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Read Part 1 >> Up until Grant’s divorce and his son’s illness, for about 30 years, he remained unaware of his Okinawan lineage. He was …
A typical night at Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata’s house consists of a group of his uta-sanshin students gathered on his covered lanai for their weekly …
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Morimasa Kaneshiro was born and raised in Hilo where his family ran a barbershop. After graduating from Hilo High School in 1944 Kaneshiro volunteered for …
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She nevah really thought about ‘em, but artist Kris Goto, 36, she been living in Hawai‘i half her life now. She wuz born in Kagoshima, …
In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. government incarcerated a large number of …
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Read Part 1 >> LK: Who did you turn to when you needed advice? PK: I’ve been very fortunate to have a number of people …
At the age of five, Pali Ka‘aihue was introduced to music and KIKU-TV, two key elements that would later become huge influences in his life. …
Back in 2018, I walked the somber halls of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Prior to my visit, I had read …
Local people in Hawai‘i might not know her last name, but mostly everybody recognizes her face and her first name that has become synonymous with …
DECO Clay Craft Academy Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary* In life, finding your way on a path is not always as direct as a straight line. …
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