December 20, 2019

KIKU-TV 2020 New Year's Specials “The 70th Annual Red and White Song Contest,“ Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 5-10 p.m.; repeats on Thrusday, Jan. 2 at Noon-5 p.m. This year marks the 70th year since Kohaku Uta Gassen began! The program, more commonly known as Kohaku, is an annual music show produced by ­Japanese broadcaster NHK.....

DAIJINGU TEMPLE OF HAWAII (61 Pu‘iwa Rd. in Nu‘uanu) Dec. 31, 10 p.m.: Ooharai (great purification ritual); Dec. 31, 11 p.m.: Jyoya Sai (Year-end blessing); Jan. 1, midnight-4 p.m.: New Year’s blessings: Jan. 1, 2...

Chaminade University’s Mystical Rose Oratory was the setting for the Christmas Concert for PEACE and Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration on Dec. 7. The program by Tinkerbell, a handbells performing group from Japan, and Tsugaru Shamisen music, also from Japan, was organized by the BDK – Rev. (Yoshiaki) Fujitani Interfaith Program at Chaminade University and....

Hawai‘i Island’s much-anticipated Wailea Village Mochi Pounding will be held on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Akiko’s Buddhist B&B in Hakalau (15 mile marker) along the Hämäkua Coast. The community mochi pounding that attracts residents and visitors alike is in its 22nd year. A short film on the event by....

“Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru 2019 (Busukoi 2019),” premieres Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 7:35 p.m. The super-popular voice actor Osamu Suzuno meets Miyuki Oyama by fate. Miyuki, an aspiring voice actor, is not good looking but is a bright and positive girl. She once got her relief from Osamu’s voice, which changed her trajectory of....

“Hands In Helping Out” is Helping to Build a Kinder, More Giving Community Jackie Kojima Special to The Hawai‘i Herald When December rolls around, most kids get to work on their Christmas wish list, hoping for the newest gadgets and toys. Adults, smitten by holiday sales, rush to the malls to shop till they drop.....

8•0•8 By Dennis Fujitake

GENERATION GAP by Jon J. Murakami

“Hibari Chiemi no Yajikita Dochu (Travels of Hibari and Chiemi),” 1962 drama, 1 hour and 26 minutes. Directed by Tadashi Sawashima. Starring Hibari Misora, Chiemi Eri and Chiyonosuke Azuma. Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place....

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15 1:10 a.m. – The Shadow War of the Yakuza 2:50 a.m. – 1,750 Days of Turbulence 4:50 a.m. – Tengu Priest 6:30 a.m. – The Swordsman in the Golden Valley 8 a.m. – A Legend of Turmoil 9:50 a.m. – Tetsu the White Tiger 11:20 a.m. – Giant Rumble 1 p.m. – Scarier Than....