Community Focus – Participants Sought for 2018 Okinawan Youth Festival in Peru
Organizers of the Sixth Worldwide Youth Uchinanchu Festival (“Wakamono Taikai”) are seeking participants for next year’s festival, set for Feb. 6-10, in Lima, Peru. Participants must be between the...
View ArticleCommunity Focus – Japanese Language Taught at UH-Manoa Outreach College
The UH Mänoa Outreach College is offering classes in Japanese language for three levels of learning: beginner, intermediate and advanced. The classes (10 classes per season) are held three times a year...
View ArticleCommunity Focus – Donations Sought For Fukuoka Typhoon Relief
The Hawai‘i Fukuoka Kenjin Kai has launched a monetary relief drive to aid residents of Fukuoka, Japan, after the prefecture was devastated by flooding, landslides and even loss of lives resulting from...
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Spotlight – Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Collection Finds New Home at JCCH
A model of the Challenger space shuttle and the spacesuit worn by Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise are among the artifacts in the Ellison Onizuka Remembrance. Karleen C. Chinen Beloved Hawai‘i astronaut...
View Article“Wood | Cut | Print ” Exhibition in Hilo
WHO/WHAT: The Hawaii Japanese Center presents an exhibition of contemporary mokuhanga (moku = wood and hanga = printing) by some of the Big Island’s finest woodblock print artists — Hiroki Morinoue,...
View Article12th Annual Joint Memorial Service
WHO/WHAT: The Japanese American soldiers who served in World War II as members of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service and 1399th Engineer...
View Article“Chibariyo”– Maui Okinawan Festival
WHAT: Maui Okinawan Kenjin Kai, along with co-sponsor Maui Mall, present the Maui Okinawan Festival, themed “Chibariyo!” meaning “do your best!” Continuous Okinawan music and dance performed by...
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Community Focus – Hui Makaala Holds Fundraising Fashion Show
Ann Suzuki Ching (left), 1965 Cherry Blossom queen, and current queen Heather Omori model outfits by designer Allison Izu. Hui Makaala held its 48th annual Scholarship Fund Luncheon and Fashion Show on...
View ArticleCommunity – AJA Soldiers’ Artifacts Sought for National Museum of the U.S. Army
The U.S. Army plans to open the National Museum of the United States Army — NMUSA — near Washington, D.C., in 2019 that will include recognition of World War II AJA soldiers of the Military...
View ArticleShichigosan and Jusan Mairi Blessings at Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii...
WHO/WHAT: Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu celebrates Shichigosan, a custom that originated in the Heian Period (794-1185) among court nobles celebrating the passage of their children...
View Article“Kikaida and Friends” Celebrate with Sanki
WHO/WHAT: JN Productions, Inc. and Generation Kikaida partner with Japanese goods retailer Sanki, to celebrate Sanki’s fifth anniversary in Hawai‘i. Kikaida, Hakaida, and scary monsters will be...
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Community Focus – Obon Service Held at Honoliuli National Monument
A special obon service was held at Honouliuli National Monument to celebrate the finding of a taiko drum earlier this year at the Nichiren Mission of Hawaii. The taiko was inscribed with the word...
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HJCC Installs Officers and Presents Generational Award
Members of the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel on July 19 for the organization’s 13th Annual Inauguration and Generational Award Luncheon. Brian Nishida,...
View ArticleIzumo Taishakyo Hosts Annual Hiroshima Commemoration and Peace Service
The 28th annual Hiroshima peace ceremony to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima was held on Aug. 7 at the peace bell fronting Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii. The bell...
View ArticleUH-CHUBU Hospital 50th Anniversary Celebration
WHO/WHAT: In 1967, the University of Hawai‘i and Chubu Hospital in Okinawa entered into a partnership at the request of the U.S. Army and the U.S. State Department. UH students were recruited to take...
View ArticleManoa Valley Church’s 47th Harvest Fair
WHO/WHAT: Manoa Valley Church (United Church of Christ) presents its 47th Harvest Fair with proceeds earmarked for church facility maintenance and renovations. New attractions this year are a silent...
View Article“War, Languages, and Un/Intended Consequences: From Diderot to After World...
WHO/WHAT: Japan Studies librarian Tokiko Bazzell will speak on these topics relating to war in this second installment of “Treasures at UH Hamilton Library,” an educational initiative aimed at...
View ArticleKuakini Foundation’s 14th Annual “Holiday Trees and Treasures”
WHO/WHAT: “Holiday Trees and Treasures” is Kuakini Foundation’s major fundraiser. Proceeds from the event will help Kuakini purchase new high-tech equipment, fund capital improvement projects, develop...
View Article“Taiko Dance & Drum: Hana Hou!”
WHO/WHAT: The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s Department of Theatre and Dance, in partnership with Kenny Endo and the Taiko Center of the Pacific, present “Taiko Drum & Dance: Hana Hou!” This...
View Article“Hamakua – State of Mind”
WHO/WHAT: A fall/winter 2017 fashion presentation by Hawai‘i artists Rumi Murakami and Laurie Sumiye that answers the question: “What does fall in Hawai‘i look like?” Sumiye and Murakami envisioned the...
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