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2017 Okinawan Festival – MUSIC, DANCE, AND LOTS MORE!
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2, 2017 (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) 9 a.m. RYUKYU SOKYOKU KOYO KAI HAWAII SHIBU Jane Kaneshiro and Bonnie Miyashiro, Co-chairs Jane Kaneshiro Sozan Kai Bonnie Miyashiro Soho Kai Toma Toyoko...
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2017 Okinawan Festival – Countdown on to the 35th Okinawan Festival!
Okinawan Festival Returning to Kapi‘olani Park Labor Day Weekend After cancelling last year’s Okinawan Festival just days before the signature summer event was set to open, citing safety concerns over...
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The Arts – Passing on Her Passion
Romi Beppu starts warm-up exercise with her students. Principal Dancer Romi Beppu is Training the Next Generation of Principal Dancers Gregg K. Kakesako Special to The Hawai‘i Herald At age 34,...
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Culture – Keeping Japanese Dance Alive on Kauai!
Azuma Kikusue-Sensei corrects the arm positions of 12-year-old Madison Doo and 8-year-old Skye Schumacher. (Photos courtesy Azuma Kikusue-Sensei) A Rewarding Experience for Both Students and Teacher...
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Culture –“Aloha Den-On” To Debut New Ryukyuan Music School
Allison Yanagi-Sensei’s inspiration — her maternal grandparents, Bokuzen and Haruko Kaneshiro. Nomura Ryü Dentö Ongaku Kyökai Okinawa to Join Hawai‘i Concert Jodie Chiemi Ching Special to the Hawai‘i...
View ArticleCommunity Focus – Culture Award Nominees Sought For Japanese Cultural Society...
The Japanese Cultural Society of Maui is accepting nominations for its annual Nihon Bunka Awards, or Japanese culture awards. Winners will be honored at the organization’s shinnen enkai dinner on Jan....
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Community Focus – Three Cultural Treasures Honored at JCAH “Bunka No HI”
Omikoshi carriers get their final instructions before heading down Kïlauea Avenue. The Japanese Community Association of Hawaii, based in Hilo, honored three “cultural treasures” at its biennial “Bunka...
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Lead Story – Queen Lili‘uokalani Honored at Honpa Hongwanji
Front row: Rev. Kevin Kuniyuki of the Buddhist Studies Center; Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin chief minister Rev. Toyokazu Hagio; Thomas K. Kaulukukui Jr., trustee and chairman of the board of trustees...
View ArticleHawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmang u
WHO/WHAT: Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha welcomes the “Year of the Dog” with traditional New Year’s blessings beginning at midnight, Jan. 1, 2018. As far of the festivities, you can get your head bitten by a...
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My Hawaii – More Than Half
Keiko, our daughter Mizuki and me at Mizuki’s graduation from Kyuyo High School in Okinawa-shi (City). Keiko and our children, Mizuki and Yoshiaki “Aki,” visiting Obaa-chan (grandmother, Keiko’s mom)...
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Oshogatsu – New Life for Your Leftover Mochi
Mochi topped with natto and daikon. (Photos by Chloe Suzuki) Editor’s note: It’s the fifth day of the new year and every time you open your frig, those trays of glutinous white rice cakes — mochi — are...
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Lead Story – Kahauiki Village: “We Built It!”
Student volunteers cleaned up as other construction professionals put the final touches on Kahauiki Village a week before the grand opening. What Can Happen When the People Put Their Heads and Hearts...
View ArticlePacific Buddhist Academy Taiko Festival
WHO/WHAT: Pacific Buddhist Academy’s Hyaku Sen Ki Kai Taiko — the school’s student taiko group — and PBA’s faculty will present their annual taiko festival. ”Koi-Koi! — Let’s Go!” is the theme of this...
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Hanamatsuri 2018 – Buddha Day Celebration Set for April 1
The baby Buddha statue in a floral display represents his birth in the Lumbini Garden, surrounded by flowers. Hawaii Buddhist Council Also Plan Joint Gannenmono Memorial Service Bishop Chishin Hirai...
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Community Focus – Hawaii Fukuoka Kenjin Kai Celebrates the “Year of the Dog”
Honoring the Keiro members (seated, from left): Wallace Inouye, age 80; Consul General of Japan Koichi Ito (seated, second from left), Kusuo Tada, age 102; Mabel Sekiya, age 88; and Nobue Akashi, age...
View ArticleBalinese Dance and Music at Asia Pacific Dance Festival
WHO/WHAT: The Asia Pacific Dance Festival will premiere “Ramayana: The Abduction of Sita,” an ancient Hindu epic told through Balinese dance and music. “Ramayana” is a collaboration between Gamelan...
View ArticleHTY Presents One Performance of “7 (x1) Samurai”
WHO/WHAT: David Gaines’ original one-person rendition of director Akira Kurosawa’s epic “Seven Samurai.” “7 (x1) Samurai” — pronounced “7 (by one) Samurai” — is a mixture of mime, storytelling and...
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Gannenmono Literature – O.A. Bushnell Novels Captured Gannenmono Story
“Those important virtues of on, giri, and gimu — in other words, the values of loyalty, gratitude, obligation, honor, courtesy, and industry — have enriched the lives of all of us who have grown up in...
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