I teach hula every week in Tokyo, Urayasu, Abiko and Katase Enoshima. I think my hula lessons haven't changed much since my first start;...

Two students of Yumiko 先生 of Studio Hana Hou came over to my home this week. Both ladies whom I've known for at least 10 years now, were...

February 11, 2025 I participated in Happy Hawaiian Day prepared by Ikaika & Ai Sensei. This hula and music event featured hula kahiko...

おめでとう　ございます　Ikaika 先生　Malie 先生 and halau. Ao Mai Ka Hula 2022. Thank you Ikaika for including me, Makua Band and my halau Anapanapa Wai...

Thank you to my students Anapanapa Wai O Puolena and Kuhai Halau O Ka Pua O Ka Naupaka. Thank you 先生　Kazuyo and Satomi and Mikako 先生...

Thank you to all the sensei, family and friends that came to spend the evening with us at surfers in Zushi. Next year Makua at surfers...

Our Keiki will have a performance soon so they needed a few hair adornments. It’s always my happiness making something for my dancers. ...

Thank you to this halau that invited me to teach them a few hula. My happiness is teaching. Most times I’m only teaching my students but...

Carbonara for dinner. Ate Neapolitan pasta for lunch. Sorry no lunch photos. I researched this Mancini pasta and It’s pasta used by half...

My first time to do any sort of advertising for my class. Anyway I love teaching near my home and would love to have more student join...

I received a huge Napa cabbage a few days ago from Suzuki san, our meat butcher. The buggah was monstah 大. Thought about several ways to...

Every Friday I teach a group of women that I've gotten to know from working 10 years at Enoshima Island SPA. Before Covid, I was a...

What is new? Well nothing is new. Just doing the relier everyday things: cooking, eating, practicing music and teaching hula. Earlier...

Happy New Year! It's been awhile since I made a post here at aokulia.com Ending 2021, I went home to Oahu and visited with my family and...

We all love to buy and eat Costco's Caesar salad, right? Yesterday, while we were at Costco's, sadly we didn't buy the caeser salad,...

I bought 筋子(sujiko),salmon roe and made ikura for dinner. I had some apprehension buying this sujiko because it was expensive and I...

Make your own eki soba at home. Eki soba (500円）street parking (300円). Just finished eating my homemade eki soba and now I got some time...

I believe God has a plan for me but why would he allow my butcher to make a mistake and give me ground chicken instead of ground beef?...

Aloha have nice evening. This is the title track, an original song from my cd: Lei Overdrive. Mahalo nui ヒカリ　より