Film Review – “SANCTUARY” ON NETFLIX A DARK SUMO STORY
Jodie Chiemi Ching
Commentary
"Akebono, Musashimaru and Konishiki ….” is how the chorus goes in Braddah Iz’s song “Tengoku Kara Kaminari (Thunder From the Heavens)” – the song that celebrates an era in the 1990s when...
Cover Story – FAMILY MAN
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
When you enter Kurt Suzuki’s home in Redondo Beach, California, you are struck by what is missing as much as what is present. Unlike many other professional athletes who...
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...
Cover Story – I AM A RAINBOW!
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Darkness sets the stage. Costumes are prepped. Souvenirs are ready to be sold. A sold-out crowd waits anxiously for the stars of the show, Mark Kanemura and his...
Cover Story – GENKI BALLS!
Summer Nakaishi
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
It’s an early Saturday morning and all is quiet on Kamoku St. except for the vibrant teal blue 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Clubhouse, where members are already hard at...
Cover Story – T-SHIRT THEATRE
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In the soft darkness of the Farrington High School auditorium, George Kon watches the actors on stage intently. The teenage performers who are drawn from all quarters of Kalihi...
Lead Story – WORDSWORTH THE POET GOES ON STAGE
Renelaine Pfister
"Wordsworth (The Musical)” took 50 years to come to fruition, according to Frances Kakugawa who wrote the children’s books the musical is based on. “A good lesson on patience,” she says.
This musical is...
2022 Okinawan Festival – WHAT A FEAST!
The 3rd Annual Okinawan FEASTival!
2022 Okinawan FEASTival Specials
Support our Okinawan-owned restaurants and food-related businesses from Monday, Sept. 5, through Monday, Sept. 19. Visit the Okinawan FEASTival website (hawaiiokinawans.com) for a breakdown of which restaurants...
OBON EVENTS – 2022 BON DANCE SCHEDULE
For the past two years of COVID-19 uncertainty, Obon festivals were either canceled, virtual or of limited capacity, but this year marks the return of Obon season in Hawai‘i. At press time, the temples...
Entertainment – COMEDY IS DANGEROUS, YOU COULD GET SLAPPED
Worse Than Losing Our Hair, We Are Losing Our Sense of Humor
Ryan Matsumoto
Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The first time I got slapped was in the third grade when I called Shelly Hirayama “Smelly...
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