Yokohama: Sailing Hokule'a in

Hokule'a arrives in Yokohama

Photo by Jin Takuma

Hokule'a arrives in Yokohama

Photo by Kato Kosei

Kamahele at Yokohama

Photo by Kato Kosei

Leighton Tseu and Kaniela Akaka arrive on Hokule'a at Yokohama

Photo by Jin Takuma

Yokohama: 'Aiha'a

Crew performs 'aiha'a. Photo by Kato Kosei

Yokohama crew celebrates

Photo by Kato Kosei

A contingent from the Royal Order of Kamehameha greeted Hokule'a

A contingent from the Royal Order of Kamehameha greeted Hokule'a at the dock.

Greeters dockside

Photo by Kato Kosei

Yokohama: Welcoming Crowd

Captain Bruce accepts flowers and congratulations from Miss Goodwill Yokoahama

From Honolulu Advertiser, http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jun/09/ln/FP706090327.html (Photo by KOJI SASAHARA | Associated Press)

Chadd Paishon and Kyoko Ikeda

Photo by Kato Kosei

Taku Araki and Pomai Bertelmann

Photo by Kato Kosei

Crews at Yokohama welcome

Photo by Kato Kosei

Yokohama Taiko

A powerful high school taiko ensemble performed at the welcome ceremony. Photo by Na'alehu Anthony.

PVS contingent to visit Princess Takamodo

On June 11, a contingent from PVS, including Bruce Blankenfeld, Leighton Tseu, Ka'iulani Murphy, Mahealani Pai, and Nainoa Thompson paid a courtesy visit to Princess Takamado of the Imperial family, who is interested in star-navigation. Photo by Na'alehu Anthony.

Tiger Espere

Honolulu Advertiser Photo

Tiger Steering Hokule'a

Tiger Steering Hokule'a. Hawai'iloa sailing in the background.

Tiger steering Hokule'a

Loui Kaninau-Cabebe sailing into Kamakura

Surfers and paddlers greet Hokule'a at Kamakura

Photo by Jin Takuma

Surfers at Kamakura form a lei around Hokule'a

Photo by Jin Takuma

Outriggers paddle by Hokule'a at Shichirigama Beach, Shonan, Kamakura, Japan

Photo by Jin Takuma

Shichirigahama welcome

From weblog at http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/nami_yana/47506906.html

Greeters at Shichirigahama

Greeters at Shichirigahama including a halau under Misa Nakatomi formed by Tiger Espere.

Kumu Hula NINA BOYD MAXWELL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, May 25, 2007

MAUI HĀLAU TO ATTEND HŌKŪLE‘A CELBRATION IN JAPAN

MAKAWAO, HI – Maui hālau PUKALANI HULA HALE will be traveling to Japan to participate in the closing festivities of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a and its historical voyage that spanned the Pacific.

After an invitation by Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson, the members of the hālau will travel to Yokohama, Japan in early June (June 10–17, 2007) to celebrate the remarkable journey alongside crew members, Hawai‘i and Japanese officials and Hawaiian and Japanese cultural practitioners.

Charles Kauluwehi Maxwell, Sr., president of HUI ‘AI PŌHAKU, INC., the parent non-profit organization of the hālau and co-founder of PUKALANI HULA HALE along with his wife, the late NINA BOYD MAXWELL, said “it is a humbling honor to have been invited to participate in this monumental occasion. This voyage continues to speak to the strength and vitality of native Hawaiians and our ability to be in tune with our ‘āina (land) and moana (ocean).”

Landmark Tower, with Mt. Fuji in the Background

Landmark Tower, in Yokohama, at 70 stories, is Japan's tallest building, built to withstand earthquakes. Hokule'a will be docking nearby, at Pukari pier, Minato Mirai 21, a futuristic new development.

Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa prefecture, is Japan's second largest city (3.5 million people), after Tokyo (12.2 million people). It was a small fishing village until Japan was forced open for commerce with the west in 1854 by a fleet of American warships until Commodore Perry. The port opened in 1859 and became the base of foreign trade with Japan.

Minato Mirai 21

Minato Mirai 21, a futuristic development in Yokohama. Photo by Kay.

Ainu kamuinomi (prayer ceremony)

Photo by Jin Takuma

Ainu kamuinomi (prayer ceremony)

Photo by Jin Takuma

Kaniela at the kamuinomi

Photo by Jin Takuma

Ainu Visitors

Photo by Jin Takuma

Chad and Ka'iu with Ainu Visitors

Photo by Jin Takuma

Nainoa bids supporers farewell

Photo by Jin Takuma

Leighton and Dean lowering the mast

Photo by Jin Takuma

heading for the NYK dock

Photo by Jin Takuma

suppoters help steer Hokule'a

Photo by Jin Takuma

Yokohama Bay jellyfish bid Hokule'a farewell

Photo by Jin Takuma

Yokohama: lifting Hokule'a onto NKY's Settsu for return to Hawai'i

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Bringing Hokule’a Home

The 2007 voyage to Micronesia took Hokule’a and Maisu 3,500 downwind from Hawai’i to Satawal, the home of Master Navigator/Teacher Mau Piailug,.

Once Maisu, a gift for Mau, made it safely to her new home in Satawal and Yap, Hokule’a had to find a way back to Hawai’i.

Sailing east to Hawai’i against the prevailing tradewinds, while not impossible, would take a very long time. The migrations east from the Western Pacific into Polynesia took many centuries. Hokule’a needed to get home faster, so she could share once again with her people the mana she has gained through 7,265 miles and six months of voyaging to new places, meeting new peoples and sharing her story with an ever-widening circle of friends and supporters across the Pacific – One Ocean, One People.

Through the generosity of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), a Japanese shipping line, Hokule’a is riding home on Settsu and will arrive back in a little over a week after leaving Yokohama. Departure is scheduled for June 21 HST (June 22 JST), arriving in Honolulu June 30.

Mahalo Nui Loa to NYK for offering to bring Hokule’a home!

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line), founded in 1885, has become one of the world's leading shipping companies.

Photo of Settsu from http://members.tripod.com/shumsw5/nyk/nyk.html