2007 Voyage Photos > Yokohama and Kamakura (40)
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Hokule'a arrives in Yokohama
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Hokule'a arrives in Yokohama
Photo by Kato Kosei
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Kamahele at Yokohama
Photo by Kato Kosei
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Leighton Tseu and Kaniela Akaka arrive on Hokule'a at Yokohama
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Yokohama: 'Aiha'a
Crew performs 'aiha'a. Photo by Kato Kosei
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Yokohama crew celebrates
Photo by Kato Kosei
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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.
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Greeters dockside
Photo by Kato Kosei
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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)
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Chadd Paishon and Kyoko Ikeda
Photo by Kato Kosei
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Taku Araki and Pomai Bertelmann
Photo by Kato Kosei
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Crews at Yokohama welcome
Photo by Kato Kosei
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Yokohama Taiko
A powerful high school taiko ensemble performed at the welcome ceremony. Photo by Na'alehu Anthony.
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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.
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Tiger Espere
Honolulu Advertiser Photo
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Tiger Steering Hokule'a
Tiger Steering Hokule'a. Hawai'iloa sailing in the background.
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Loui Kaninau-Cabebe sailing into Kamakura
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Surfers and paddlers greet Hokule'a at Kamakura
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Surfers at Kamakura form a lei around Hokule'a
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Outriggers paddle by Hokule'a at Shichirigama Beach, Shonan, Kamakura, Japan
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Shichirigahama welcome
From weblog at http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/nami_yana/47506906.html
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Greeters at Shichirigahama
Greeters at Shichirigahama including a halau under Misa Nakatomi formed by Tiger Espere.
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Kumu Hula NINA BOYD MAXWELL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, May 25, 2007
MAUI HĀLAU TO ATTEND HŌKŪLE‘A CELBRATION IN JAPANMAKAWAO, 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.
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Minato Mirai 21
Minato Mirai 21, a futuristic development in Yokohama. Photo by Kay.
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Ainu kamuinomi (prayer ceremony)
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Ainu kamuinomi (prayer ceremony)
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Kaniela at the kamuinomi
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Ainu Visitors
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Chad and Ka'iu with Ainu Visitors
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Nainoa bids supporers farewell
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Leighton and Dean lowering the mast
Photo by Jin Takuma
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heading for the NYK dock
Photo by Jin Takuma
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suppoters help steer Hokule'a
Photo by Jin Takuma
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Yokohama Bay jellyfish bid Hokule'a farewell
Photo by Jin Takuma
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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