KITV4: Coverage by KITV4 News at 6 pm by Moani Nabarro
HONOLULU MAGAZINE, BITING COMMENTARY: Write up on the food available at Eisa Festival and a plug for my upcoming book, Pigs from the Sea!
NONSTOP HONOLULU, HAWAII IN REAL LIFE: Melissa808 talks to Lisa Tamashiro and Shari Tamashiro about the upcoming Eisa Festival
http://www.nonstophonolulu.com/blogs/urbanmixplate/hawaii-in-real-life-eisa-festival/
Extended Interview: http://www.hawaiiirl.com/?p=2644
Featured performers: Hawaii Taiko Kai (Terry Higa), Chinagu Eisa Hawaii (Lisa Tamashiro), Urizun Minyo Group (Derek Ichiro Shiroma), Hawaii Okinawa Creative Arts (Jon Itomura), and Nuuanu Shorin Ryu Karate (Mitchel Shimamura).
Meekata: Young Okinawans of Hawaii (David Jones).
Special Guests from Okinawa: Daiichi Hirata, Yoko Hirata, Saeko Higa, and REQUIOS.
Producer/Director: Shari Y. Tamashiro. Stage Manager: Dorene Niibu. Advisor: Norman Kaneshiro.