Rikka, Uchinaa-Nkai! – Creating An Uchinaaguchi Textbook And Diversity in Uchinaaguchi
WHO/WHAT: “Rikka, Uchinaa-nkai!” is the first Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language) textbook written in English. Lead author Masashi Sakihara will talk about his experience writing it and the difficulties his team faced editing it. The textbook...
Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Contestants (p. 3 of 4)
Kaelyn Sachiko Okuhata
Parents: Kevin and Lori Okuhata
High School: King Kekaulike High School (Hawai‘i Island), 2012
College/Degree/Year: Chapman University, bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing and a minor in art studio, 2016
“What...
Spotlight – Ehime Maru 17th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony Observed
Sixteen years ago, the USS Greeneville, a nuclear-powered submarine practicing a high-speed surfacing maneuver off O‘ahu’s south shore, struck the Ehime Maru, an Uwajima Fisheries High School training ship from Ehime, Japan, puncturing a...
AARP Hawaii Caregiver Conference
WHO/WHAT: AARP sponsors this conference to provide caregivers with knowledge and to relieve some of the stress that comes with providing the vital service of caring for others.
This year’s conference will focus on how...
Lead Story – Pioneers in the Sky
Former Flight Attendant Remembers Pan Am’s First AJA “Stewardesses”
Betty S. Santoki
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
It was a party Juan Trippe’s employees at Pan American World Airways would never forget. “We are going around the...
Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Contestants (p. 2 of 4)
Lori Satoki Kim
Parents: Eric and Karen Kim
High School: Pacific Buddhist Academy, 2007
College/Degree/Year: University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, bachelor’s degree in business administration – accounting, 2012.
“What does kokoro mean to you?”
“Growing up, Kokoro always meant...
Cherry Blossom Festival Special – Queen Interview
Alexis Sayuri Okihara
64th Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Looks Forward to Sharing Knowledge with Future Generations
Gwen Battad Ishikawa
It is fitting that kansha (gratitude) was the theme of the 64th Cherry Blossom Festival, because kansha is...
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