Bulletin Board – WATCH “CARVING THE DIVINE” DOCUMENTARY
WHO/WHAT: The Hawai’i premiere of the award-winning documentary “Carving the Divine,” will be held at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin Buddhist Temple and is also sponsored by Buddhist Study Center and the Hawaii Buddhist Council....
Bulletin Board – HoMA: PRINTS BY SUZUKI HARUNOBU
WHO/WHAT: The works of Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) will be on display at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Gallery 21, beginning Thursday, Feb. 2. Harunobu is known as the first Japanese artist to use...
Bulletin Board – JOIN AN ONLINE AAPI STUDENT INCLUSION WEBINAR
WHO/WHAT: The Regional Center Workshop with the Asian Studies Program at Belmont University hosts a free two-hour webinar exploring the dynamics of inclusion for Asian American and Pacific Islander students. Keynote speaker Karen Umemoto,...
Cover Story – HAPPY 2023!
The Hawai‘i Herald’s Year to Shine
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
If I had to sum up the past three years in three words for The Hawai‘i Herald, it would be: adapt (2020), learn (2021) and grow (2022)....
COMMUNITY FOCUS
BONENKAI RETURNS
The Okinawan Genealogical Society of Hawaii held its annual bonenkai (end of the year) party on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Hawaii Okinawa Center in Waipi‘o. It was the first bonenkai celebration in...
Herald Salutes – STAFF SERGEANT HIGUCHI
2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company
Ninety-nine years ago, on January 3, 1924, Asa Asami Higuchi was born in Honolulu to Sadami and Chie (Matsushita) Higuchi, who emigrated from Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1910 and 1914, respectively....
Herald Ohana – MEET THE FREELANCERS
As we move into the new year, we are introducing and reintroducing our freelancers, new and seasoned, whose contributions continue to make The Hawai’i Herald a special community newspaper.
Karleen Chinen
The Hawai‘i Herald was my...
The Arts – KUMU GONE FEESHING
Renelaine Pfister
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Lee A. Tonouchi’s play, “Gone Feeshing,” which was first featured at Kumu Kahua Theatre in 2004, will have another run at the same theater next year, from Thursday, Jan....
Rainbow Connections – LOVE WITHOUT APOLOGY
Camaron Miyamoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
"Love without apology.” That is a lesson I learned from my Nisei grandparents, Toshi Oshima Miyamoto and Mikio Miyamoto. They dared to embrace love at a time of war, and even...