Karleen Chinen
Commentary
Strike up the band! And can we have a drum roll, too, please?
What’s the occasion?
After more than a year of meetings, back and forth emails, and numerous starts and stops due to our issue deadlines, we are happy to...
RYAN’S TABLE BY Ryan Tatsumoto
The local food movement known as Hawaii Regional Cuisine started almost 30 years ago. Some of its principals are just as well-known today as they were back in the day. For example, if you told a colleague that you...
Jane Yamamoto-Burigsay
Courtesy: Social Security Administration
With our lives being so busy, it is easy to fall into that cycle of constantly postponing some tasks because of other things we need to address right away. This may be true for you when...
CULTURE 4KIDS! By Carolyn Kubota Morinishi and Marian Kurasaki Kubota
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Barbara Kim Stanton
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
The City and County of Honolulu took a giant step forward in creating a more livable Honolulu — making our city a better place in which to grow up and grow old.
That’s because of a new law authored by...
Generation Gap By Jon J. Murakami
808 By Dennis Fujitake
Lorraine Kaneshiro stands beside a bronze statue of Misora Hibari at the Hibari museum in Kyöto. (Photo courtesy Kaneshiro family)
And the Power of Hibari’s Classic “Kawa no Nagare no Youni”
Jodie Chiemi Ching
Hawai‘i’s enthusiasm for Japanese...
The late U.S. Rep. Patsy T. Mink (left) and (right) U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono. “The actions of the congresswomen in 1991 and the fierce advocacy of Senator Hirono attest to the transformative significance of electing women who are willing to speak up...
Dr. Kahu Kaleo Patterson and volunteers from the Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center lead the audience in singing John Lennon’s composition, “Imagine.”
The 73rd anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were commemorated...
The Hawaii United Okinawa Association will honor eight individuals for their contributions to the Okinawan and larger local and global community and to Okinawa at its Legacy Awards luncheon on Sunday, Oct. 14, in the Coral Ballroom of the Hilton...
Kevin Kawamoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Ninety years after the execution hanging of Myles Fukunaga, a young Japanese American man who killed the son of a Hawaiian Trust Company executive, the story continues to resonate among Hawai‘i...
The newly opened Yuntanza Museum in Yomitan. (Photos by Colin Sewake)
A model of the grounds of the former Zakimi Castle.
Colin Sewake
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
“Okinawa is such a beautiful place, not just the ocean and scenery and culture, but the...
Sake Braised Pork Belly Nitsuke
Ryan Tatsumoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Of the approximately 1,500 grape varieties grown worldwide, it is generally acknow-
ledged that there are only six noble grape varieties. These six varieties produce outstanding...
Jane Yamamoto-Burigsay
Courtesy: Social Security Administration
Online and otherwise, there’s a lot of information out there, and sometimes it’s difficult to tell which sources are credible. With millions of people relying on Social Security,...
Greg Dill
Courtesy: Medicare
At a family reunion, my Aunt Abby and Uncle Glen got into a squabble over the best way to get their Medicare benefits.
Uncle Glen is an Original Medicare man, and has been for a decade or so. Aunt Abby prefers Medicare...
Generation Gap By Jon J. Murakami
808 By Dennis Fujitake
Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Asobu toki wa
otona da ga,
Shigoto wa
maru de kodomo da ne
You are an adult when you play, but at work you act like a child.
