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Kaidan Kalabash -- A day of mysterious, scary stories!
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Entertainment
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Date
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Sunday - 10/22/2006
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1-5 p.m. & 7:30 - 9 p.m.
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Location
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Japanese Cultural Center
Fifth Floor
2454 S Beretania
Phone: 808-945-7633
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Cost
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Free
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In Japanese, kai means mysterious, scary; dan means story. At this debut JCCH event, local storytellers will come together to tell different kaidan or scary, mysterious stories in the spirit of Halloween. The performers come from different backgrounds yet have a point of commonality that often bring us all together: people's love of stories, especially spooky ones! The JCCH presents two sessions that day: an afternoon event for the entire family and an evening event for the more daring.
1-5 p.m. Ghosts, Giggles & Goodies -- This is an event for all ages! Bring your pillows, blankets, lawn chairs and goza mats and make yourself at home during this silly-spooky storytelling of Japanese folktales. In between sets of storytelling by performers--"Tita" Kathy Collins, Alton Chung, Karen Yamamoto-Hackler and Nyla Ching-Fujii--guests can gobble goodies and also participate in fun and cultural make-n-take crafts.
7:30 - 9 p.m. An Obake Odyssey -- Are you brave enough to embark on this super-scary storytelling journey? Join us as storytellers--Lopaka Kapanui, Jeff Gere and Alton Chung--draw us into the ghastly world of obake (Japanese ghosts) and other supernatural tales of Hawai'i. Prepare to be frightened!
Cost/Entry Fee: Admission is free. Donations are welcomed
The performers come from different backgrounds yet have a point of commonality that often bring us all together: people's love of stories, especially spooky ones!
Nyla Ching-Fujii is the only teller from Hawai'i to be featured at the National Storytelling Festival. She is a retired librarian, who teaches library sciences at the University of Hawai'i. (Ching-Fujii will perform in the day session.)
Alton Chung, who grew up in Hawai'i and now resides in Oregon, said while he enjoys weaving ethnic tales, true stories and legends, his true passion is telling ghost stories--which he will be telling at the JCCH on Oct. 22. Chung will share obake (Japanese ghost) stories by Lafcadio Hearn, who wrote the book, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, a collection of Japanese legends and ghost stories. Chung will be accompanied by Bernice Hirai, Ph.D., a koto player with the Sawai Koto Kai Hawaii. (Chung will perform in both day and evening sessions.)
Maui's Kathy Collins will unleash her alter-ego "Tita" during her telling of Japanese folktales at the JCCH. Collins is a Maui county employee and a radio personality and co-founder of Mana'o Radio on the Valley Isle. (Collins will perform in the day session.)
Jeff Gere, who is born on Halloween, said he often makes people cry during his renditions of various scary tales. On Oct. 22, Gere will use his wide range of voices, morphing elastic face and clear characterizations to tell tales, such as Broken Promise. Gere runs the annual Talk Story Festival and hosts the weekly Talk Story Radio program on KIPO. (Gere will perform in the evening session.)
Lopaka Kapanui continues the Oahu Ghost Bus Tours founded by his mentor, Glen Grant. He also gives tours at the Royal Hawaiian and Waipahu Cultural Garden. He is the author of the books, Haunted Hawaiian Nights and Legend of Morgan's Corner. Kapanui will be sharing the tales Hoichi the Blind and The Faceless Ghost. (Kapanui will perform in the evening session.)
Karen Yamamoto-Hackler is an actress, playwright, director and founder of Lo'i Theater, a grassroots theater group in Honolulu. A decade ago, she lived on the island of Shikoku in Japan for a year, and was embraced by a community of women storytellers. (Yamamoto will perform in the day session.)
"Folklore and stories have been a way in which culture has been passed on from generation to generation--and Japanese culture is no different," said Mandy Westfall, JCCH Programs Director. "At this debut event the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i wanted to present storytellers who will take us into a mysterious, bewitching world of obake and classic Japanese folktales like Momotaro."
Name of sponsoring organization: The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, strives to share the history, heritage and culture of the evolving Japanese American experience in Hawai'i. The Center features a Community and Historical Gallery, Resource Center, Kenshikan martial arts do¯jo¯, Seiko¯an Japanese teahouse and Gift Shop.
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