On Finding Myself As A Sansei
Ken Saiki
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
My nisei mother wanted to make sure her four children — all born before or during World War II — would be thoroughly Americanized and not face the same...
Lessons From Mälama Honua
Jenna Ishii
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: In addition to Alan Suemori’s story tracing Jenna Ishii’s journey of self-discovery through her involvement with the Polynesian sailing canoe Höküle‘a, we invited Jenna to share her...
Kökua Kumamoto
Karleen C. Chinen
Along road to recovery lies ahead for the people of the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto and surrounding areas such as Oita Prefecture following the April 14 and 16 earthquakes that rocked Kumamoto...
“Family Ingredients” Prescreening To Benefit Huoa
Karleen C. Chinen
There is a scene in the film “The Hundred-Foot Journey” that melts my heart. After cooking all his young life in his family’s Indian restaurant and now in a small town in...
Living The Dream, Ignoring History
Mark Matsunaga
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Sansei have carved a comfortable place in Hawai‘i and America. Maybe too comfortable.
Individual Sansei have done very well, earning national stature that transcends ethnicity. Think Ellison Onizuka, Eric Shinseki,...
Welcome To Medicare
Cate Kortzeborn
Courtesy: Medicare
Did you enroll in Medicare recently, or will you be enrolling in the near future? If so, let me be the first to say, “Welcome!”
What should your first step be as a...
Jenna Ishii’s “Worldwide Voyage”
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Jenna Ishii’s “Worldwide Voyage” began in 1993 in the third grade classroom of Mrs. Noreen Varney at Hanahau‘oli School. “She dedicated an entire quarter of the school year to Höküle‘a...
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