Seen the Ala Wai lately? Monk seals, turtles, fish, and even a seahorse have been spotted there recently - thanks to the Genki Ala Wai Project. On October 19th, Oroku Azajin hosted a club event with the Genki Ala Wai Project, where we made a whopping 1,044 Genki Balls that will be thrown into the Ala Wai in a couple of weeks. Bioremediation technology, invited right in Okinawan, will continue to break up the Ala Wai sludge, restoring it into the healthy waterway that many of our older club members remember it as. 

It was exciting to find out that our special Oroku andagi skills would come in handy for making Genki Balls. We started by sifting and mixing dry and wet ingredients – making sure to reach down to the bottom and get the corners! Then, we had fun forming (musubi-making style) the mud into the andagi-sized Genki Balls – not too big, not too small! And, of course, making good use of the time together to share family updates, discover neighborhood connections, and meet other fellow Urukunchu.