“Peace On Your Wings” Neighbor Island Tour
WHO/WHAT: “Peace on Your Wings,” an original musical inspired by the life of Sadako Sasaki and produced by Ohana Arts Festival & School, will begin its neighbor island tour beginning with Kaua‘i. The play...
JCCH New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival
WHO/WHAT: The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i will celebrate the “Year of the Sheep” with its New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival. There will be a variety of food, crafts, entertainment, children’s games, cultural activities, kimono dressing...
Why The Rainbow Shines on Rainbow’s
Louis Wai
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Oh yeah, no pain. About 25 years ago, I was walking past the Prince Kühiö Federal Building on Halekauwila Street in downtown Honolulu when I saw a young man barking at...
Congresswoman Patsy Mink Awarded President Medal Of Freedom
The late Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink, who coauthored and championed the landmark Title IX legislation, was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Wendy Mink accepted the medal on her...
Masumi Watanabe Is Remembered
Kevin Kawamoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
On the seventh anniversary year of their daughter’s death, the parents of Masumi Watanabe from Sado Island, Japan, attended an intimate memorial service at Kawaiaha‘o Church in Honolulu that...
Wrinkles in the Heart
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
A speaker warned his audience, “Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.” It is not shameful to have wrinkles in the face....
“Jimpu Kai And Friends” Performance Set for Jan. 24
Grant “Sandaa” Murata
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
On Saturday, Jan. 24, Cheryl Yoshie Nakasone-Sensei, shihan, or master instructor, and director of the Jimpu Kai, Kin Ryösho Ryükyü Geinou Kenkyusho, will present a multifaceted and multicultural...
Pichah Dis Too
Lee A. Tonouchi
Special to Da Hawai‘i Herald
I not huhu dat my parents and grandparents nevah buy me no Okinawan children’s picture books when I wuz small. For one ting, nevah have too much back...
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