POP Art – Garrin Taga is the Amigurumi Banker
Free Time Developed Into a Creative Side Gig Jodie Chiemi Ching By day, Garrin Taga is an accounting specialist with Bank of Hawaii in downtown Honolulu. But when the 27-year-old Punahou grad isn’t crunching numbers, his hands are usually busy at work filling orders for his popular amigurumi creatures. Amigurumi is the Japanese art of....
“Toyo: Behind the Glass Eye” Exhibit
WHO/WHAT: The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center will present the Hawai‘i premiere of “TOYO: Behind the Glass Eye,” an exhibition of photographs by the prolific California photographer Toyo Miyatake. An issei from Kagawa Prefecture, he...
Community Focus – HUOA Honors “Uchinanchu of the Year”
The Hawaii United Okinawa Association recognized 42 “Uchinanchu of the Year” representing 32 HUOA member-clubs at its annual ”Uchinanchu of the Year”/Installation Banquet at the Hawaii Okinawa Center on Jan. 19. The 2018 “Uchinanchu of the Year” were recognized for their service to their respective clubs, the HUOA and the larger Hawai‘i community. The honorees....
Community Focus – United Japanese Society Rings in “Year of the Boar”
Members and supporters of the United Japanese Society of Hawaii welcomed the “Year of the Boar” at the organization’s 60th annual shinnen enkai on Jan. 12 at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. After observing a moment of silence in memory of deceased UJSH members, Onoe Kikunobukazu (Howard Asao) and Onoe Kikunobutomi (Brandon Goda) performed....
Community Focus – East Hawaii Hiroshima Kenjin Kai Shinnen Enkai Meetings Set for Feb....
The East Hawaii Hiroshima Kenjin Kai will celebrate the arrival of the “Year of the Boar” at its annual luncheon meeting on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin Sangha Hall. A short business meeting conducted by Kenjin Kai president Jon Arizumi will begin at 10:30 a.m. At that time, the Beiju celebrants....
NGN Programs
“Bokura wa Kiseki de Dekiteru (Miracles),” premiers Monday, March 4 at 7:35 p.m. Kazuki Aikawa is an instructor of ethology at a university. Kazuki is a distracted sort with his own little world, having little interest for things not involving his beloved creatures and animals, and his passion often makes him disregarded with everything around....
Real Possibilities – Free Tax Assistance from AARP Foundation Tax-Aide
REAL POSSIBILITIES By Barbara Kim Stanton
NGN3 March Movie Schedule
MARCH 1, FRIDAY Midnight - Good Rascals 1:30 a.m. - Samurai Spies 3:10 a.m. - Gate of Youth 5:30 a.m. - Return of the One-Armed Swordsman 6:50 a.m. - A Carpenter and Children 9:40 a.m. - The Karate Man and the Spy 11a.m. - Mysteries of Edo 12:30 p.m. - The Challenge 2 p.m. - Mighty Shosuke....
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