44th Merrie Monarch Hula Festival Hilo Hawaii -- Halau Hula `o Mehanaokala from Tokyo Japan April 11, 2007 Hilo Hawaii – Part 1 of 3

This large hula troupe put on quite a variety of costumes and were a lot of fun to watch. Hula is enormously popular in Japan.

In this photo they are displaying their Tahitian style hula.

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Below is a sampling of the different aspects of their first two dances, and there will be two more sets of this Japanese hula coming soon that will display even more diverse dances.