HoMA Book Club: “The Three-year Swim Club”
WHO/WHAT: The Honolulu Museum of Art’s Book Club presents a discussion on Julie Checkoway’s “The Three-Year Swim Club,” the 1930s story about a group of Maui sugar plantation kids and Coach Soichi Sakamoto, the...
“Early Japanese Photographs” Presentation
WHO/WHAT: “From Artistry to Photography: Early Japanese Photographs” will be the subject of Dr. David Odo’s presentation to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Center for Japanese Studies. When is a photograph a souvenir...
New Year’s Ohana Festival
WHO/WHAT: The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i celebrates the “Year of the Boar” with its annual New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival, the state’s largest festival celebrating Japanese New Year’s traditions. Enjoy delicious food and a...
“The Journey From Within: Lessons From Leaders on Finding Your Philosophical Core”
WHO/WHAT: Former Gov. George Ariyoshi, retired University of Hawai‘i President Dr. Fujio Matsuda, Hawaiian resource specialist Earl Kawa‘a and businessman Duane Kurisu will participate in a discussion related to the release of the book,...
Annual Mochi Pounding in Wailea Village
WHO/WHAT: Akiko’s Buddhist Bed & Breakfast will celebrate its 21st annual mochi pounding with special gratitude for having survived Hurricane Lane earlier this year. Thanks to the TLC of many generous hands, repairs to...
Hatsumode 2019 – Blessings for the New Year | Daijingu Temple of Hawaii (61...
Dec. 31, 10 p.m.: Ooharai (great purification ritual); Dec. 31, 11 p.m.: Jyoya Sai (year-end blessing); Jan. 1, midnight-4 p.m.: New Year’s blessings; Jan. 1, 2 p.m.: musical performance by Hawai‘i Gagaku Society; Jan....
Hatsumode 2019 – Blessings for the New Year | Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii...
Dec. 31, 11 p.m.; Year-end purification ritual; Jan. 1: midnight-5 p.m.
Both O-toso sake and kagami biraki sake will be served. Omamori available for purchase. Complimentary toshikoshi soba, symbolizing long life, will be served at...
Hatsumode 2019 – Blessings for the New Year | Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii...
Jan. 1: midnight-5 p.m.; Jan. 2 and 3: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Blessed sake and candies will be served. Omamori and ofuda (amulet) available for purchase.
Free parking available on Jan. 1 at HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union...
UH-Manoa “Glass + Ceramic Holiday Sale”
WHO/WHAT: Wrap up your holiday shopping early with a work of art for everyone on your gift list at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s “Glass + Ceramic Holiday Sale.” The works were made...
“Proof of Loyalty”
WHO/WHAT: PBS Hawai‘i will rebroadcast “Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawaii,” which premiered at the 2017 Hawaii International Film Festival. The film by documentarians Don Sellers and Lucy Ostrander...
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