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...
View ArticleMaui Matsuri: For The Sake Of The Keiki
“Dis wen happen long, long time ago in Japan,” she starts in a low voice as the sun begins to set over the West Maui Mountains. About 400 people from 8 to 80 years old lean in closer as Kathy “Tita”...
View ArticleShufu Society Holds Spring Cultural Event
Members of the Shufu Society of Hawaii and invited guests had an opportunity to view traditional Japanese arts and crafts ranging from lacquerware to artwork to kimono at its spring cultural event in...
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Book on “Sugihara Survivors” Published in English
TÖKYÖ — A former official of the Japan National Tourism Organization has released an English-language version of his research on the wartime escape of Jews from Nazi persecution via Japan. Akira...
View Article2014 Okinawan Festival
Saturday’s Program | Sunday’s Program Cultural Tent | Festival Favorites 9 a.m. KILAUEA OKINAWA DANCE CLUB Toshiko Neumann, Leader 9:15 a.m. NUUANU OKINAWA SHORIN-RYU / SHINDEN-RYU KARATE ASSOCIATION...
View ArticleCultural Tent –“Shīsā”
The Hui O Laulima women’s group is once again organizing the festival’s Cultural Tent, with Tina Kaneshiro and Laura Ajimine serving as co-chairs. The group selected “Shīsā” as the theme for this...
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Okinawan Festival Favorites
ALL-TIME FAVORITES! Pig’s Feet Soup: It’s called ashitibichi in Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language). Pieces of pig’s feet are cooked in a soup stock and garnished with konbu (seaweed), daikon (turnip),...
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Saturday’s Program | Sunday’s Program Cultural Tent | Festival Favorites 9 a.m. RYUKYU SOKYOKU KOYO KAI HAWAII SHIBU (Jane Kaneshiro and Bonnie Miyashiro, Co-chairs) Featured Okinawan koto schools: •...
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Summer in Ōshima
By Loren Ke‘alaaumoe Fujitani Special to The Hawai‘i Herald It has been a year since I arrived here on the island of Suo-Öshima in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Although it doesn’t feel like a year has passed,...
View ArticleReady…Set…Tobe!
Jodie Ching Special to The Hawai‘i Herald TOBE! . . . FLY! Choichi Terukina-Sensei, a National Living Treasure of Japan in the Afuso style of Okinawan uta sanshin (singing and playing sanshin...
View ArticleAs I See It – Can Hawai‘i Really Teach America About Race?
Jonathan Y. Okamura, Ph.D. Commentary Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Last Nov. 18, I participated in a public forum with five other speakers on the topic, “What Can Hawai‘i Teach America about Race,” at...
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Nengajo (continued II)
Kayla Nadig, grade 6, Kapolei Middle School — second place, artistic, middle school. Ashlyn Wong, grade 12, Roosevelt High School — third place, comical, high school. Angela Isidro, grade 11, Moanalua...
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Nengajo (continued)
Hunter Bosserman, grade 4, ‘Äina Haina Elementary School — first place, original, elementary. Catherine Palmer, grade 11, Sacred Hearts Academy — second place, original, high school. Giovanni Luu,...
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Nengajo – Welcome 2017, Year of The Rooster!
The artwork on the following pages are the winning entries of the annual nengajö, or New Year’s card, design contest for students taking Japanese language. The statewide contest is sponsored by the...
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Community – A Whole New World
Soto Mission of Hawaii Hosts Ministers’ Children from Japan Jodie Chiemi Ching Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Byodo-in at the Valley of the Temples in Käne‘ohe was another stop on the students’...
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Cherry Blossom Festival Special – Queen Interview
64th Cherry Blossom Festival Court members are dressed in beautiful furisode kimono in Kyoto, Japan, while visiting Diamond Sponsor Watabe Wedding. Alexis Sayuri Okihara 64th Cherry Blossom Festival...
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Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Contestants (p. 3 of 4)
Kaelyn Sachiko Okuhata Kaelyn Okuhata Parents: Kevin and Lori Okuhata High School: King Kekaulike High School (Hawai‘i Island), 2012 College/Degree/Year: Chapman University, bachelor’s degree in...
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Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Contestants (p. 2 of 4)
Lori Satoki Kim Lori Kim Parents: Eric and Karen Kim High School: Pacific Buddhist Academy, 2007 College/Degree/Year: University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, bachelor’s degree in business administration –...
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Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Contestants (p. 1 of 4)
Jennifer Keiko Ezaki Jennifer Exaki Parents: Bruce and Laura Ezaki High School: Our Redeemer Lutheran, 2009 College/Degree/Year: Biola University, bachelor’s degree in communication, 2013; University...
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2017 Okinawan Festival – Even More Culture in this Year’s Cultural Tent!
The Okinawan Festival’s Cultural Tent is a great place to spend several hours of your time at the festival expanding your knowledge of Okinawan culture. The Cultural Tent, which is organized annually...
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