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Thu, May 12 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: Six Main Foods of Japan

Also tagged: Cal Hotel, corey nakatani, gambling, Granada Hills, Herb Murayama, Horse racing, Japanese food, Kentucky Derby, las vegas, miso soup, Mother's Day, natto, nori, pollution, sashimi, smog, South Bay, Torrance, tsunami

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on May 3, 2011.) === Sunday was Mother’s Day, so my sons put together a dinner to honor their mom, which meant I had to write this column Sunday...

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Tue, May 10 2011

Maui Man Posthumously Awarded Medal of Honor for Valor in Korean War

Also tagged: 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd regimental combat team, Anthony Kaho'ohanohano, Barack Obama, Daniel Akaka, daniel inouye, Distinguished Service Cross, Eric Shinseki, Henry Svehla, Korean War, maui, mazie hirono, medal of honor, military intelligence service, OSAMA BIN LADEN, Patsy Takemoto Mink, Robert Gates, WAILUKU

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) attended a ceremony May 2 at the White House to posthumously award Army Pfc. Anthony T. Kaho`ohanohano with the Medal of Honor. President Barack Obama...

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Thu, Apr 21 2011

SENIOR MOMENTS: It’s Hard to Say

Also tagged: Columnists, personal essay, Phil Shigekuni, Sansei, Senior Moments

By PHIL SHIGEKUNI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on April 20, 2011.) === “I Love You.” Other than to my wife, why is that phrase so hard for me to say to people, particularly within my own family?...

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Fri, Mar 25 2011

Hawaii Launches ‘Aloha for Japan’

Also tagged: Aloha for Japan, American Savings Bank, BANK OF HAWAII, Central Pacific Bank, Consul General Yoshihiko Kamo, disaster relief, earthquake, Finance Factors, First Hawaiian Bank, Gary Fujitani, Gov. Neil Abercrombie, GRP HOME Company, Hawaii Bankers Association, Hawaii National Bank, HomeStreet Bank, Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz, Pacific Rim Bank, Territorial Savings Bank, tsunami

HONOLULU — Hawaii business leaders, members of the Japanese American community, Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz and Japan Consul General Yoshihiko Kamo have convened to organize a coordinated, statewide effort...

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Tue, Mar 15 2011

Shimabukuro Raising Funds for Japan

Also tagged: disaster relief, earthquake, Honolulu, Jake Shimabukuro, japan airlines, jtb, Manoa DNA, tsunami, Waikiki

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro is raising funds for quake and tsunami victims in Japan. After participating in the Honolulu Festival’s parade on Saturday, Shimabukuro performed with Manoa DNA at the...

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Thu, Feb 3 2011

BOOK CORNER: Revised Edition of Jon Shirota’s 1965 Bestseller Published

Also tagged: FICTION, KAMA GUSUDA, literature, LUCKY COME HAWAII, MANOA, maui, NOVEL, Okinawa, PEAHI, pearl harbor, plays, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, WAILUKU

HONOLULU—University of Hawaii Press has published a revised edition of Jon Shirota’s classic novel “Lucky Come Hawaii.” Dec. 7, 1941: For Kama Gusuda, the morning started like any other on his...

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Wed, Jan 5 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: Happy New Year

Also tagged: AUTO INDUSTRY, Christmas, CURRY RICE, DARRIN SASAKI, DIVERSITY, Food, heart mountain, HOLIDAYS, HONDA, horse, internment, JAPACURRY, JAPADOG, JAY HAMADA, JUAN DELGADO, las vegas, New Year, PLATE LUNCH, RACIAL DIVERSITY, RACISM, ramen, RUSSELL TAKASUGI, scams, THANKSGIVING, toyota, VENTURA, WHITE CHRISTMAS

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Saturday, January 1.) === Well, it’s the time of the year when everyone wishes others “Happy New Year.” I never heard an explanation why...

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Tue, Dec 7 2010

60 Years of Sweetness

Also tagged: disneyland, gardena, King's Hawaiian, King's Hawaiian Bread, Lani Nishiyama, LOCAL PLACE, Mark Taira, nisei week, nisei week queen, PORTUGUESE, ROBERT TAIRA, South Bay, Torrance, VAN DE KAMP'S

Hawaiian sweet bread is mass produced in the King’s Hawaiian bakery facility in Torrance. === By J.K. YAMAMOTO RAFU STAFF WRITER === The familiar packaging of King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. King’s...

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Tue, Dec 7 2010

Home For the Holidays

Also tagged: Carol Shimabukuro, Christmas, concerts, George Harrison, Gosei, HAWAIIAN, holiday, Honolulu, Jake Shimabukuro, JapanOC, Jimi Hendrix, music, musicians, Okinawan, otaku, performances, Philharmonic Society of Orange County, QUEEN, Rafu Holiday Issue 2010, shows, traditional music, ukelele, ukulele

(Photo by RYOTA MORI) === By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS RAFU STAFF WRITER === This Christmas will be a particularly special one for Jake Shimabukuro; it will be notable not for some grand concert nor far-flung...

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Mon, Nov 22 2010

Threads of ‘American Tapestry’ Displayed at JANM

Also tagged: 442nd regimental combat team, ALICE BLUEIAN, AMERICAN TAPESTRY, ARMENIAN, CAPTAIN SULU, CHRIS IIJIMA, CITIZEN 13660, CITIZENSHIP, CLEMENT HANAMI, ELAINE OTOMO, ERIC NAKAMURA, george takei, GIANT ROBOT, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, HENRY SUGIMOTO, internment, IPAD, IPHONE, issei, janm, japanese american national museum, Judge Vincent Okamoto, Korean War, LIBERTY MAGAZINE, MARY OYAMA MITTWER, MINE OKUBO, Momo Nagano, MUSEUM, NAMYO BESSHO, NOBUKO MIYAMOTO, PDA, ROBERT HASUIKE, ROBERT IDEISHI, RODNEY KING, Sansei, SKATERS, SMARTPHONE, South Bay, Stan Honda, STANLEY HAYAMI, STAR TREK, Sulu, TECHNOLOGY, Topaz, TORU SAITO, VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL, VIETNAM WAR, VINCEN OKAMOTO, WEST SIDE STORY, WORLD TRADE CENTER, WTC, WWII, YELLOW PEARL, YOKO ONO, YOSHINO UYEMARA, YURI KOCHIYAMA

“American Families” by Momo Nagano, a flag inscribed with names of the camps and of families from the Seinan district among the items on display now at the Japanese American National Museum. (MARIO...

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Tag Archives: hawaii

HORSE’S MOUTH: Six Main Foods of Japan

Maui Man Posthumously Awarded Medal of Honor for Valor in Korean War

SENIOR MOMENTS: It’s Hard to Say

Hawaii Launches ‘Aloha for Japan’

Shimabukuro Raising Funds for Japan

BOOK CORNER: Revised Edition of Jon Shirota’s 1965 Bestseller Published

HORSE’S MOUTH: Happy New Year

60 Years of Sweetness

Home For the Holidays

Threads of ‘American Tapestry’ Displayed at JANM

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