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Scenes from this weekend’s Okinawan Festival

By Catherine Toth Fox • September 3, 2011 • #CatTravels, Food

OK, I’m not Okinawan.

But whenever I go to the annual Okinawan Festival at Kapiolani Park, I feel the uchinanchu spirit come over me.’

And it’s usually at the food booths.

Okinawans know how to eat. And this year’s offerings proved it, with a lineup that included shoyu pork, yakisoba, sōki soba (ソーキそば) and, of course, andagi. More than 100,000 of them.

This year, though, there were a couple of new items: taco rice — a popular Okinawan dish that combines rice with taco-seasoned beef, shredded lettuce, cheese and salsa — and fundagi — a combination of andagi with funnel cakes.

There’s so much to do — and eat — it’s no wonder the festival is held over two days.

Here’s what the first day of this year’s festival looked like:

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I can see the appeal. It's very relaxing to gaze upon these miniature trees.

The 29th annual Okinawan Festival will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Kapiolani Park.

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9 Comments

  • Reply David Jackson September 3, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    Nice fuud pics, wish I were there. Homesick again this week, makes about four in a row. Someone must have powered up that island magnet again as I am feeling the pull 🙂

    • Reply Catherine Toth September 4, 2011 at 12:06 pm

      That magnet is never switched off. 🙂

      • Reply David Jackson September 4, 2011 at 2:55 pm

        Yep… the longer you are away the harder the pull. I am just glad not everyone is selected to feel the pull. Else no where to stand. I need a funnel cake 🙂

  • Reply oldshoes September 3, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    i beg your pardon. interesting pic. So thats how they make donuts. yum.

    • Reply Catherine Toth September 4, 2011 at 12:06 pm

      I’m craving andagi again today… Might have to head down by 5 p.m.!

  • Reply M September 4, 2011 at 7:41 am

    Hello Cat, It was hot!

    • Reply Catherine Toth September 4, 2011 at 12:06 pm

      What did you eat???

  • Reply M September 4, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Pig Feet soup!

  • Reply D September 5, 2011 at 7:00 am

    Interesting pic… looks really tasty!

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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