The Honolulu Festival Foundation announced Baldwin High School as the winner of the Maui Mikoshi design contest at the 30th Annual Honolulu Festival. The winning mikoshi design was unveiled on Saturday, March 14, at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.
A mikoshi is an elaborate portable shrine traditionally paraded through the streets of Japan as a part of Japanese festivals. Mikoshi typically resemble a mini building and are carried on the shoulders of individuals in a procession using two to four poles.
Every year since the contest began in 2003, Maui schools are invited to submit unique designs inspired by the festival’s overarching theme…