2023 Okinawan Festival – 4TH ANNUAL OKINWAN FEASTival
After the Okinawan Festival concludes, the Okinawan celebrations continue with the 4th Annual Okinawan FEASTival. Support Okinawan-owned food-related businesses from Monday, Sept. 4 to Monday, Sept. 18, with Okinawan food specials at participating Okinawan...
History – JANE SERIKAKU
HUOA’s First Woman President
Karleen Chinen
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
On their cue, the nervous third graders from Wahiawā’s ‘Iliahi Elementary School scampered out onto the stage of the Albert T. and Wallace T. Teruya Pavilion...
Fresh Koki – OKINAWA DREAMIN’
Sascha Koki
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Growing up, Okinawa was never on my travel bucket list. Summers (and a few winters) in Japan meant family road trips to onsen villages and hotels in which my O-mama was...
Cover Story – HISTORY BUFFS
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Once a month for a year now, members of the Muskego Community Book Club have gathered at the Muskego Public Library, located in Muskego, Wisconsin — a suburb...
In Our Community – MŌ’ILI’ILI SUMMER FESTIVAL
Last month, the 10th annual Mō‘ili‘ili Summer Festival — known as Honolulu’s largest bon dance — was held in the old Varsity Theatre parking lot for an evening of food, shopping, culture and (of...
History – EDISON UNO
The Father of the Japanese American Redress Movement
Byrnes Yamashita
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Writer’s note: Thursday, Aug. 10 is the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 by President Ronald...
Education – “HAWAI‘I KARA DESU”
Teaching Nihongo to Seniors
Betty Santoki
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
A very good friend, a Sansei, once asked me, “I’m going to Japan for the first time. Can you tell me what helpful word, expression or sentence...
Fresh Koki – IN A BARBIE (& LICCA-CHAN) WORLD
Sascha Koki
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Hear me out: in a spontaneous fit of targeted marketing frenzy, I downloaded the AI art generator app that can make you look like Barbie. I then proceeded to play with...
Cover Story – EXPOSING AMERICA’S “SECRET WEAPON”
Mahalo to the “Military Intelligence Service Language School Registry” Project
Drusilla Tanaka
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
My high school yearbook is a well-worn treasure. After leafing through it all these years, the binding along its spine...
COMMUNITY FOCUS
CELEBRATING THE 80TH MIS ANNIVERSARY
The MIS (Military Intelligence Service) Veterans Hawai‘i will hold their 80th Anniversary luncheon on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i, (2454 S. Beretania...
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