“Aya no Hashi” is a dance presentation featuring traditional and contemporary folk
dances from the Yaeyama Islands, a part of Okinawa Prefecture. The event is a collaboration between Honolulu’s Ukwanshin Kabudan and Ishigaki’s Ayapani Kabudan and Yaeyama Folk Dance Academy, led by dance master Masako Akayama. Fifteen performers from Yaeyama will perform at Jikoen Hongwanji Hall on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. (doors open at 2 p.m.; overflow parking at Kapalama Elementary School).

Tickets are $25 for general admission, $10 for children ages 5–10, and free for those
under 5. Please don’t miss this special presentation of the unique and distinctive
performing traditions of the Yaeyama Islands, including a rare presentation of a
traditional dance from Kuroshima Island. This program commemorates the forming of
Ayapani Kabudan earlier this year and over a decade of partnership between
Ukwanshin Kabudan and communities in Yaeyama.