Japanese Director Makes Film Inspired By Sadako’s Story
By Chitose Nakagawa/Kyodo News
LOS ANGELES — A Japanese film director based in Los Angeles has made a film about how people have drawn strength from the story of 12-year-old Sadako Sasaki, who died of...
Sansei Legacy In A Mixed Plate Culture
Grant Kagimoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Legacy. What is our generation passing on to the next generation? I don’t feel comfortable speaking for all of us. I think that arena is best left to anthropologists...
Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Contestants
Lori Miki Anzai
Parents: Guy and Kathleen Anzai
High School: Moanalua High School, 2008
College/Degree/Year: University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, bachelor’s degree in communicology and minor in Japanese, 2012; University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, bachelor’s degree in...
Hui O Laulima Awards 2016 Cultural Grants
Hui O Laulima, a nonprofit women’s organization and a member-club of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association, has awarded $5,000 in cultural grants to seven individuals and organizations that promote and perpetuate Okinawan culture in...
Crosscurrents Concert With Pro Musica Nipponia
WHO/WHAT: The East-West Center Arts Program and UH Manoa Music Composition Program present a trio of top musicians from the prize-winning Pro Musica Nipponia ensemble of Tokyo, who will perform traditional and contemporary Japanese...
Japanese Jazz Trio Sets Guinness Record As Oldest
By Yui Yamazaki/Kyodo News
ÖSAKA — The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized a Japanese jazz trio as the band with the oldest average age: 83 years.
The members of the group, Golden Senior Trio,...
Gen’s Home Sweet Home
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
If you wander along the backroads of Wai‘anae Valley, there is an unpaved country lane that will take you to a quiet farm that is always filled with the...
Huoa Installs 2016 Officers And Honors “uchinanchu Of The Year”
Karleen C. Chinen
Over 900 people packed the Albert T. and Wallace T. Teruya Pavilion at the Hawaii Okinawa Center on Jan. 16 for the installation of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association’s 2016 officers and...
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