Cover Story- ALOHA AND MAHALO, PAPAALOA HONGWANJI
The 118-Year-Old Temple Holds Its Last Service
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai'i Herald
It was a very special, but perhaps bittersweet occasion for 20 solemn members of the Hāmākua Coast’s Papaaloa Hongwanji Mission when Rev....
Featured Story – PROMISED LAND
A Family’s Story About Land Lost (But Saved) During Executive Order 9066
Kristen Nemoto Jay
On Feb. 19, 2022, Thomas Yoshioka will be 101 years young. There’s not much to his secret, he says....
Rememberance – FUSAKO UYEMURA TAKAHASHI
The “Heart and Soul” of the “Go For Broke” Stamp Campaign Passes Away at 94
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Fusako Uyemura Takahashi, who initiated the 16-year-long campaign to recognize the accomplishments of the...
Rememberance – REMEMBERING AKIRA OTANI
Karleen Chinen
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In those sweet pre-pandemic days that we can barely remember now, one of my favorite stops every so often was the United Fishing Agency office, located a few yards...
Sports Culture – STEEL IS REAL
Japanese Fixed-Gear Bikes – Art, Sport and Tradition
Nick Kurosawa
Special to the Hawai‘i Herald
Commentary
Fixed-gear bicycles. A movement that has taken hold of the recent generations, providing two-wheeled travel that boasts a different view of the...
Sports – LENN SAKATA RETURNS TO HIS FIRST LOVE
After a Six-Year Retirement Asian American Baseball Pioneer Returns to Manage in the Minor League
Scott Baba
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
After six years in retirement, baseball veteran Lenn Sakata has returned to the sport to...
USPS STAMP – JUNE 3: NATIONWIDE “GO FOR BROKE” STAMP RELEASE
Three California Nisei Women On a Mission to Honor Veterans With US Postal Stamp
Gregg Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: In the Dec. 18, 2020, issue of the Herald, cover article “USPS ‘Go For...
Community – FEB. 19: EVENTS FOR THE “DAY OF REMEMBRANCE”
Ida Yoshinaga
Feb. 19 marks a day that lives in notoriety for Japanese Americans, for Asian American and other immigrants of color in the United States, and for anyone concerned with unjust government treatment of...
USPS STAMP – RUTH ASAWA: HARDWIRED FOR BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE
Scott Baba
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The United States Postal Service released a new stamp in 2020, which celebrates the work of renowned Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa.
Though Asawa’s work stretches across a number of...
Sumō In The Flesh And Other Adventures
Loren Ke‘alaaumoe Fujitani
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
It is winter in Japan — the season marked by kotatsu (table with a built-in foot warmer); hokkairo (hand/body warmers); nabemono (Japanese hot pot); ofuro (hot bath); Uniqlo...