oishii!
Wanda's article about okonomiyaki was in the Island Life section of the Honolulu Advertiser on March 11th. I'm sure that folks reading the article couldn't wait to taste the okonomiyaki at the Festival. Turns out that there were lines in front of Sammy's booth on both Saturday and Sunday. It was delicious!




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15th Annual Honolulu Festival Kick Off Press Conference

The 15th Annual Honolulu Festival Kick Off Press Conference was held this morning at 10:00 am at Waikiki Beach Walk. It was a lovely day in Hawaii and a great way to start off the work week. Speeches were given by Mr. Kirk Caldwell, Managing Director of the City and County of Honolulu, and Mr. David Carey, President and CEO of Outrigger Enterprises. Then Mr. Keiichi Tsujino, President of the Honolulu Festival Foundation, thanked the press for coming and talked about the highlights of the upcoming event on March 13-15, 2009.

Manoa DNA, Hawaii's music group who will be participating in the Honolulu Festival, sang a few songs for the group. KITV, KGMB and KHON were present as were the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu Advertiser and other media organizations.

Mr. Kirk Caldwell ( Managing Director of the City and County of Honolulu)

Mr. David Carey ( President and CEO of Outrigger Enterprises )


Mr. Keiichi Tsujino ( President of the Honolulu Festival Foundation ) & Tatsuo Watanabe ( MC from Honolulu Festival Foundation )
   

Manoa DNA and Audience
   

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