Nengajo – Welcome 2017, Year of The Rooster!
The artwork on the following pages are the winning entries of the annual nengajö, or New Year’s card, design contest for students taking Japanese language. The statewide contest is sponsored by the Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese and is open to the elementary, middle and high school students of teachers who are members of....
Cherry Blossom Festival Special – Queen Interview
Alexis Sayuri Okihara 64th Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Looks Forward to Sharing Knowledge with Future Generations Gwen Battad Ishikawa It is fitting that kansha (gratitude) was the theme of the 64th Cherry Blossom Festival, because kansha is what Queen Alexis Okihara has felt for the past year. “They [Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce, who....
Community – A Whole New World
Soto Mission of Hawaii Hosts Ministers’ Children from Japan Jodie Chiemi Ching Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Hawai‘i’s Japanese American community has come a long way since 1903 when Soto Zen priests first arrived in the Islands to provide spiritual support to the immigrants working under harsh conditions on the sugar plantations. When World War....
Nengajo (continued II)
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Shufu Society Holds Spring Cultural Event
Members of the Shufu Society of Hawaii and invited guests had an opportunity to view traditional Japanese arts and crafts ranging from lacquerware to artwork to kimono at its spring cultural event in April...
2014 Okinawan Festival
Saturday's Program | Sunday's Program
Cultural Tent | Festival Favorites
9 a.m.
KILAUEA OKINAWA DANCE CLUB
Toshiko Neumann, Leader
9:15 a.m.
NUUANU OKINAWA SHORIN-RYU / SHINDEN-RYU KARATE ASSOCIATION
Mitchel Shimamura, Sensei
9:40 a.m.
HAWAII OKINAWA CREATIVE ARTS
Jon Itomura, President, and Eric Nitta, Vice President
10:10 a.m.
HUOA...
Maui Matsuri: For The Sake Of The Keiki
“Dis wen happen long, long time ago in Japan,” she starts in a low voice as the sun begins to set over the West Maui Mountains. About 400 people from 8 to 80 years...
Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Contestants (p. 1 of 4)
Jennifer Keiko Ezaki Parents: Bruce and Laura Ezaki High School: Our Redeemer Lutheran, 2009 College/Degree/Year: Biola University, bachelor’s degree in communication, 2013; University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, post baccalaureate certification in special education, 2016. “What does kokoro mean to you?” “Kokoro is a reminder for me to remain present and connected in a constantly changing....
Summer in Ōshima
By Loren Ke‘alaaumoe Fujitani | Special to The Hawai‘i Herald | It has been a year since I arrived here on the island of Suo-Öshima in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Although it doesn’t feel like a year has passed, the changing of the seasons tells me otherwise and I find the feelings and memories from last year....
Okinawan Festival Favorites
ALL-TIME FAVORITES!
Pig’s Feet Soup: It’s called ashitibichi in Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language). Pieces of pig’s feet are cooked in a soup stock and garnished with konbu (seaweed), daikon (turnip), togan (squash) and mustard cabbage and...