Musical Extravaganza
Maui Matsuri's Musical Extravaganza is part of the 150th Gannenmono Celebration, honoring the past 150 years of the first Japanese immigrants to come to Hawai’i. The crew of the Kaiwo Maru, which arrives on May 2, will be taking part in this event.
The evening honors the multi-cultural plantation heritage that brought the Japanese to Hawai’i. Entertainment from the Hawaiian, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese cultures will be shared. The evening ends with the audience participating in a community Bon Dance which honors ancestors.
Some of the nights entertainment include...
About JMETS
Japan agency of Maritime Education and Training for Seafarers(JMETS) has implemented the continuous education and training to cultivate seafarers via school education and on-board training, by training on ships. In addition to the training of newcomers as seafarers according to the needs of the shipping industry, JMETS has also implemented practical traninig including training marine pilot and on-board training for students from the Maritime University and the National Collage of Maritime Technology.
About Kaiwo Maru
From May 2 to May 5, 2018, the Kaiwo Mauru will be docked at the Kahului Harbor. The crew will be greeted by Maui County officials and the Maui Matsuri committee. The crew will also participate in various Maui Matsuri events during their stay.
The Kaiwo Maru is the most famous sailing ship in Japan, along with Nippon Maru. Kaiwo is Japanese for “King of the Sea”. She has lived up to this name by fulfilling the arduous task of the traditional sea training.
Musical Extravaganza
| Date: | May 4, 2018 |
| Time: | 6:00pm - 9:00pm |
| Location: | UH Maui College Great Lawn |
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The Gannenmono, or ‘first year men”, arrived in Hawai‘i from Yokohama in 1868. They numbered approximately 150 people from Japan of diverse backgrounds such as urban dwellers, artists, cooks and displaced samurai. These immigrants were the first of what would become wave after wave of Issei, the first generation. Working mainly as laborers or in the sugar cane fields, by 1924, so many Japanese had come to the islands that they constituted over 40% of the population.
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