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For authors and cousins Janis Bridger and Lara Okihiro, family stories and history were shared in bits and pieces at their grandparents’ dining room table. …
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From the very young age of three, Yurino Niyama has always known she wanted to be a ballet dancer. As she prepares for her debut …
Leilehua class of 2013 grad, Kenny Kusaka wuz getting lotta leading roles in da Local theatre scene in Hawai‘i when he decided for switch gears …
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“Instead of a long-running and bloody battle with nature, to dominate her, we can walk in step with a tree to release the joy in …
Read Part 4 >> Because of his injury, Joe decided he needed another line of work in addition to farming, so he became a realtor. …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “What a Difference a Day Makes — 24 Little Hours …
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Jim Morita a concentration camp survivor of World War II was old enough at the time to see the impact imprisonment made on the inmates. …
I get it. I understand. Traveling to someplace you’ve never been, where the culture and language is foreign to you, can be challenging. I know …
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“What is Nikkei cuisine?” seems like a simple question, but beneath it is a complex definition that is even hard for Nikkei themselve to describe. …
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Writer’s note: Back in 2014 when I worked at University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, I interviewed Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi for The Prism newsletter. For the …
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