Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
FEW GREAT WORDS
It is said a parrot can learn 200 to 300 words; a bright 6-year-old knows about 2,000 to 3,000 words; an ordinary person, 35,000 to 70,000...
KBFD — KOREAN PROGRAMMING
Channel 2 (Spectrum) and 12 (Hawaiian Telcom) (Subject to change, without notice. For updated information, call 521–8066.)
“Secrets and Lies,” Wednesday and Thursday at 7:45 p.m.; repeats Thursday and Friday at 2:15 p.m.
Woo-Jung Han has...
2021 Okinawan Festival – WHAT A FEAST!
Get Your Stomachs Ready For the 2nd Annual Okinawan FEASTival
In celebration of all things Okinawan, the Okinawan Festival will team up with the Okinawan FEASTival to create all of the delicious foods that many...
Real Possibilities – HELP PREPARE YOURSELF FOR RETIREMENT
Craig Gima
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
If you’re like me, it’s fun to daydream about retiring — to think about traveling the world, going to the beach instead of the office, and finally writing a screenplay or...
HAWAII OKINAWA TODAY
Channel 53 (Spectrum) and 1049 or 1053 (Hawaiian Telcom)
Subject to change, without notice. [For updated information, call (808) 834-0007.
Hawaii Okinawa Today’s new episodes premiere on the first Saturday of the month and repeat the...
NGN3 AUGUST MOVIE SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1
Midnight – Seven Gamblers
1:40 a.m. – Drenched Swallow Gonpachi
3:20 a.m. – Code Between Brothers
4:50 a.m. – Drunken Sword
6:30 a.m. – Kamikaze Adventurer
8:30 a.m. – Bloodied Flower
10:20 a.m. – A Scarred Life
Noon –...
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...
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...
Los Angeles Community – LITTLE TOKYO LOVES TAMLYN TOMITA
Gwen Muranaka
Rafu Shimpo Senior Editor
Republished with Permission
Rafu Shimpo, July 31, 2021
Ask Tamlyn Tomita why she loves Little Tokyo and there’s a good chance that tears will be shed. The beloved actor and community...
Honoring the Legacy – ROY KANESHIRO
A Key Leader in the Expansion of the Okinawan Festival in Hawai‘i
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...