Remembrance – SEN. AND REV. BOB NAKATA
Remembering a Compassionate Social Activist
Richard Borecca
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Rev. Bob Nakata was one of Hawai‘i’s most influential and unlikely social activists. Nakata was 80 when he died in July after suffering a stroke...
Literature – CHRIS MCKINNEY SHOOTS FOR DA STARS
“Midnight, Water City” is Author’s First Venture into Sci-fi
Lee A. Tonouchi
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Known for his novels and films that reveal Hawai‘i’s dark underbelly, Mid-Pacific Institute ‘91 grad Chris McKinney has been churning ‘em...
Business – KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
The First Cohort of Women Start a 10-week Finance and Networking Program
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, was the start of many great firsts for June Fernandez. As the founder and owner of employment...
Featured Story – RYÜKYÜ SHINPÖ’S CLASSICAL RYUKYUAN KONKÜRU
Continuing a Tradition To Preserve the Arts Even in COVID Times
Grant “Masandü” Sadami Murata
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Classical Ryukyuan music or Ryükyü Koten Ongaku was brought to Hawai‘i by Okinawan Issei over 100 years...
Cultural Identity – “WE ARE ALL CONNECTED UNDER THE SAME MOON”
Sansei Scholar Wesley Ueunten on What it Means to be Okinawan
Ida Yoshinaga
Researching Uchinanchu Within the Global Community
Wesley Ueunten (上運天巌), an accomplished professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, spent his pandemic...
My Hawaii – TREES TODAY, SANSHIN TOMORROW
Colin Sewake
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Okinawa is such a beautiful place, not just the ocean and scenery and culture, but the people. I’ve been treated well and taken care of by many people here in what...
Issei Pioneers – CHIYEKO TAKUSHI: HAWAI‘I’S FIRST WOMAN INSURANCE AGENT
How an Issei Okinawan Woman Broke the Glass Ceiling in the 1930s
Lynette Teruya
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
When 7-year-old Ushi Tamagusuku left Okinawa in 1910, who could have known that she would someday become the...
Feature Story – KUNI ISLAND FABRICS
How a Small Business Helped the Community Sew Their Way Through a Pandemic
Wayne Muromoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Old timers will remember the name of Kuni Dry Goods, or just “Kuni’s,” but if they haven’t...
Community – OBON AT THE WAIMÄNALO JAPANESE CEMETERY
Rev. Bert Sumikawa Continues to Help Descendants Honor their Ancestors
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Over a decade has passed since the last time Kailua resident Arthur Nakagawa offered incense at the gravesite of...
In Our Community – POW! WOW! EXHIBIT AT BISHOP MUSEUM
Graffiti Art Makes History
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Editor’s note: This summer, Pow! Wow! — a nonprofit organization street art festival — celebrates 10 years of tagging, spraying, and creating contemporary artwork with an art exhibit at...
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