COMMUNITY FOCUS
JAPAN, KOREA AND U.S. MET TO DISCUSS CONTINUED TRILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS
On Friday, Feb. 18 the National Park Service, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation proudly presented the first-ever virtual...
Historical Fiction – “CHILD OF A HAWAIIAN IMMIGRANT”
By Genpachi “Jükichi” Tsushima
Translation by Kan Edmund Akatani
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“Child of a Hawaiian Immigrant” is a historical novel that conveys the events, social conditions and life of the author’s own immigration and...
Featured Story – PROMISED LAND
A Family’s Story About Land Lost (But Saved) During Executive Order 9066
Kristen Nemoto Jay
On Feb. 19, 2022, Thomas Yoshioka will be 101 years young. There’s not much to his secret, he says....
COMMUNITY FOCUS
HIROSHIMA TORII GATE CELEBRATES 20TH YEAR
On Saturday, Jan. 22, the Honolulu Hiroshima Kenjin Kai held a private ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Hiroshima Torii Gate located in the triangle park near...
Historical Fiction – “CHILD OF A HAWAIIAN IMMIGRANT”
By Genpachi “Jükichi” Tsushima
Translation by Kan Edmund Akatani
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“Child of a Hawaiian Immigrant” is a historical novel that conveys the events, social conditions and life of the author’s own immigration and...
Featured Story – ERNIE LAU: THE VOICE OF HAWAI‘I’S AQUIFER
BWS Chief Engineer and Manager Talks About Life Leading to the Red Hill Catastrophe
Kristen Nemoto Jay
There’s a local viral video that turned Ernest “Ernie” Lau, chief engineer and manager of the Honolulu Board of...
Featured Story – DIGITIZING DELICIOUSNESS
Hasegawa Honors Community “Aunties” by Reviving Old Hawai‘i Cookbooks
Ida Yoshinaga
Republished with permission
Zentoku Foundation
(zentokufoundation.org)
Itadakimasu! (We heartily receive this meal!) The nishime demonstration is done, as Hasegawa is poised to start “grinding.” Jennifer Hasegawa seems an...
In Our Community – Mochitsuki Events Throughout O‘ahu
Days leading up to New Year’s Eve, a familiar Japanese tradition took place in many local backyards: the art of mochitsuki, the pounding of mochi rice to make mochi. Family’s and friends gathered in...
Children’s Literature – “SNOW ANGEL, SAND ANGEL”
Written by Lois-Ann Yamanaka and Illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky
Jodie Chiemi Ching
Lois-Ann Yamanaka — one of Hawai‘i’s most treasured voices in literature — just released “Snow Angel, Sand Angel,” a children’s picture book inspired by...
Historical Fiction – “CHILD OF A HAWAIIAN IMMIGRANT”
By Genpachi “Jükichi” Tsushima
Translation by Kan Edmund Akatani
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“Child of a Hawaiian Immigrant” is a historical novel that conveys the events, social conditions and life of the author’s own immigration and...
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