Cover Story – “Picture Bride Stories” Historian Barbara Kawakami’s Long-Awaited Book is a Treasure
Karleen C. Chinen
Thirty. “Thirty” is a number that comes up often in conversations about Barbara F. Kawakami’s long-awaited book, “Picture Bride Stories.” That is how long the methodical Kawakami has been working on this...
Estate Planning Insights – Land Court vs. Regular System
ESTATE PLANNING By Ethan R. Okura
“Aki No Karaoke” Festival on Maui
WHO/WHAT: Maui Karaoke Club presents its fall karaoke festival, “Aki No Karaoke.
WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, Sept. 25, from noon-4 p.m. at Kaunoa Senior Center in Spreckelsville.
COST: Tickets are $5 each and includes a bento lunch. Tickets...
Community Focus – Hui Makaala Holds Fundraising Fashion Show
Hui Makaala held its 47th scholarship fundraising fashion show luncheon at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom on July 24. The show featured fashions by three design groups — Dolkii, by sisters Shaiyanne Dar...
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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 learns he received the order because...
Legacy of the Sansei – We Are Sansei
Lynne Kobashigawa Waihee
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Although a grandchild of Issei grandparents, I do not consider myself a “true” Sansei, since both my parents, Toshio Kobashigawa and Matsue (Ikehara) Kobashigawa, were Kibei-Nisei (American-born Japanese/Okinawans...
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