Category: Events

Please join us for our Shimakutuba – Uchinaaguchi study session on Monday, September 9 at 7pm (Hawai`i time). Zoom in at https://bit.ly/2XkyQHQshimakutuba Your active participation is warmly welcomed.  Don’t be shy!

Ukwanshin Kabudan generously offers another learning  opportunity to expand your  understanding and appreciation of Okinawan culture through their monthly Loochoo Studies program.  Please join Eric Wada and Norman Kaneshiro at Ka Haka `Ula Ke`elikōlani, Hale `Ōlelo on the campus of the University of Hawai`i at Hilo. Can’t get to Hilo?  Here’s the link for the online audience:  https://riverside.fm/studio/ukwanshin-kabudan-kumi-wudui  Suggestion: Your viewing experience may be […]

This is an in-person event at UH West Oʻahu’s Library (B-Building). Directions to campus can be found below; parking is free. Please take the following purple route – annotated as if you were walking from the parking lot – to access our facility. This is a link to the non-annotated map. Note: we are the building with the beacon designed by Carol Bennett.  The workshop […]

Oct. 24 – Nov. 5 –GAKUMUN (study tour) to OkinawaIntimate visit to Uchinaa conducted by Ukwanshin Kabudan directors  Eric Wada and Norman Kaneshiro[2023 and 2024 tours are sold out] Friday, Nov. 10  –NUFANI, Okinawan dance workshop3:00 – 5:00 pmWindward Community College, Hale Pālanakila free, open to the public, no registration necessaryInstructor:  Eric Wada Monday, Nov. 13 –SHIMAKUTUBA – Uchinaaguchi  Study Session [https://bit.ly/2XkyQHQshimakutuba]Instructor: Brandon Ufugusuku Ing […]

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FRONTLINE OKINAWA – an Ukwanshin Kabudan Special PresentationTuesday, July 11, 2023 @ 6:30 pm (Hawaii time) We will have the privilege of visiting with Keiko Yonaha when she disembarks on our shores during an around-the-world voyage on the Peace Boat.  Please join us in-person at Jikoen Hongwanji or Zoom online [https://bit.ly/3oxTPVT] for a stimulating conversation with Keiko Yonaha.

Gusuuyoo , Chuu wuganabira!  July will be a very active month as you can see by the many events and activities listed below.  Saturday, July 1 @ 3 pm IREI NO HI – an Umanchu Suruti Special https://bit.ly/3oxTPVT Monday, July 3 The July 1 Special replaces the regularly scheduled Umanchu Suruti session  Tuesday, July 4 Regularly scheduled […]