History – “COLORS OF KAUA‘I”
Filmmakers reminisce on capturing LGBTQ history
Eunica Escalante and Marc Graser
Interview by Matthew Houck
Reprint courtesy of Nella Media Group’s Lei Culture
In 2019, Mark Miller and a friend took a trip to Kaua‘i. It began like...
Honoring the Legacy – BRIAN NIIYA
Chronicler and Narrator of the Japanese in America Experience
Melvin Inamasu and Violet Harada
Courtesy: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
Editor’s note: This bimonthly series, “Honoring the Legacy,” is a partnership between The Hawai‘i Herald and the...
Commemoration – NEVER FORGET
Lynn Heirakuji
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Writer’s Note: The Hawai‘i Herald Editor, Kristen Nemoto Jay, asked me to write an article about 9/11 because she knew that I had been in Washington, D.C., on that...
Genealogy – OKINAWA PREFECTURAL LIBRARY
Colin Sewake
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“Knowledge is power” goes the saying attributed to Francis Bacon in his published work, “Meditationes Sacrae” (1597). But how does one go about obtaining knowledge? Reading books is one...
Honoring the Legacy – JOYCE TSUNODA
Trailblazer for Hawai‘i’s Community Colleges
Melvin Inamasu and Violet Harada
Courtesy: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
Editor’s note: “Honoring the Legacy” is a partnership between The Hawai‘i Herald and the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. It celebrates...
History – THE SPIRIT OF SHINOBU
The life, hardships and resilience of the Tani family
Carlyn Leinani Tani
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
As evening fell on July 18, 1926, a Dodge touring car packed with the nine-member Tani family came barreling down...
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...
History – KUAKINI HOME CELEBRATES 90TH ANNIVERSARY
Summer Nakaishi
Kuakini’s Hale Pulama Mau auditorium was decorated festively – tables topped with sakura paper fans and a blossoming orchid, with intricately cut paper cherry blossoms dusted across pink tablecloths – ready to celebrate...
History – HIMEYURI AND HAWAI‘I
Colin Sewake
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Almost eight decades have passed since the Battle of Okinawa and the end of World War II, but the memories of 136 teachers and students from a women’s school...
Nisei Soldiers – The Nisei Soldiers of World War II
Lynn Heirakuji
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the formation of the famed 100th Infantry Battalion, whose original members were from Hawai‘i, most of them Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans).
The story...
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