2025 Festival Program

Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival

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The 2025 Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025 from 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM HST, as a part of the 2025 Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week event. The Japan-Hawaiian festival will feature steel guitar artists and groups from Japan. Co-emcees will be Masami Sato and Alan Akaka. Hula will be provided by Kapuanani.

Featured Steel Guitarists and Artists

• Shinichi Kakiuchi
• Yukio Katagiri
• Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi
• Matt Kobayashi
• Paul Okubo
• Masami Sato and Makana
• Moto Suzuki

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Festival Archives

The Festival Archives contains program information from previous festivals.

• The 2024 Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival
• The 2023 Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival
• The 2022 Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival