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Irei No Hi: Stories that Bind us Remembering The Battle of Okinawa

June 13, 2019, 5:19 pm
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WHO/WHAT: The Hawaii United Okinawa Association presents Irei no Hi. There will be a special presentation of the documentary film entitled “Okinawa-sen no Shogen – Testimonies from the Battle of Okinawa,” and a performance by Ryükyü Koten Afuso Ryu Gensei Kai Hawaii Shibu.

Shigeko Nakasone, Dan Nakasone and the Toguchi family will share stories about the Battle of Okinawa.

WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, June 22, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at Hawaii Okinawa Center (94-587 Ukee St.)

COST: Free admission. To pre-order a bento ($7 mini, $14 large, $8 vegetarian) call 676-5400 or email ireinohi@gmail.com.

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Big Island Taiko Festival 2019

June 13, 2019, 5:25 pm
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WHO/WHAT: The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Performing Arts Center presents the Big Island Taiko Festival 2019. The festival will feature Taishoji Taiko, Puna Hongwanji Taiko Club, Kona Daifukuji Taiko Club and Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko of Kohala.

WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, June 9 at 2 p.m. at UH Hilo Performing Arts Center (200 W. Käwili St.).

COST: $20 general admission, $15 seniors 55 and over, $7 for UH Hilo and Hawai‘i Community college students (one per ID only), and $7 for children 17 and under.

For information (808) 932-7490 or email artsctr@hawaii.edu.

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Local Style –“Will Pidgin Survive the 21st Century?”

June 13, 2019, 7:07 pm
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Jodie Chiemi Ching

Almost every day at about 11 a.m., The Hawai‘i Herald team — all three of us — gathers around editor Karleen Chinen’s desk so advertising manager Grant Murata can make us “karaboshi krakkah.”

The “karaboshi krakkah” is a Diamond Bakery Saloon Pilot cracker. Murata spreads his peanut butter and honey mixture on the hard cracker. He said he learned how to make the mixture from Tsuru Sakihara, an issei woman he knew as “Chiru-Obasan” — they were members of an Okinawan dance club. Chiru-Obasan taught him about the old plantation snack.

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Community – Bon Dance Season Kicks Off in Waipahu

June 25, 2019, 6:10 pm
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Hawaii Eisa Shinyu Kai taiko drummers in full swing.

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JCCH Summer Workshop Series: Taiko 101

July 9, 2019, 7:24 pm
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WHO/WHAT: Attendees will learn about the history of taiko in Hawai’i and Japan, common words and phrases and basic hitting techniques in this workshop led by the Taiko Center of the Pacific.

WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, July 12, 9-11 a.m. in the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i Ohana Room on the 5th floor.

COST: $25 for JCCH members, $35 for non-members. To register, visit https://www.jcch.com/summer-workshops. For more information, call 945-7633, x. 25, or email info@jcch.com.

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Culture and Arts – Heritage and Aloha at Kimura Lauhala Shop

July 10, 2019, 5:37 pm
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The Kona Shop Has Been Keeping a Hawaiian Tradition Alive for 105 Years

Jodie Chiemi Ching

“Put your hands into the soil, it’s good for your soul; you get back to where life begins,” said Renee Kimura, the fourth-generation owner and manager of Kimura Lauhala Shop in Kona. Here, the natural scent of the lauhala, enhanced by the warm Kona wind, welcomes visitors from near and far.

“Lau” means leaf in Hawaiian language and refers to the leaves of the “hala,” or Pandanus tree.

A walk through the lauhala shop takes you back to the old plantation days. Photographs of the Kimura ancestors hang on the walls. There are binders fat with articles and more photographs of the old days, along hundreds of hand-woven lauhala items from various artisans.

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In Our Community – Haleiwa Jodo Mission Obon Festival

August 5, 2019, 4:30 pm
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Diehard bon dance enthusiasts got an early start on the evening, dancing to recorded music before the sun had set and the live musicians had arrived.

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Community – Nanako’s Gift of Kansha

August 5, 2019, 4:38 pm
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Fukushima Earthquake Survivor Says, “Thank You Hawai‘i”

Jodie Chiemi Ching

“On March 14, (2011) Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz convened a meeting of local Japanese American groups, businesses, media outlets and financial institutions to launch an ‘Aloha for Japan’ fund drive to provide disaster assistance to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami.” It was one of several global movements that responded to the most powerful and destructive earthquake in Japan’s history. “Sending ALOHA In Japan’s Time of Need,” was the cover headline of The Hawai‘i Herald’s April 1, 2011, edition.

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Moananuiakea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe

August 19, 2019, 4:50 pm
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WHO/WHAT: Hawai‘i Public Radio will host a special screening of “Moananuiäkea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe,” which celebrates the Polynesian voyaging canoe  Hōkūle‘a’s worldwide voyage that connected people and cultures from around the world. Rated PG/153 min. A Q&A session with members of Höküle‘a’s crew will follow the screening.

WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, Aug. 25, 4 p.m. in the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Museum of Art.

COST: $10 for HoMA and HPR members, $12 for non-members. Purchase tickets online at https://secure.honolulumuseum.org/single/SelectSeating.aspx?p=10351.

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Celebrating Culture – The Road to “Tobe! UTA Sanshin in NY”

August 19, 2019, 5:38 pm
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A Birthday Celebration for Choichi Terukina-Sensei That We Will All Remember

Kenton Odo
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald

The dream of performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City dates all the way back to 2003 when OTV (Okinawa Television) host Shinichi Maehara interviewed me for an episode of his series, “Sekai Uchinanchu Kiko (Worldwide Uchinanchu).” After conducting interviews at several different locations, the final  interview was done at the Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park with iconic Diamond Head and O‘ahu’s south shore in the distance.

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2019 Okinawan Festival – Music, Odori, Taiko, Karate, and More!

August 19, 2019, 7:09 pm
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SATURDAY, AUG. 31, 2019  (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) 9:30 a.m. RYUKYU SOKYOKU KOYO KAI HAWAII SHIBU Derek Fujio, President Jane Kaneshiro Sozan Kai Bonnie Miyashiro Soho Kai Yamashiro Yoneko Sokyoku Kenkyu Kai Yasuko Arakawa Aki no Kai Toyoko Toma Sokyo Kai Kazuko Ito Sokyoku Kyoshitsu 9:55 a.m. RYUKYU KOTEN ONGAKU NOMURA RYU ONGAKU KYOKAI HAWAII SHIBU…

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2019 Okinawan Festival –“The Festival” and “The Mura”

August 19, 2019, 7:15 pm
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Last year, the leadership and member-clubs of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association took a leap into the unknown and moved the Okinawan Festival from Kapi‘olani Park to the Hawai‘i Convention Center. It was an experimental year for the state’s largest ethnic festival.

It proved to be a good move as it had an estimated 56,000 attendees over the Labor Day weekend last year. Moving the event indoors to the spacious and air-conditioned convention center provided an opportunity to showcase additional activities and displays. The comfortable environment made for a smoother experience, especially for attendees with wheelchairs, walkers, strollers and — YAY! — a lot of clean restrooms

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Culture – Okinawa’s First to Enter Keiki Hula Competition in Hawaii

August 19, 2019, 7:22 pm
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Ishii Takes Fourth Place

Jodie Chiemi Ching

On July 25, Kainosuke Ishii of Ginowan, Okinawa took fourth place in the master’s division at the Queen Lili‘uokani Keiki Hula Competition at the Neal S. Blaisedell Arena. It is the first time anyone from Okinawa has entered the Hawai‘i competition, although there have been participants from other parts of Japan. Kainosuke was also the only competitor outside of Hawai‘i to enter the masters’ solo division.

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Culture and Science – Samuel Ohu Gon III, Master Chanter

September 12, 2019, 6:03 pm
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Teaching the World a New Approach to Conservation

Roy Kodani
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald

Samuel ‘Ohu Gon III, is a respected master Hawaiian chanter and a conservation biologist. The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii recognized him as a Living Treasure of Hawaii in 2014 for his work in biocultural conservation — melding Hawaiian culture with conservation. Like many people of Hawai‘i, Gon is a man of mixed ancestry. He is about half Japanese, and learned that he is also Chinese, Hawaiian and Native American, according to a recent DNA analysis.

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In Our Community – August 16 to 18 “Made in Hawaii Festival”

September 12, 2019, 6:19 pm
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Philip and Mieko Markwart of One by One Enterprises are familiar faces at craft fairs all over town. Philip and Mieko are both fiber and ceramic artists. Every year, they come up with creative and whimsical T-shirt and dishtowel designs centered on the coming year’s zodiac animal. Notice Philip’s “Rat Crackers” T-shirt to celebrate 2020, the Year of the Rat.

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In Our Community – Ikebana International’s Make-And-Take

September 12, 2019, 6:22 pm
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Five-year-old Evelyn Camero works on her own ikebana arrangement while her uncle, Peter Kawamoto (next to her, but not pictured), works on his own arrangement.

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Learn to Play “Hanafuda: Na Pua Hawaii”

September 25, 2019, 5:33 pm
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WHO/WHAT: Learn how to play “Hanafuda: Nä Pua Hawai’i,” a card game that depicts plants and animals either endemic to Hawai’i or were introduced via canoes in early Polynesian migrations. As participants play with this new, unique set of hanafuda cards, stories and legends from ancient and modern Hawai’i will be shared. Novice and advance players are welcome.

WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, Sept. 21, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Shop Pacifica.

General admission: Adult, $24.95; senior 65+, $21.95; youth 4-17 years old, $16.95.

Kama’aina and military: Adult, $14.95; senior 65+, $12.95; youth 4-17 years old, $10.95.

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In Our Community – Hands on Raku

September 25, 2019, 7:17 pm
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In Our Community –“Karii! Awamori Experience”

September 25, 2019, 7:21 pm
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In Our Community – Maui Okinawan Festival

October 22, 2019, 5:36 pm
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Five-year-old Cummins Chong-Kee tames the shishi (lion) while Amy Shinsato, Terry Higa-Sensei (obscured), Lori Shinsato, Norman Kaneshiro-Sensei and George Fujita performed music to assist him. Inside the shishi’s costume are brothers Aukai Joy and Kuakini Joy.

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