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“Don’t Forget Me.”
Colin Sewake
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
“Okinawa is such a beautiful place, not just the ocean and scenery and culture, but the people. I’ve been treated well and taken care of by many people here in what has become ‘My Hawai‘i.’” — Colin Sewake
’TWAS...
Craig GimaHawai‘i Herald Columnist
When Honolulu native Capt. Francis Brown Wai landed on Red Beach in Leyte in the Philippines on Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas McArthur’s forces seeking to retake the island from the Japanese were disorganized and...
Generation Gap By Jon J. Murakami
808 By Dennis Fujitake
Bishop Ryokan AraTendai Mission of Hawaii
Hito to hito tono kankei wa
haguruma da.
Kochira mo awasenai to
mawaranai yo.
A person to person
relationship is like a gear,
you will have to
come together for it to work.
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CULTURE 4KIDS! BY CAROLYN KUBOTA MORINISHI AND MARIAN KURASAKI KUBOTA
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The artwork on the next three pages are the winning entries in the annual nengajö, or New Year’s card, design contest, sponsored by the Hawai‘i Association of Teachers of Japanese. It is a statewide competition for students learning Japanese...
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Local Japanese-style New Year’s Cuisine and Traditions
Ryan Tatsumoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Today, people in the 50th still practice Japanese New Year’s, or oshögatsu, traditions by placing a kadomatsu near the home entrance, stacking the kagami ...
Jane BurigsayCourtesy: Social Security Administration
Every year, we announce the annual cost-of-living adjustment, also referred to as COLA. By law, federal benefits increase when the cost of living rises, as measured by the Department of Labor’s...
Generation Gap By Jon J. Murakami
808 By Dennis Fujitake
Bishop Ryokan AraTendai Mission of Hawaii
Ningen wa nakinagara
umarete kitan da yo.
Nagai jinsei da mono
naku toki mo aru sa.
Sono tabi ni
umare-kawarun da na kitto.
Your first cry at birth!
In one’s long journey of life,
there will be times to...
A New Generation of Kawakamis is Leading the Garden Island
Richard Borreca
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The Kawakamis are Kaua‘i’s first family of politics. The political and retail power of the Garden Island courses through the Kawakami name....
Karleen Chinen
Commentary
No Hawai‘i Herald editor in her, or his, right mind wants to do a special edition, like this Kaua‘i Issue, as the last issue of the year . . . especially with the traditionally big New Year’s edition due in less than two...
Hawai‘i Island’s much-anticipated Wailea Village Mochi Pounding will be held on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Akiko’s Buddhist B&B in Hakalau (15 mile marker) along the Hämäkua Coast. The community mochi pounding that attracts...
