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Carrying On At Pukalani Superette
Melissa Tanji Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Rice — and lots of gambare (persevere) spirit — are just two of the many keys to Pukalani Superette’s business success in Upcountry Maui. Ask owners — and...
View ArticleAloha ‘Oe, Ed Sakamoto…
Reading Lee Cataluna’s column in the Star-Advertiser on the passing of Hawai‘i-born playwright Edward Sakamoto in Los Angeles filled me with deep sadness. I knew that Ed’s health was failing, but I...
View ArticleKeiro Addresses Community At Open Meeting
Mia Nakaji Monnier and Nao Nakanishi Each July during Obon, Japanese Americans gather in the Nishi Hongwanji Temple gym to buy udon. Under the basketball hoops, they slurp noodles out of Styrofoam...
View ArticleKeiro Senior Healthcare Controversy
Editor’s note: For the past two months in Los Angeles, Rafu Shimpo staff writers Nao Nakanishi and Mia Nakaji Monnier have been reporting on the planned sale of Keiro Senior HealthCare to a non-...
View ArticleWorld War Ii-based Film, “unbroken,” To Premiere In Japan In 2016
TÖKYÖ — “Unbroken,” a Hollywood film based on author Laura Hillenbrand’s book about the life of U.S. Olympian Louis “Louie” Zamperini, a World War II prisoner of war in Japan, will debut in Tökyö next...
View ArticleNationwide Organization Launched To Promote “Ninja Culture”
TÖKYÖ — Tales of the legendary ninja abound in Japanese films and anime, but tourists in Japan can now experience the culture following the introduction of a new organization that honors the ancient...
View ArticleMusical About Internment Opens In New York
NEW YORK — A musical inspired by veteran actor George Takei’s childhood experiences in a World War II internment camp will open on Broadway on Nov. 8 in New York. Takei, known for his role as Hikaru...
View ArticleCommunity Calendar
Through Nov. 22: “Shichigosan Children’s Festival.” Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Daizafu Tenmangu celebrates Shichigosan, a custom that originated in the Heian Period (794-1185) among court nobles...
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United Japanese Society Wishes New Octogenarians A Special 80th Birthday
The United Japanese Society of Hawaii held a grand birthday party for 31 O‘ahu Nikkei who are turning 80 years old this year. The birthday party — UJSH’s 41st annual Nenchosha Ian Engei Taikai (Senior...
View ArticleBunka No Hi — Japanese Culture Day — To Be Celebrated Nov. 14 In Hilo
The Hilo-based Japanese Community Association of Hawaii will hold its biennial Japanese Culture Day, or Bunka No Hi, on Saturday, Nov. 14, in the Sangha Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the perpetual...
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Japanese Films Light Up Hiff35
In a place like Hawai‘i, where the seasons flow almost seamlessly from one season into the next, the arrival of fall is still much anticipated — not because the leaves will be turning colors, but...
View ArticleKIKU — Channel 9
PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE “853 (TBS),” premieres on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 9 p.m. 853 refers to the precinct where Detective Shinnosuke Kamo used to work. But this was before he...
View ArticleKBFD – Korean Programming
“The Legendary Witches,” Sunday at 6:30 p.m./ re-airs Monday at 1:45 p.m. Soo-In, Bok-Nyeo, Poong-Geum and Mi-O were cellmates at a woman’s prison. The four women have their own stories on why they...
View ArticleHome Away From Home – Setting The Standard In Memory Care
Kevin Kawamoto Special to The Hawai‘i Herald The decision to place a loved one in a nursing home or some other residential care facility is rarely an easy one for family members, but there are times...
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Love And Advocacy – Leaving A Legacy
Jody Mishan Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Editor’s note: This article is excerpted from a presentation that Jody Mishan delivered at the Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society Conference in September...
View ArticleState Alzheimer’s Plan Moving Forward
Kevin Kawamoto Special to The Hawai‘i Herald The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that 26,000 people in Hawai‘i age 65 and older have Alzheimer’s disease. That number is estimated to grow to 29,000 in...
View ArticleThe Latest On Alzheimer’s Disease
It’s been more than 100 years since German psychiatrist Aloysius “Alois” Alzheimer described the brain of a patient who was suffering from what we today refer to as Alzheimer’s disease. And yet, this...
View ArticleChildren Are Our Future . . .
Frances H. Kakugawa Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Omoiyari . . . Think of others first and good karma will return to you. — Frances H. Kakugawa Dear Readers, Today I honor the children. Too often, we...
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Jash Honors Kenneth Saiki, Ujsh
Gwen Battad Ishikawa The Japan-America Society of Hawaii presented its Bridge Award to Kenneth “Ken” Saiki, director of the Ehime Maru Memorial Association, and the United Japanese Society of Hawaii at...
View ArticleFrances, The Transformer
Karleen C. Chinen Commentary “Hey, Boss Lady . . .” That’s how Frances Kakugawa starts off her emails to me. She knows my name, but she insists on calling me “Boss Lady,” like I’m her luna or...
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