Photo from Okinawan Festival Photo Contest Winner: Leslie Nagamine
How can you help?
GO EAT!!
Okinawan FEASTival is a time we can celebrate our Okinawan owned restaurants and food businesses by ordering Okinawan food, discovering new eateries by checking out their FEASTival specials, and finding new favorites dishes. At the end of the two weeks, the hope is that you will know all the Okinawan owned restaurants on the island and can continue to support them throughout the year. FEASTival is a time to explore new places and re-visit old favorites!
This year we are partnering with Okinawan Festival and Hawaii United Okinawa Association! Happy Eating!
From the opening of American Cafe in 1923 to today, there has been a strong tradition of over 350 Okinawan owned restaurants in Hawaii. Many of the original restaurants have closed but there is a new generation operating today. In the spirit of Yuimaaru (communities supporting one another, especially in times of need), we are asking the community to help support these local Okinawan owned restaurants, who are still struggling to survive and stay open.
Hidemitsu Tamayose of Hide-Chan Restaurant
Pigs Feet Soup from Hide-Chan Restaurant
Chokatsu & Tomoko Tamayose of Sunrise Restaurant
Okinawan Yakisoba from Sunrise Restaurant
Jocelyn Kishimoto of Utage Restaurant
Nabera Chanpuru from Utage Restaurant