Category: Announcements

Reservations Now Open!  Click here for tickets:  Aya no Hashi concert SUNDAY, September 21, 2025, 3:00 PM JIKOEN HONGWANJI “Aya no Hashi” is a presentation of traditional and contemporary folk dances from the Yaeyama Islands south of Okinawa as part of a cultural exchange between Honolulu-based Ukwanshin Kabudan and the Ishigaki-based groups Ayapani Kabudan and […]

Get ready for another stimulating  Loochoo Studies session.  Sunday’s presentation will be led by Norman Kaneshiro, co-director of Ukwanshin Kabudan, live and in-person at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo.  Can’t get to Hilo? Click on the link below to join the virtual audience.  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88091543775

The theme for this year’s Loochoo Identity Summit is “MĪRANTIN: Knowing what our Eyes don’t see.”  Quite intriguing, isn’t it?  Please come and join us to learn more.  Online registration is now open!  We are also accepting requests for limited student registration/travel assistance. Please visit loochooidentity.org for more information.

Please join us for our Shimakutuba – Uchinaaguchi study session on Monday, February 10 at 7pm. (Hawai`i time). Zoom in at https://bit.ly/2XkyQHQshimakutuba Your active participation is warmly welcomed.  Don’t be shy!

Ukwanshin Kabudan is pleased to announce that the upcoming 11th annual LoochooIdentity Summit will be held on March 21, 22, and 23 returning to Windward Community College in vibrant Kaneohe.  We are especially delighted to offer financial assistance for qualified students to attend this year’s Summit.  Thanks to our many generous supporters who feel the importance for succeeding […]

Loochoo Studies is an outreach program presently monthly by Ukwanshin Kabudan, an independent non-profit organization based in Honolulu, Hawai`i under the leadership of Eric Wada, Norman Kaneshiro and Keith Nakaganeku.   Loochoo Studies is held in-person at University of Hawai`i at Hilo, Ka Haka `Ula o Ke`elikōlani, Hale `Ōlelo.   Can’t get to Hilo?  The link for the online audience is shown below.  Suggestion: Your viewing […]

What: “Jūguya; Dances of the Harvest Moon”, Rare performancecelebrating 305 years of Kumi Udui and classical Ryūkyū music and dancesWhen: Sunday, September 22, 3pmWhere: PALIKŪ THEATER, University of Hawaiʻi, Windward Community College Jūguya; Dances of the Harvest Moon, celebrates the lunar August full moon, which marks the transition to the Autumn season, as well as […]

The Loochoo Studies sessions usually held on the 2nd Sunday of each month has been rescheduled to May 19 in observance of Mother’s Day.  Enjoy the day!