Recording The Story Of Hawaii’s People
Lorraine Oda
Vol. 4, No. 18, Sept. 16, 1983
Until the Ethnic Studies Oral History Project sought them out, Edith Yonenaka, Charlie Santos, Yuzuru Morita, Ernest Malterre and Raku Morimoto considered themselves ordinary working people. But...
OTA Camp Is People
Editor’s note: This story by Gail Miyasaki was published during Hawaii Hochi’s first effort to launch a Japanese American community publication. The editor was James Brown, who later became the Hawaii Hochi’s English editor;...
Moloka‘i’s Renaissance Man
Alan Suemori
Vol. 15, No. 18, Sept. 23, 1994
In Masashi Otsuka’s dream, he is 14 years old again, rocketing across the uplands of Moloka‘i, his ears filled with the pounding of his heart and the...
Slaying The Hapa Stereotye
Shayna Ann Akiko Coleon
Vol. 24, No. 6, March 21, 2003
My friend, who looks like my sister but had always referred to herself as Japanese, giggled. “I’m kinda hapa,” she said. “I’m half-Okinawan, half-Japanese. And...
Barbara And Lonny Tomono
This is a Kyoto love story, like a romantic movie that makes your heart sigh and your body warm all over. It’s about a woodworker from the Big Island and a fiber artist from...
Toshi: The Search For Perfection
If you go to the former exhibit area on the second floor of George Hall on the University of Hawaii campus, you will see them — the large wedge and circles, all made of...
Omega Plus One
About 17 years ago, the University of Hawaii issued a public statement to the effect that the number one problem on the Manoa campus was the apparent fear, reluctance or inability on the part...
Tracing An Indelible Mark
Joe Udell
Vol. 29, No. 19, Oct. 3, 2008
Decades before sweeping art galleries, trendy bars and hip restaurants revitalized O‘ahu’s Chinatown, the area was a gritty mid-century Mecca for tattoo enthusiasts, connecting the mystic art...
MÖ‘ILI‘ILI TORÏ
The low-keyed dedication of the Mö‘ili‘ili Torï took place at 2 p.m. on January 22 in the small triangular parcel of land located between King and Beretania streets. The dignitaries included Jeremy Harris, mayor...
Haruo Kameoka D.D.S.
Gwen Battad
Vol. 17, No. 4, Feb. 16, 1996
From the outside, Room 9 of the Wahiawa Medical Center looked like any other doctor’s office. But inside was much different. It was small by comparison to...
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