May 19, 2017

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 12:50 a.m. – The Valiant Red Peony 4 2:30 a.m. – Deep River Melody 4 a.m. – With Songs in Our Hearts 5:40 a.m. – Cross the Rubicon! 7:20 a.m. – HIBI Rock: Puke Afro and the Pop Star 9:20 a.m. – Mysteries of Edo 2 10:50 a.m. – Terror of Yakuza 12:30 p.m.....

“Hiyokko,” premieres Saturday, June 2 at 7:15 p.m. The 96th NHK morning drama serial is about Mineko, a girl born in Ibaraki Prefecture, who comes up to Tokyo for the mass employment during the high economic growth period. The story portrays her eventful life and growth as a person. Mineko was born in 1964, the....

Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is small but has a gold mine. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within five days; however, the time needed to visit Edo for Masaatsu is eight days. He also....

“My Destiny,” Sunday at 5 p.m. Lucas Matthew is told by a fortune teller that he will meet his true love at the age of 21. Meanwhile, a young girl named Grace is told the same thing by another fortune teller. Neither Lucas Matthew nor Grace takes the predictions seriously until years later when they....

“Bubbly Lovely,” Monday-Friday at 9:20 p.m.; re-airs Monday-Friday at 12:20 p.m. After a heart transplant, Eun Bang Wool starts to display the characteristics and habits of her donor. She also falls in love with the man who her donor loved and gets entangled in many family and company secrets. Starring Ji Hye Wang, Eun Tak....

A DELICIOUS BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER HEALTH PLAN (Part 3/Final) Broccoli, a member of the mustard family, was accepted early on in the United States as a vegetable with cancer-preventing benefits. More recently, broccoli sprouts, with...

BIG ISLAND June 10 (Sat.): Honomu Henjyoji Mission, 7 p.m.; Hatsubon and Obon service at 5 p.m. (28-1668 Old Mamalahoa Hwy., 963-6308) June 10 (Sat.): Obon Festival at Keauhou Shopping Center (Kona Hongwanji), 6 p.m.; food booths available (78-6831 Ali‘i Dr., 323-2993) June 17 (Sat.): Papaikou Hongwanji, 7 p.m., following 6 p.m. service (27-378 Old....

O‘AHU June 3 (Sat.): Hawaii’s Plantation Village, 5:45 p.m., following 5:30 p.m. blessing; food booths/food trucks, shave ice truck, craft vendors and baked goods booths available from 4:30 p.m. (94-695 Waipahu St., 677-0110) June 17 (Sat.): Ewa Hongwanji, 7 p.m., following 6 p.m. service; food booths available (91-1133 Renton Rd., 681-5222) June 23-24 (Fri./Sat.): Honpa....

BY FRANCES H. KAKUGAWA There’s a piece of unfinished business in my memory that I want to share with the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team veterans on behalf of a stranger in Germany. When I was visited Germany years ago, an old woman looked at me and began to weep. She reached out her....

REAL POSSIBILITIES BY Barbara Kim Stanton