Community Focus – Urasenke Hawaii Celebrates the “Year of the Rat”
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“Shoko Shiranami Gonin Otoko” Play Highlights 2020 HJCC Shinnen Enkai
The Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Year of the Rat with its 75th annual shinnen enkai (New Year’s banquet) on Jan. 24 at the Sheraton Waikiki. About 400 HJCC members and their family and friends attended the event. The shinnen enkai is always well attended, with people enjoying fellowship and the introduction of....
Herald Salutes
Hui O Laulima recently awarded cultural grants totaling $10,000 to 10 organizations and individuals for projects aimed at promoting and perpetuating Okinawan culture. Hui O Laulima is a nonprofit women’s organization and an active member of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association. The grants were awarded to:
Community – Lynn Miyahira Thanks “Village” That Raised Her
HUOA’s 2020 President Looks Ahead to a Year of Milestone Anniversaries Lynn Miyahira Published with Permission I am so honored to be here today. So, Governor David Ige, First Lady Dawn Amano Ige, fellow Gajanchu (members of Miyahira’s ancestral village club, Gaza Yonagusuku Doshi Kai), Mayor Kirk Caldwell, Consul General Koichi Ito and Mrs. Ito,....
In Our Community – JCCH Ohana Festival Shines Through Rain and Clouds
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Big Island Community Focus – Hilo High School Foundation to Honor Taniguchi and Masuhara
The Hilo High School Foundation will present its Distinguished Alumni Awards to Barry Taniguchi and John Masuhara, posthumously, at the foundation’s 10th annual Recognition Dinner. The dinner will be held Friday, Feb. 28, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin Sangha Hall.
Big Island Community Focus – Bon Dance Returns to Naalehu Hongwanji Mission
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Issei History – Katsu Goto, Honoring the Legacy of a Hero
Hamakua Jodo Mission Working to Preserve History Jodie Chiemi Ching The Hamakua Jodo Mission, in Pa‘auhau Mauka on Hawai‘i Island, was the first sanctioned Buddhist temple in the state of Hawai‘i. It was built in 1896 at the epicenter of the five sugar plantations on the island, and served the community of Japanese contract laborers.....
A Sense of Place – “A Small Obligation and Other Stories of Hilo”
Susan Nunes From “A Small Obligation and Other Stories of Hilo,” Published with Permission Editor’s note: The following short stories by Susan Miho Nunes are set in her hometown of Hilo on Hawaii Island. They were published in 1982 in her book, “A Small Obligation and Other Stories of Hilo,” by Bamboo Ridge Press. Nunes....
A Sense of Place – “Hilo Rains”
Juliet S. Kono
From “Hilo Rains,” Republished with Permission
Editor’s note: “Hilo Rains,” Juliet Kono Lee’s first book of poetry, was published in 1988 by Bamboo Ridge Press. The poems draw on Kono’s and her family’s...
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