Hawaii Tourism Authority
Kauai Japanese Cultural Society Inc.
presents
Kauai Matsuri Festival 2026
October 10, 2026, Saturday
Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall
Subject to Change
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
9:00 am Opening
9:15am Pearl Shimizu, Mayor Derek Kawakami, Consul General, Tsuneo Suzuki (Iwaki International Exchange Association)
9:30 am Taiko Kauai
9:50 am Kapaa Senior Japanese Dance Class
10:00 am Kauai Shinbuyo Kai & Men of the Koi Dynasty
10:40 am Anju Madoka(Shamisen Player)
11:00am East Minyo Dance Club
11:10 am Mitsusumi Dance Studio & Madoka Kai
11:50am Tsunami Taiko
12:10pm Iwate Morioka Minyo
12:55 pm Hanapepe Judo & Asian Games Gold Medalist Tatsuaki Egusa
1:15 pmTorao Hikariyama
1:50pm Contests
2:05 pm Azuma Dance Group
2:20 pm Mini Ondo Dance
3:00 pm Close
DEMONSTRATIONS & EXHIBITIONS
LOBBY AREA
Tea Ceremony 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Bonsai 9:15 am – 2:45 pm
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii 9:15 -2:45 pm
Kauai Community College Gaming Club (Nintendo) 9:15 am
CENTER SECTION
Ikebana – 9:30 am – 12:00, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Calligraphy 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Kanzashi Making 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Shamisen lessons – Anju Madoka
Iwaki City
Mimasaka
Consul General of Japan
Hanapepe Judo & Asian Games Gold Medalist Tatsuaki Egusa
LOBBY AREA
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Register for contests
(Kendama, Karaoke, Jan Ken Pon, Kimono Dressing) Tentative
HARDY STREET SIDEWALK
Craft Fair 9:15 am – 2:45 pm
Japanese Reggae Music 9:15 am –
1:00 pm
OUTSIDE PARKING LOT SIDE
Food Vendors 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
MOCHI POUNDING & MAKING 10:30 am beginning
GYOTAKU (Fish printing) (Tentative)