History – KUAKINI HOME CELEBRATES 90TH ANNIVERSARY
Summer Nakaishi
Kuakini’s Hale Pulama Mau auditorium was decorated festively – tables topped with sakura paper fans and a blossoming orchid, with intricately cut paper cherry blossoms dusted across pink tablecloths – ready to celebrate...
Ryan’s Table – A TASTE OF ENGLAND
Ryan Tatsumoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
As I was preparing for retirement late last year with the eventual sudden reduction in disposable income, I decided on one last hurrah at one of the newer upscale bars in...
Historical Fiction – “A Question of Loyalty”
Mike Malaghan
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: “A Question of Loyalty” is the second historical novel in Mike Malaghan’s trilogy on the Japanese American experience in Hawai‘i. Prior to “A Question of Loyalty,” the...
Bulletin Board – EVENING UNDER THE STARS WITH SUSHI AND SAKE
WHO/WHAT: Join the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce as they host a stargazing food and drink event celebrating the star festival, featuring sushi from Superb Sushi. Every July 7, people in Japan celebrate tanabata...
Bulletin Board – STUDIO GHIBLI ANIMEFEST 2022
WHO/WHAT: On the first three Saturdays in July, the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center will air three Japanese animated films, produced by Studio Ghibli. The first film, “Grave of the Fireflies,” is a 1988 war...
Cover Story – NOT JUST ANOTHER WAR STORY
Local filmmaker seeks support to complete AJA war film
Eric Nemoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
You can’t go to Bruyères, France, and not be affected by the reverence that the town people have for the 100th...
Bulletin Board – KAPAEMAHU SPEAKER SERIES
WHO/WHAT: Part of Bishop Museum’s after hours event, the Kapaemahu Speaker Series features Hidden in Plain Sight: The History of the Healer Stones of Kapaemahu in a Changing Waikīkī. The conversation discusses historical findings...