Jenna Ishii’s “Worldwide Voyage”
Alan Suemori Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Jenna Ishii’s “Worldwide Voyage” began in 1993 in the third grade classroom of Mrs. Noreen Varney at Hanahau‘oli School. “She dedicated an entire quarter of...
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Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road
Ryan Tatsumoto Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Was it curiosity? Better feeding grounds? Or maybe it was simply to distinguish itself from mass-produced, essentially flavorless protein. Is this why everything...
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Legacy In Our Families And Communities
Carl Takamura Special to The Hawai‘i Herald As someone whose Sansei “credentials” include being a graduate of McKinley High School, which, back then, was widely known as “Tokyo High” due to the...
View ArticleRemember… Kindness, Always
Frances H. Kakugawa Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Omoiyari . . . Think of others first and good karma will return to you. — Frances H. Kakugawa Dear Frances: Those poems in The Hawai‘i Herald — I’ve been...
View ArticleFrom The Mailbag
Dear Editor: Customarily, I don’t write reviews of articles written by other writers. As with most writers, if I have a strong opinion about what someone else has written, I usually just write my own...
View ArticleHui O Laulima Accepting 2017 Cultural Grant Applications
Applications are being accepted for Hui O Laulima’s 2017 Cultural Grant program. The prospective grant projects/activities and expenditure of grant monies must take place during the 2017...
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Sumie Society Of Hawaii Celebrates 14th Exhibition
Members of the Sumie Society of Hawaii wrapped up their 14th annual exhibition at Honolulu Hale with a celebratory luncheon at Alan Wong’s Pineapple Room. The members’ India ink and Japanese art...
View ArticleJimpu Kai Hosts “An Evening Of Asia-Pacific Cuisine”
The members of Jimpu Kai Kin Ryosho Ryukyu Geino Kenkyusho, Hawaii Shibu, hosted “An Evening of Asia-Pacific Cuisine” at Kapi‘olani Community College’s Ka‘ikena Fine Dining Restaurant on April 21....
View ArticleRyukyu Sokyoku Koyo Kai Hawaii Shibu Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Members of the Ryukyu Sokyoku Koyo Kai Hawaii Shibu (chapter) celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding with a concert of all eight schools/member-clubs on April 10 at the Hawaii Okinawa Center....
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Second Daniel K. Inoyue Lecture Weighs Civil Liberties And National Security
Karleen C. Chinen On April 19, two former members of the United States Congress who met more than 70 years ago on opposites sides of a relocation camp barbed wire fence in Wyoming shared the stage at...
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The Singing Priest
Growing up in the ancient capital city of Kamakura, Takamasa Yamamura was expected to follow tradition and take over his family business, which stretched back 24 generations into Japan’s feudal past....
View ArticleThe Training Of Itamae
Lisa Fowler Vol. 5, No. 10, April 20, 1984 Raw quail eggs resting on flying fish roe and raw squid placed on a bed of rice probably wouldn’t appeal to the Western palate at first. However, after...
View ArticleTea Houses: Old Japan In Hawaii
To hear the pleasant non-sound of running water from a sparkling stream is a relaxing mind massager. To feel a cool breeze wafting in from the still water of a manicured pond becomes a blessing in...
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Jean Sakihara
Aisha A.C. Wang Vol. 19, No. 3, Feb. 6, 1998 “Don’t force,” says Jean Sakihara when people try to drag their friends to attend her kimono culture class. As a teacher of Japanese language and culture at...
View ArticleBon Dance
S. Sanae Imada Vol. 1, No. 5, July 18, 1980 Colorful Japanese lanterns, chochin, swing in the intermittent breeze and light the warm night with their gentle glow. The rhythmic beats of a large drum...
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Obon. Most young men who have an idea of what this season means usually think, “Bon dances! Meet girls, walk around and look good, eat barbecue sticks and corn-on-the-cob.” And most girls with any idea...
View Article“Fighting Two War” Tribute to Nisei Soldiers
The important role American soldiers of Japanese ancestry played in immediately answering their nation’s call on Dec. 7, 1941 — and throughout World War II — will be saluted during the 75th anniversary...
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Plans For Pearl Harbor 75th Commemoration Announced
Karleen C. Chinen “Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future” has been selected as the theme for the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Plans for the 11-day...
View ArticleHerald Salutes
Dr. Dennis Masaaki Ogawa, Ph.D., was recently conferred The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by Consul General of Japan Yasushi Misawa, for his “contributions to the development of...
View ArticleKuakini Memorial Service Honors Early Issei
One hundred forty-one former residents of Kuakini Home were remembered at a memorial service organized and attended by Kuakini Auxiliary members and Kuakini Health System leadership. The service for...
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