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“Revival Kizuna Caravan ‘Hula Girl OG Performance'” will be held. Hula Girl OG will gather again and begin lessons under Karenani Hayakawa!

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“Resurrection Kizuna Caravan ‘Hula Girl OG Performance'” will be held. Hula Girl OG will gather again and begin lessons under Karenani Hayakawa! ​
Tokiwa Kosan Co., Ltd. Press release: May 14, 2025 “Revival Kizuna Caravan ‘Hula Girl OG Performance'” will be held. Hula Girl OG will gather again and begin lessons under Karenani Hayakawa! Fourteen years after the earthquake, Hula Girl OG stands up again First lesson: May 20, 2025 (Tuesday) 18:30~ Spa Resort Hawaiians, operated by Tokiwa Kosan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture), opened on January 15, 1966, and will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2026. To commemorate this, we will be holding the “Hawaiians 60th Birthday Festival” from Wednesday, January 15, 2025, with special events and campaigns. To mark this milestone year, we have decided to hold the “Resurrection Kizuna Caravan ‘Hula Girl OG Performance'” in which the members of the “Hula Girl National Kizuna Caravan”, which toured the country and brought smiles and energy to many people immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, will gather again.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/18649/313/18649-313-5069e70051cb761cacd2547ec75c91dd-1280×853.jpg “Resurrection Kizuna Caravan OG performance for one day only” (May 26, 2019) Performance date is Saturday, October 18, 2025. This will be the first OG performance in six years since 2019, and a total of 15 OG dancers are scheduled to appear, including Yukari Maruhia, the leader of the caravan at the time. The OGs will begin lessons on May 20, 2025 (Tuesday) in preparation for this performance. The instructor will be Karenani Hayakawa (currently the chief advisor of Tokiwa Music and Dance Academy), who has taught the Tokiwa Music and Dance Academy since its establishment in 1965 since its first batch, and was the model for the movie “Hula Girl.” Kaleinani Hayakawa, who has continued to work with Hawaiians through three crises: the closure of a coal mine, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the coronavirus pandemic, will produce this performance with deep feelings on the occasion of the company’s 60th anniversary. In addition, the OGs who traveled around the country in caravans at the time will be attending this performance with the desire to express their gratitude to everyone across the country who supported them at that time, as members who have played a part in the 60-year history. Additionally, at the main performance on October 18th (Saturday), we will be re-enacting some of the most memorable performances from the 2011 “Hula Girl Nationwide Kizuna Caravan.” Furthermore, in addition to holding a special exhibition at the Hula Museum that looks back at the history of Hawaiians during the Great East Japan Earthquake, we also plan to set up a message board similar to the one set up at the National Caravan venue to accept messages from customers. ■First day of “Resurrection Kizuna Caravan ‘Hula Girl OG Performance'” lesson May 20, 2025 (Tuesday) Inside Spa Resort Hawaiians Lesson 18:30-20:00 Tokiwa Music and Dance Academy Chief Advisor Karenani Hayakawa 15 people including Yukari Maruhia, the leader at the time of 2011. *If you are a member of the media and would like to cover the first day of the lesson, please contact the email address listed under “Media Inquiries” by 5:00pm on Monday, May 19th. We can also arrange accommodation, so please contact us.
[Reference] Hula Girl National Kizuna Caravan The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011. “Spa Resort Hawaiians” was forced to close, leaving the hula girls with no place to dance. However, in order to help rebuild my hometown of Iwaki, Fukushima, and the entire Tohoku region, which is suffering from the negative reputational damage caused by the nuclear power plant accident, and to bring smiles and energy to Fukushima and Iwaki, I started the “Hula Girl Nationwide Kizuna Caravan.” From May to October of the same year, I performed 247 times in 125 locations, including 26 prefectures nationwide and Seoul, South Korea. The 23 hula girls who were enrolled at the time of the caravan were divided into three teams and traveled around the country.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/18649/313/18649-313-550b8c55f76062f91ceed980d24db52c-2816×2112.jpg Iwaki city evacuation center (May 2011)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/18649/313/18649-313-77d5643d3ff46d12dc074b9f1b9b4d41-3900×2595.jpg Shinjuku Takashimaya performance (May 21-22, 2011)

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