15 Oct 2023

II Chapter 56 held its fall luncheon in the Japanese style room on the second floor of historic Natsunoya Tea House.   We used the 5 tokonoma in the adjoining rooms to feature exhibits by three different ikebana schools.  Most of the 10 centerpieces were arranged in chawan (tea bowl) sized containers as suggested by the location.  Ways and Means sold kimono-fabric covered earrings and Myrone Murakami brought 2 boxes of homegrown papaya for everyone.  After a delicious buffet of Hawaiian-Japanese food, Kaniela Nakashima entertained us with his ukelele, playing a wide variety of songs and genres to include Elvis, along with Japanese and Hawaiian tunes.  He even re-tuned his ukelele to sound like a koto and played Sakura on it!