In Our Community – JCCH Ohana Festival Shines Through Rain and Clouds
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Big Island Community Focus – Bon Dance Returns to Naalehu Hongwanji Mission
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From the Mailbag
Dear Editor, Thanks for Dan Nakasone’s story (Jan. 3, 2020, edition) — so nostalgic because I, too, grew up in Wahiawä and worked in the fields during the summer for $1.25 an hour. I was so proud to treat my family to dinner at Three Coins (where Zippy’s is now) with my first paycheck. This....
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.....
Riley Lee and the Enigma Quartet
WHO/WHAT: As part of the University of Hawai‘i Honolulu Chamber Music series, Riley Lee — world-renowned shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) master — and the Sydney-based Enigma Quartet present the premier of “Five Elements.”
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Memories – The Two Families of Isamu Manago
Jodie Chiemi Ching “I have three mothers and three fathers — I feel grateful,” said 91-year-old Isamu Manago who is the second youngest of Kinzo and Osame Manago’s seven children. Kinzo and Osame founded the Manago Hotel in Kona on Hawai‘i Island in 1917, now owned and managed by sansei Dwight Manago and his wife....
Community Focus – Urasenke Hawaii Celebrates the “Year of the Rat”
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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.