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“Abstract Expressionism”
“Abstract Calligraphy,” ink on paper by Saburo Hasegawa (Japanese, 1906-1957), c. 1955–57. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Gift of Joseph Brotherton. © Estate of Saburo Hasegawa. Photograph: Don...
View ArticleCommunity Focus – Master’s Concert to Highlight Shakuhachi Festival of the...
Shakuhachi lovers from around the world will gather at the University of Hawai‘i’s Mänoa campus and the East-West Center from Dec. 15 to 18 for a festival celebrating the traditional Japanese bamboo...
View ArticleCommunity Focus –“Cultural Day” at the NVMC
“Cultural Day,” a project inspired and spearheaded by a Maui teen to honor Nisei veterans like her grandfather and all veterans, will be held at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center’s Stanley Izumigawa...
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Community Focus – Wakaba Kai Sorority Celebrates 68th Anniversary
Inset: Wakaba Kai founder Lillian Yajima tells the former sorority members about Wakaba Kai’s early days.(Photos by Clinton Inouye) Former members of the University of Hawai‘i’s Wakaba Kai gathered at...
View ArticleDialogue – Surviving a Year of Angst
Karleen Chinen Commentary What a year it has been! If you are anything like me, you remember exactly where you were when you learned that Donald Trump was on his way to becoming America’s next...
View ArticleLead Story – Reflecting on “Its a Wonderful Life”
The “Christmas Classic” Has Meaning All Year Long Alan Suemori Special to The Hawai‘i Herald In November of 1939, the American author, editor and Civil War historian Philip Van Doren Stern sat down to...
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Landmarks – K. Nakamura Nursery’s Deep Roots
An Oasis of Plants and Trees in Kapahulu Gregg K. Kakesako Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Nestled among the high-rise apartment buildings and older homes along Date Street in Kapahulu sits a...
View ArticlePolitics –“The Japanese Vote”
How Significant is “The Japanese Vote?” Richard Borreca Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Asking about ethnic voting in Hawai‘i is like posing the question: “Is it raining in Hawai‘i?” Yes, somewhere in...
View ArticleGannemono 150th – The Gannemono
The “People of the First Year” Were Hawai‘i’s First Japanese Immigrants Kei Suzuki Re-edited from “Hawai‘i’s AJA Pioneers” Editor’s note: The year 2018 marks 150 years since the Gannenmono, or...
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Ryan’s Table – Sustainability for 2018
Ruscello’s Zucchini Carpaccio. (Photos by Ryan Tatsumoto) Ryan Tatsumoto Hawai‘i Herald Columnist For the past several years, I have been making a concerted effort to purchase my food ingredients from...
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Nengajo – 2018,Year of the Dog
The artwork on the following pages are the winning entries in the annual nengajö, or New Year’s card, design contest for students taking Japanese language. The statewide contest is sponsored by the...
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Business – Long Life Sun Noodle
Hidehito and Keiko Uki and their Sun Noodle crew at the company’s Colburn Street factory in Kalihi. (Photos courtesy Sun Noodle) Thirty-five Years of Long Life and Good Fortune Jodie Chiemi Ching...
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Oshogatsu – New Life for Your Leftover Mochi
Mochi topped with natto and daikon. (Photos by Chloe Suzuki) Editor’s note: It’s the fifth day of the new year and every time you open your frig, those trays of glutinous white rice cakes — mochi — are...
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Spotlight – Colbert Matsumoto Receives Imperial Decoration
Colbert Masayuki Matsumoto was conferred The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, by the Government of Japan in a ceremony at the Japanese Consulate on Dec. 21. The Imperial Decoration,...
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Lead Story – Mildred Kobashikawa’s Good, Long Life
Mildred Kobashikawa surrounded by her four adult children (from left) — Ruby Arasato, Peter Kobashikawa, Leilani Agena, mom Mildred and Fred Kobashikawa. Centenarian Mildred Kobashikawa Maintains a...
View ArticleNGN3 February Movie Schedule (part I)
THURSDAY, FEB. 1 Midnight – Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2 1:40 a.m. – Express Train 3:10 a.m. – There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl 4:40 a.m. – Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger 6:20 a.m. – Shingo’s Original...
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Film Review –“Loving Vincent”
Artist/Filmmaker Brings van Gogh’s Story to the Screen Alan Suemori Special to The Hawai‘i Herald “Either he will go mad or he will leave us all behind. Which of the two it will be I am not able to...
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