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WHO/WHAT: In celebration of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii turning 45 this year, JASH is featuring a photo contest that asks for its members’ best “Ono Kine Grindz,” “Japan Explorations,” or “Oishii Tabemono.” Although...

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Ethan R. Okura Hawai‘i Herald Columnist I left the New York City, big law-firm life back in 2005 to come home to Hawai‘i and start specializing in estate planning law. This was just one year after...

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Rev. Bob Nakata was one of Hawai‘i’s most infl

Known for his novels and films that reveal Hawai‘i’s dark underbelly, Mid-Pacific Institute ‘91 grad Chris McKinney has been churning ‘em out kinda regularly since 1999. “Bolohead Row” (Mutual Publishing Co., 2005), “The Tattoo” (Soho Press, 2007), “Queen of Tears” (Soho Press, 2007), “Mililani Mauka” (Mutual Publishing Co., 2009), “Boi No Good” (Mutual Publishing, 2012), “Yakudoshi: Age of Calamity” (Mutual Publishing Co., 2016) and now aftah making his fans wait five long years, his seventh novel, “Midnight, Water City (Soho Crime, 2021).”

While all Chris’ oddah books wuz grounded in today’s Hawai‘i, dis sci-fi story stay set in 2142 when super scientist Akira Kimura saves Earth from one planet killing asteroid named Sessho-seki, but den gets murdered aftah. Will her former head of security be able for figgah out who did ‘em? So suspenseful and like all da best science fiction it makes us tink about da world we stay living in today. Da book even stay billed as “a thrilling neo-noir procedural and a profound exploration of climate change, inequality, and the dark sacrifices we are willing to make in the name of progress.”

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"Similar to the four-string ‘ukulele in Hawai‘i, the three-string sanshin provides a distinct sound unique to Okinawa.

Legend has it that the first person to write and compose music for the #sanshin is Akainko (red dog’s child). The people of Sobe, Yomitan were suffering because of a drought; crops were failing and the villagers were running out of drinking water. One day, a stray red-colored dog led a woman named Chira to a cave with a fresh-water spring and saved the villagers from dying of thirst. Grateful, Chira took Akainko in as her pet..." By @colin_sewake

Learn more about Colin's sashin story, the kuruchi trees grown to create 'ukulele's three-stringed cousin, and a jewelry artist who creates kuruchi-leaf jewelry in our current issue of The Hawai'i Herald. Go to our link in bio to read more as well.

Photo 1: Kazufumi Miyazawa (front left) of the Japanese band The Boom and Ryükyü chanter and performing artist Daiichi Hirata (front right) are co-leaders of the Kuruchi no Mori 100-Years Project. Shari Tamashiro initiated a fundraiser at the 2018 Okinawan Festival in Hawai‘i to raise money for the project. Back row, from left: Claudia Oshiro, Shari Tamashiro, Mayuko Higa and Yurie Kinjo. (Photo courtesy of Shari Tamashiro)

Photo 2: One of many kuruchi that is cared for by volunteers of the Kuruchi no Mori 100-years project in #Okinawa. (Photo by Colin Sewake)

Photo 3: A group of volunteers show up on the third Sunday of every month to maintain the grounds of the kuruchi no mori (forest of ebony trees) — home to over 3,000 kuruchi. The volunteers water the trees and weed the area. (Photo courtesy of Yoko Hirata)

Photo 4: Jewelry artist Masami Kinjo is the creator of kuruchi-leaf jewelry. A portion of the proceeds are to donated to the Kuruchi No Mori Association to help cover costs of caring for the trees. (Photo courtesy of Masami Kinjo)

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