Consulate Activities
2016/2/20
Reception for the 65th Anniversary of the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Hawaii Association
On February 20, in collaboration with the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Hawai‘i Association, a reception was held at the Consulate General of Japan commemorating the 65th Year of Dr. Genshitsu Sen’s International Work and the 65th Anniversary of the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Hawai‘i Association. From the end of World War II to 1951, just before the sovereignty of Japan was restored, the young Dr. Genshitsu Sen traveled to Hawaii under special permission from the Allied occupation’s General Headquarters (GHQ). His goal was to promote chado in the US and to take the initial steps to perform chado around the globe in the name of world peace.
The reception welcomed approximately 600 distinguished guests, including Dr. Genshitsu Sen, Former Governor George Ariyoshi (Chado Urasenke Tankokai Hawai‘i Association President and Executive Chairman for the Commemorative Convention) and his wife, Mayor of the City & County of Honolulu Kirk Caldwell, Mayor of Hawaii County Billy Kenoi, and Mayor of Kauai County Bernard Carvalho, together with Urasenke members from Japan, the U.S. mainland, Oceania, Europe, Asia, Central and South America, and Hawaii.
At the ceremony, Mayor Caldwell officially proclaimed the day to be “Dr. Sen Day,” and Mayor Kenoi and Mayor Carvalho presented Dr. Sen with mementos commemorating the occasion. The reception also featured Hawaiian music and keiki hula, and spirits were high as everyone celebrated the auspicious 65th year.
The reception welcomed approximately 600 distinguished guests, including Dr. Genshitsu Sen, Former Governor George Ariyoshi (Chado Urasenke Tankokai Hawai‘i Association President and Executive Chairman for the Commemorative Convention) and his wife, Mayor of the City & County of Honolulu Kirk Caldwell, Mayor of Hawaii County Billy Kenoi, and Mayor of Kauai County Bernard Carvalho, together with Urasenke members from Japan, the U.S. mainland, Oceania, Europe, Asia, Central and South America, and Hawaii.
At the ceremony, Mayor Caldwell officially proclaimed the day to be “Dr. Sen Day,” and Mayor Kenoi and Mayor Carvalho presented Dr. Sen with mementos commemorating the occasion. The reception also featured Hawaiian music and keiki hula, and spirits were high as everyone celebrated the auspicious 65th year.