A week late on the post, I realize and apologize, but what do you expect for free labor?!

February is shaping up to be a very busy one for Manoa DNA, and we hope you are all excited about what we have coming up for the month. If you haven’t already, check out our schedule for the full list and calendar of our gigs!

As you may have noticed as well, I have updated our front page with our latest music video from Hawaii Tourism Japan. We have partnered with them for the last four years, writing theme songs and performing around Japan. This year, the theme is “Our Hawai’i,” where we invite all people to come and see our Hawai’i. It is a beautiful place, and will be appreciated even more if you experience it from a local’s stand point.

The video is available to watch below. However, if you are a YouTube member, please visit the video and subscribe to our ManoaDNA.tv channel! Mahalo!

I am so tired! We got back home safely, but jetlag is hitting me hard as usual. I went to sleep at 4am last night and am writing to you at 2:30am tonight. I wish I was asleep already! I know tomorrow I’ll be super tired again haha but oh well, Japan is definately worth it!
Thank you to all who came out to support us! I’ll post pictures in the next few days and maybe some videos if I have some time. If you have facebook, I posted a lot of new pictures so please check them out!!

Aloha to you all!
AK

Well, it was quite the adventure, but I am alive and healthy!

Thank you Japan for your wonderful support and Aloha as we journeyed around the country! I will have a vlog for you guys this week, as well as some pictures from our adventures!

Just wanted to pass some thanks on to everyone from the entire Manoa DNA family!

I don’t know where time has gone, but we are going back to Japan already. I have so much to do…I don’t know where to start. I’m ready to go to japan, but I have a lot of work to do while I’m there. Will I have fun?? ALWAYS!!!

I will blog tomorrow before we leave, but for now I need some sleep badly!

Good night everyone!

Besides a small Japan tour with the city of Honolulu in the beginning of the month, November will be pretty sparse for Manoa DNA while we rest up and work on the new CD.

Hopefully everyone is having a safe and healthy holiday season, and we hope to see you out at our live shows this month. We know you all will be busy gearing up for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and appreciate all your support during this time of the year!

5th thru 8th: Hiroshima & Tokyo With several shows in Hiroshima and Tokyo, Manoa DNA will be travelling with the city of Honolulu, promoting the 50th anniversary of the Honolulu-Hiroshima sister city relationship.

20th: UH Manoa We will be up at the Hemenway Gardens performing for the student body at UH Manoa!

13th: Lulus Waikiki Live! Continuing the live broadcasts direct from Lulus, Manoa DNA continues their weekly haunt at Lulus. Come down and see them live, or watch them online at Manoa DNA Live!

14th: Kani Ka Pila @ The Outrigger Reef Come down and see Manoa DNA under the stars in Waikiki. This outdoor venue is a perfect setting to listen to Manoa DNA! Live broadcasts will be unavailable at Kani Ka Pila due to bandwidth restrictions by the Outrigger Reef hotel.

Hi all, one week to go before we head back to the motherland for a short tour with the city of Honolulu. Hope to see all of you natives up there as we will have an extended concert celebrating the sister city relationship between Honolulu and Hiroshima!

Last weekend was bad because the Hawai’i Warrior football team lost an embarrassing game to nationally-ranked Boise St. There is little to say about the loss, and I think I am so devastated that I don’t wanna be seen on camera in a vlog right now.

So, as I lick my wounds and heal up, I will hopefully have something for you guys later this week. Stay tuned!

Well, we’re here, it’s the second day of JATA World Travel Fair and I’m excited to finally get some performing in! It’s been a little busy for the first couple of days we were here, but that was mostly because we went shopping, eating, the occasional performance, eating, soundchecks, and more eating. But now, the work begins! LETS GO!

I’ll try to get some video up if I can. Shot some footage yesterday about a great booth at JATA that serves Ghana food! WAHOO!

We arrived safe and happy in Narita today. It was a long but very calm flight, almost 8 hours! That’s OK, because today we went to the Apple Store in the Ginza, Bic Camera (greatest electronics store ever), and ate ton katsu and drank beer! Overall it was a great day…

Also, while at the Apple Store, we ran into our good friend Vance K from the awesome group Kawaihae!! I guess it is a small world because how do we run into him in all of Japan?!?!?

I took a lot of random videos today too so maybe I’ll try put together a vlog with all my adventures sometime soon. I hope we see you all soon and thanks to everyone who plan to come to JATA and see us in Tokyo!
Aloha!
AK

Sorry, blurry...haha

I stole this picture from Vance