“Lei Hoku he Pili Aloha” – a Live Planetarium Concert with special performance by Japanese artists Yumi Ishikawa and Ponolani. This performance in conjunction with the Katsushika Planetarium, is a cultural exchange between Japan and Hawai‘i. Live music performed by Japanese artists, a program about the Hawaiian starlines for navigation, and a look at the cosmic research. VIP program on Friday night and two programs on Saturday night, with one performance in Japanese and another in English.
Lei Hōkū, He Pili Aloha VIP Dinner and Performance.―Friday September 4, 2009 ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center, in conjunction with the Katsushika City Museum in Tokyo, will present a live music concert in the ‘Imiloa dome featuring Japanese slack key musician Yumi Ishikawa on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 4-5, 2009 featuring materials from both Katsushika Planetarium and the ‘Imiloa Planetarium. “Lei Hōkū, He Pili Aloha,” VIP dinner-concert (and program) on Friday, Sept. 4. Doors open at 5:30 pm and concert at 7:30. Tickets are $38 for the VIP event. Purchase tickets at ‘Imiloa or call 808-969-9703. “Lei Hōkū, He Pili Aloha,” will include images of the cosmos from the Subaru Telescope and the Hawaiian star lines from ‘Imiloa in this tribute to Hawaiian culture, Hawaiian knowledge of the stars and astronomy, and the love that the Japanese have for things Hawaiian. The concert features Ishikawa, who offers her interpretation of Hawaiian music and slack key performance, in tribute to Japanese love of Hawaiian culture. A noted composer and musician in Japan, she was a student of Japan’s noted slack key artist Yuki Yamauchi, who studied under Hawaiian master Ray Kane.