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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)
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
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
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