Commentary – After 26 years …
Gwen Battad Ishikawa Six thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven . . . give or take. That’s how many days I’ve worked at The Hawai‘i Herald and Hawaii Hochi, Ltd. On April 20, I bid farewell to the building that was my second home for 26 years and to my co-workers who had become my second....
The Second (!!!) Annual Kaua‘i Issue
Strike up the band! The Hawai‘i Herald’s second annual Kaua‘i Issue is a reality — and now history. Thanks to a discount fare on Hawaiian Airlines, we were able to send Herald managing editor Gwen...
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...
Remembering A People’s Minister
Karleen C. Chinen
Commentary
If the number of people who turned out to bid farewell to Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii’s 14th bishop was any indication, the Rev. Chikai Yosemori was a much-loved man. Yosemori, the...
Cover Story – SUPER SHEA!
Jackie Kojima
Shea Sakahara is your typical 17-year-old rising high school senior. When this Kailua teen isn’t busy with SAT prep, classes at Punahou School, or his part-time job in the After School Care program,...
Cover Story -MICKEY IS DYING
Renelaine Pfister
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Many people ponder death with fear and trepidation, but 64-year-old Mickey Weems faces death with remarkable positivity. Weems was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2021 and...
Cover Story – BON DANCE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Summer Nakaishi
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s Note: If you can believe it, Obon season has arrived and this time mostly in-person! At press time, the temples below are confirmed to host bon dances or...
Learning To “Live Love”
Karleen C. Chinen
Commentary
One of my favorite programs on Hawaii Public Radio is the “TED Radio Hour.” TED stands for technology, entertainment and design, and was the basis for a series of conferences on “ideas...
Cover Story – THE HAWAI’I HERALD IS 40!
Jodie Chiemi Ching
Commentary
Forty, 75, 100 and 120 are just a few milestone number of years being celebrated in the Hawai‘i AJA community this year.
The Hawai‘i Herald is 40! And this year we also commemorated...
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...