Cover Story – SAKURA OF WAHIAWĀ
Dan Nakasone
Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
I vividly recalled a chilly spring day in Shinjuku, Tökyö, back in 2013. It was a feast for the senses wandering through a park with trees flushed with sakura...
Dialogue – SAKURA SEASON
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
I remember going to my first Cherry Blossom Festival when I was 14 years old. My mother and I were invited by our family friend whose daughter was competing for the 46th Cherry...
Cover Story – ALOHA, FRANCE
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In October 1944, soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team liberated the French villages of Bruyères, Belmont and Biffontaine just 20 months after the regiment was formed 80...
Cover Story – AMERICAN DREAM
Jackie Kojima
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twists and turns. But she would not have had it any other way.
Born...
Cover Story – BEING BLASIAN
Summer Nakaishi
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In the midst of the global pandemic, Sascha Koki discovered something unexpected — her curls. Sascha, a thirty-something Japanese and Black woman, had been straightening her hair as soon...
Cover Story – WE ARE BG
Lindsay Kagawa Colas
Commentary, Republished with permission
Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2022
Editor’s note: It’s been nearly a year since Brittney Griner, the 32 year old two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained in Russia on Feb....
Dialogue – CHOOSE LOVE NOT WAR
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
It’s quite unbelievable how the effects of war can have on everyone. Whether you’re a descendent of a soldier, a veteran yourself, or lived during the conflict, the tentacles of a war’s...
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)....
Cover Story – ALOHA ‘OE, DR. FRANKLIN ODO
Remembering a Brilliant Scholar and a Special Mentor and Friend
Karleen Chinen
Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“If you don’t control your own culture and your own vision of life, and your own participation in life,...
Cover Story – “OKAERINASAI!”
Carolyn Morinishi
Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“Okaerinasai” or “welcome home!” in Uchinanchu (Okinawan immigrants and their descendants) were joyously recited throughout the 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Taikai’s Festival Eve parade held in the city of...
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