Honolulu Festival

We ventured into the city for the Honolulu Festival this weekend. There were a number of stages set up around Waikiki and the Honolulu Convention Center. There was definitely a heavy Japanese influence at the festival as most of the performances that we saw were Japanese.

The first act that we saw was a Japanese drumming/woodwind group that performed a number of songs and did a "bone dance".


We also saw a Japanese halau (hula school) perform.


After sitting in the hot sun for a while, we needed to stop into the Yard House for some treats.

Then we went to the convention center to see the exhibits. We did origami. The girls got a flower (Gabbi) and Cat (Jacqui) painted on their arms. Finally, we watched part of a hula contest before heading back to our apartment.