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There are multiple ways to support the Cherry Blossom Festival! We thank all of our generous donors for their contributions in perpetuating the Cherry Blossom Festival.

  • Festival donor contributions directly impact our Queen Contestant's experience by supporting the advancement of the Festival.

  • Award donors contribute cash towards an award provided by the Festival. This is similar to typical underwriting sponsorship.

  • Prize donors donate a physical item to be awarded to contestants or to the Queen/and or Court. Award and Prize donors names are also listed on the Award page.

  • Golf donors contribute to the Festival's golf tournament through sponsorship or purchase of a Queen's package team.

Fugenzou
level 5 ($1,000 and higher)

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The Fugenzou are a late blooming sakura, usually blooming in mid to late April. This unusual and rare cherry blossom tree can be characterized by its incredible number of petals (some as many as 40 per blossom), as well as its jagged leaves.

  • Tom Kosasa and Mi Kosasa, 24th CBF Queen

  • Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce

  • Brooke Hasegawa-Nakaoka, 53rd CBF Queen

  • Laurence Omura

  • Corday A. Feagins, 43rd CBF Miss Congeniality & 57th CBF General Chair, Honorary Advisor- Sakura Hawaii Alumnae

  • Wedge Lee

  • Duane Fujiwara, 45th HJJCC President

  • Howard and Janice Miwa & Grant and Traci-Ann Kobayashi, 57th CBF 1st Princess & Miss Popularity, 68th CBF General Chair

  • Traci-Ann Kobayashi, 57th CBF 1st Princess & Miss Popularity, 68th CBF General Chair and Kirstie Maeshiro-Takiguchi, 65th CBF 1st Princess & Miss Popularity, 70th CBF Co-General Chair

  • A Place for Healing and Wellness by Dr. Raymond Yoza

  • Anne Namba Designs, Inc.

  • Lawton and Dale Nakata, and Richelle Nakata Cardwell, 55th CBF Queen & Miss Congeniality

  • First Insurance Company of Hawaii

  • Terence & Bridget Omori and Heather Furutani, 65th CBF Queen & 71st CBF General Chair

  • Derek Sasano

  • Lisa Marie (Tobara) Inouye, 43rd CBF 1st Princess

Kawazu Zakura
Level 4 ($800-999)

The Kawazu Zakura trees bloom in early spring. The flowers’ outstanding characteristic is that they are large and pink. The trees are brilliant when they are in peak blooming season. Kawazu-cho in the Izu Peninsula is the birth place of the Kawazu Zakura, where there is a street lined with Kawazu Zakura trees.

  • Watanabe Floral, Inc.

  • Trisha Akagi, 56th CBF Queen; Katherine Grebe, 18th CBF Queen; Holly Hayashi, 61st CBF General Chair; Kara Kim, 54th CBF Princess & 64th CBF Co-General Chair; Laurie Toma Libarios, 43rd CBF Queen; Desiree Uyeda, 54th CBF Queen & 64th CBF Co-General Chair

  • Ten Tomorrow

  • Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce

Yaezakura
Level 3 ($500 - $799)

Each blossom of the Yaezakura is big and has layers of beautiful petals. Yaezakura trees bloom from mid-April through late April. At the Tourinuke-no-sakura (cherry blossom tunnel) Garden, you can enjoy 500 Yaezakura trees that are lined up along for about 2 miles.

  • 65th Cherry Blossom Festival Court

  • Kristin Alm Kamakahi, 65th & 72nd CBF Co-General Chair & 69th HJJCC President, and Family

  • Margie’s Jewelers

  • Gina Maeda, 57th CBF Princess & 67th CBF General Chair

  • Kim Takata Endo, 63rd CBF Queen

  • Lori Murayama-Sung MD INC, 47th CBF Queen

  • Eric Nishioka

  • Clinton Inouye

  • Neil Kuioka, 64th HJJCC President; Tiffany Mitani, 54th CBF 1st Princess & 62nd CBF General Chair; Traci-Ann Kobayashi 57th CBF 1st Princess & Miss Popularity & 68th CBF General Chair, and Wedge Lee

  • Ray Urabe

  • Miles Mizumoto

  • Ray Yamamoto

  • Sheri Morishige

  • Garrett Matsumoto

  • Hailey Takayesu, Kristyn Sugibayashi, and Jewel Mahoe, 72nd CBF Contestant Coordinator and Advisors

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Shidarezakura
Level 2 ($200 - $499)

The Shidarezakura (weeping cherry) blossoms bloom on drooping branches from late March through mid-April. Some trees in Japan are several hundred years old. The Minobusan Kuonji Temple in Yamanasahi Prefecture has a huge Shidarezakura which is 50 feet tall, 16 feet wide and about 400 years old.

  • Country Samurai Coffee Company

  • Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii

  • Christin Lovell, 55th CBF Princess & 63rd CBF Co-General Chair, Tiffanie Masutani, 55th CBF Princess & 63rd CBF Co-General Chair, and Erin Shiroma, 60th CBF Contestant

  • Carole Hayashino, Honorary Advisor - Japanese Women's Society Foundation

  • Japanese Women’s Society Foundation

  • 48th Cherry Blossom Festival Court

  • Edmund Wong, 43rd HJJCC President

  • Lori Higashi, 61st CBF 1st Princess, and Family

  • Michael Matsuo, 42nd CBF General Chair

  • Steven Kaneko, 55th HJJCC President

  • Jonathan Murai, 57th HJJCC President, Tiffany Mitani, 54th CBF 1st Princess & 62nd CBF General Chair, and Sydette Higuchi, 60th CBF General Chair & 67th HJJCC President

  • Layne and Evelyn Machida

  • 51st Cherry Blossom Festival Court

  • Brenda Nomura, 54th CBF Co-General Chair, and Darren Ota, 61st HJJCC President, 54th CBF Co-General Chair & 60th CBF General Chair

  • Nate Gyotoku, 63rd HJJCC President

  • Kristine (Wada) Okada, 57th CBF Queen, 65th CBF Co-General Chair & 70th HJJCC President

  • Ross Kohara and Lara Karamatsu

  • Clyde & Annette Matusmoto

  • Staci Yoshihara, 62nd HJJCC President

  • Hanayagi Mitsusumi - Sheree Tamura

  • Norman & Renette Nakasone

  • Jaime Kinoshita Oliveira, Honorary Advisor - Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii

  • Ryan Nakagawa & Sarah Kamida-Nakagawa, 62nd CBF Queen

  • Jennifer Kaneshiro

  • Corday Feagins, 43rd CBF Miss Congeniality & 57th CBF General Chair, Honorary Advisor - Sakura Hawaii Alumnae & Heather Furutani 71st CBF General Chair & 65th CBF Queen

  • Brice Ueda, 66th HJJCC President

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Somei Yoshino
Level 1 ($75 - $199)

The Somei Yoshino (Yoshino cherry) is a pale pink flower and blooms in early April. The Yoshino cherry is one of the most popular cherry trees in Japan and is grown across Japan. When the tree is planted, blooms are especially gorgeously between the ages of 20 to 40.

  • Alan Okimoto, 45th CBF General Chair

  • Sakura Hawaii Alumnae

  • 58th Cherry Blossom Festival Court

  • Robert (Bob) Furukawa, Honorary Advisor - JN Productions

  • Robb Taone, 52nd HJJCC President & 53rd CBF Co-General Chair, and Sandy Parilla, 53rd CBF Co-General Chair

  • Kirk Tengan, 49th HJJCC President

  • Wayne Yagi, 37th HJJCC President

  • Nippon Golden Network

  • Sharene Urakami-Oyama, 53rd HJJCC President, 49th CBF Co-General Chair, 50th CBF General Chair & 43rd CBF Princess

  • Ashley Higa, 61st CBF Miss Popularity, and Family

  • Devon Nekoba, 54th HJJCC President

  • Eryn Muraoka, 61st CBF Miss Congeniality & 69th CBF Co-General Chair

  • George Takase, 68th HJJCC President

  • In Memory of Lillian Noda Yajima

  • Lenny Yajima, 34th CBF queen & 40th CBF general chair

  • Lauren Dookchitra, 69th CBF Co-General Chair

  • David Kaneko, 59th HJJCC President & 56th CBF General Chair

  • Scott Motobu

  • Melanie Takahashi

  • Braxton & Ryder Furutani and Riley

  • Amy Young