Sunday, January 1:
Hatsumode 2017.  For the Japanese community, New Years is the most important of all cultural holidays when millions of people visit a shrine on New Year ’s Day. Embrace the spirit of the Japanese here in Hawai`i where you can be blessed for the New Year, get your head bitten by a Japanese Shishi lion for good luck, be invigorated by taiko drums and partake of ozoni mochi soup. Hawai`i Kotohira Jinsha-Hawai`i Dazaifu Tenmangu, 1239 Olomea St., Honolulu. Parking with free shuttle at Damien Memorial School, 1401 Houghtailing, Honolulu. Midnight to 5 p.m.  For details and schedules visit http://www.e-shrine.org/.