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A Special Year For Köyasan
Roy M. Kodani Special to The Hawai‘i Herald If ever there was a time to visit Köyasan, this year is it, for 2015 marks the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of the Shingon sect of Buddhism in Japan...
View ArticleNew Nagasaki Monument Commemorates Pows
NAGASAKI — A monument to commemorate prisoners of war who died in a World War II prison camp in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki was unveiled on Sept. 13, with a former POW from the Netherlands...
View ArticleSelf-Change Isn’t Easy, But It’s Often Necessary
Kevin Kawamoto Special to The Hawai‘i Herald More than nine months have passed since the start of 2015. How many of you have stuck to your New Year’s resolutions? You know what I mean: eating...
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Rainbows And Rain . . . And Meet An Odd Bird
Louis Wai Hawai‘i Herald Columnist “I’m singing in the rain . . .” Here in Okinawa, Gene Kelly would have lots to sing about — and Braddah Iz not so much. You would think that with all the rain and...
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Beat The Heat With . . . Wine
Ryan Tatsumoto Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Lookin’ Through Rose-Colored Glasses With the mercury near 90 on a regular basis these days, what do you sip as a reward for finishing the yard work, or cleaning...
View ArticleCaregivers Share Advice
Frances H. Kakugawa Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Omoiyari . . . Think of others first and good karma will return to you. — Frances H. Kakugawa Dear Frances, My wife no longer talks, so I really don’t know...
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Hui Makaala Fashion Show
For the first time this year, the recipients of Hui Makaala scholarships got an up-close look at how their college education funds are raised. That’s because this year, Hui Makaala combined its annual...
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Community Guides
Check out the 2014 Community Guides: 2014 Oahu Community Guide Click Here to download 2014 Other Islands Community Guide Click Here to download We are currently updating the community guide for 2015....
View ArticleCyrus Tamashiro Installed As UJSH President
Karleen C. Chinen Over 350 people turned out for the installation of the United Japanese Society of Hawaii’s 2015-16 officers and directors at the organization’s annual Installation and Recognition...
View ArticleWorld War II Nisei Soldiers Remembered At Joint Memorial Service
Karleen C. Chinen With each passing year, there are fewer and fewer of them. But for those surviving Nisei veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence...
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Kenny Endo Celebrates 40 Years Of Taiko
Gwen Battad Ishikawa Taiko has often been referred to as the “heartbeat of Japan.” If you’ve ever seen a live taiko performance, you literally understand what that means. The constant rhythmic beat...
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Television Program Guide – November Highlights
“SPEC,” premieres on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:35 p.m. There are those hidden among us in this world who possess special talents (SPEC) against which no ordinary power nor rational mind can measure up to or...
View ArticleNisei Veterans Memorial Center Honors An American Patriot
S. Sanae Tokumura, ACFRE, APR Special to The Hawai‘i Herald They don’t make ‘em like that anymore Standin’ shoulder to shoulder with him now, I still feel small And I’m still lookin’ up to him like...
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“Nisei . . . Summoned Their Inner Strength”
Rabbi Ken Aronowitz Published with Permission Editor’s note: Rabbi Ken Aronowitz of Temple Emanu-el served as the speaker for this year’s Joint Memorial Service, which was held Sept. 27 at the National...
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Gov. Ige Commemorates Sister-State Ties In Okinawa, Guangdong Province
Gov. David Ige and first lady Dawn Amano-Ige traveled to Okinawa and China’s Guangdong Province earlier this month to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Hawai‘i’s sister-state ties with the two...
View ArticleJCCH Honors Five At Annual Gala
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i honored five individuals at its annual “Sharing the Spirit of Aloha” annual gala dinner at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom on July 25. Honored were...
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Herald Salutes
Tamlyn Tamura and Tory Watanabe were recently awarded college scholarships of $1,000 each from Ukulele Festival Hawaii. The Tamlyn Tamura scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate a passion...
View ArticleMahalo Maui!
Karleen C. Chinen Commentary The recent passing of my uncle — my dad’s last surviving brother — at age 90 in Los Angeles brought his family and Dad’s youngest sister, Cindy, also a SoCal resident, home...
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