Bon dance season is just around the corner in Hawaii. The Summer Obon Dance Festivals are held every weekend at various Buddhist Temples around the island. Bring your family and friends, and enjoy a night of dancing and great local food.
This year’s Bon Dance schedule for the island of Oahu.
JUNE
June 5 (Sat.): Hawaii Plantation Village (map), 6-10 p.m. (677-0110)
June 19 (Sat.): Ewa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (map), 7:00 p.m. (677-4221)
June 25-26 (Fri./Sat.): Wahiawa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (map), 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. (622-4320)
June 25-26 (Fri./Sat.): Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin (map), 6:30 p.m. (536-7044)
Mark your calendar for the world premiere screening of Hawaii Five-0 at Sunset On The Beach (Queen’s Surf Beach in Waikiki) on Monday, September 13, 2010. Come meet the all-star cast – Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park. There will be live Hawaiian entertainment, prize giveaways and local grinds. This event is FREE.
5:00 p.m. – Live Hawaiian Entertainment
6:00 p.m. – H50 Grand Entrance & Waikiki Beach Red Carpet
7:30 p.m. – Program & Premiere
From the ashes of Metromix Honolulu comes a new entertainment website for all your local events, food spotting and nightlife pleasure. Welcome Nonstop Honolulu – online entertaiment. Check it out today.
Good luck to all the staff at Nonstop Honolulu. You can follow them on twitter @nonstophonolulu or on Facebook.
Here is JPop singer and local girl Yuna Ito’s latest music video “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”, a cover from Aerosmith. The digital single was release on July 28th in Japan.
Enjoy live streaming video of Waikiki Beach overlooking the Duke Kahanamoku Statue via the city's Live WebCam and on the other end, near Queen's Beach, the Kuhio Beach WebCam.
HAWAII SURVIVAL GUIDE
Useful information for Kama'aina (locals) and Malahini (tourists) to start your day.
Looking for a great restaurant? Check out MyAlohaVibe and discover over 500 restaurants in Hawaii for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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LOST The Final Season premieres February 2, 2010 on ABC.
Hawaii's own and JPop (Japanese Pop) aritst, Yuna Ito just released her 11th single ‘Miss You’ on September 3, 2008 in Japan under the Sony Music label.
Yuna Ito (24), Hawaii-raised Japanese-Korean singer, graduated from McKinley High School in 2001. She has released two albums, ‘HEART’ (debuted at #1 on the Oricon Charts) and ‘WISH’ (#3) and the first local girl to sing a duet with Celine Dion for the single, ‘Anata ga Iru Kagiri ~A WORLD TO BELIEVE IN’.
Remember Camile Velasco?, the other Hawaii finalist of American Idol Season 3? She will be releasing her first single, "Guava Jelly," a cover of the Bob Marley classic on iTunes on Tuesday (Oct.14). She also plans to release her debut full-length album in early 2009.
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