![“. . . [W]ith the encouragement of the local Okinawans who came to the camps, it was their saving grace,” said HUOA executive director Jane Serikaku. (Photo by Gregg Kakesako)](https://www.thehawaiiherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Cover-storyJane-Serikaku-265x198.jpeg "Lead Story – Finding Closure and Peace")
“Thank You,” Eric Shinseki
Editor’s note: The resignation in late May of U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki left many in Hawai‘i with uneasy feelings. Like Hawai‘i astronaut Ellison Onizuka, the first American astronaut of Japanese...
Pāhoa Braces for Pele’s Arrival
By Frances H. Kakugawa
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
History is repeating itself in the small, rural village of Pähoa, where I grew up on the Big Island of Hawai‘i.
Fifty-four years ago, another village in the...
Lead Story – Journey To My Furusato With Dad
A Missed Opportunity Inspires A Commitment to Help Others Touch Their Ancestral Homeland
Ken Saiki
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
I called my daughter at work and told her the good news: My father had heard that we...
Willie Goo’s (Guardian Angel) Fog
Editor’s note: On this day, June 5, exactly 73 years ago, the all-Japanese American Hawaiian Provisional Infantry Battalion sailed out of Honolulu Harbor aboard the SS Maui. This was just six months after Japan’s...
Lead Story – Shimaya Shoten Turns 100
Exemplary Service Keeps Loyal Customers Coming Back
Gwen Battad Ishikawa
Long before the arrival in Hawai‘i of Costco and Sam’s Club, Shimaya Shoten was the place to go for food that could be purchased in bulk,...
Lead Story – Reflecting on “Its a Wonderful Life”
The “Christmas Classic” Has Meaning All Year Long
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In November of 1939, the American author, editor and Civil War historian Philip Van Doren Stern sat down to write an original...
Hilo Lunch Shop Is Comfort Food Central
Corey Masao Johnson
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The first scratch of dawn has yet to mark the sky. Wiping away tired eyes, I cut the car engine a few steps away from the entrance to...
Lead Story – Flying Saucers Invade Kaua‘i
Gerald Hirata
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In the last few years, there have been published reports of Flying Saucer sightings on Kaua‘i. But the community here doesn’t seem to be at all concerned. In fact,...
Honouliuli Designated A National Historic Monument
Karleen C. Chinen
Seventeen years ago, a phone call from a Honolulu television reporter was routed to Jane Kurahara, a retired librarian who was volunteering in the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i’s Resource Center.
“Where is...
SHINGON SHU HAWAI‘I SAILING ITS OWN CANOE
Photo Courtesy: OnlyInHawaii.org
In 2004, an historic event took place when the Shingon temple on Sheridan Street in Honolulu broke away from its denominational headquarters in Japan and became independent. It was the first time...
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