Lei (garland) the time, Blanding was employed by the "Honolulu Star Bulletin", and he shared his idea with columnist Grace Tower Warren, who came up with the phrase, "May Day is Lei Day". The Hawaiian song, "May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii" was composed in 1927 by Ruth and Leonard "Red" Hawk. At the 81st Annual Mayor's Lei Day Celebration at Kapiolani Park in 2008, Honolulu set the record for the World's Longest Lei. Unofficially, the lei measured 5,336 feet in length, more than a mile. All of the major islands celebrate Lei Day, and each island is symbolized in pageantry
Snow Moon Flowers to be hanged together. Artists liked to combine it with three women, three well known landscapes (moon always with reflecting water) etc. "Snow, moon and flowers" appear also as decoration on boxes, backside of traditional mirrors etc. Snow Moon Flowers Snow, Moon and Flowers (雪月花, "setsu-getsu-ka" or "setsu gekka"), a topic in art and design borrowed from old China, was quite popular in the late Edo period. This threefold theme (in Japan, flowers mean always "cherry blossoms") is held together in several ways. Most obviously it refers to the seasons of the year: snow = winter, moon = autumn and