Entries from October 2008
Boo! Happy Halloween everyone! Hope your day is going well and your evening is a safe one. As always, we give you news from around the globe, but beware, some of the links are very scary . . . click at your own risk . . . muahahahah . . . .
- One of Japan’s top amateur pitcher asks his country’s baseball teams NOT to draft him – and they agreed. A lucrative career in the MLB could be next.
- Why have Japanese stocks performed poorly? Here’s one blogger’s rationale.
Categories: Food · Japan news · Sports
Tagged: hunger, izakaya, japan draft, stocks
- The Guardian profiles Hiroshima’s growing reputation as a happening nightlife destination.
Categories: Updates
Tagged: hiroshima nightlife, indonesia, toilets
- Haruki Murakami, former jazz club-owner turned award-winning writer, sits down with the San Francisco Chronicle for a little Q&A.
- A Canadian journalist ventures to Japan and is struck the most by the country’s . . . politeness.
Categories: Entertainment · National News · Politics
Tagged: burlesque, haruki murakami, junkoh harui
Our latest issue, which celebrates the Hawaii Hochi’s 96th anniversary, is out in stores now! This is the 2nd annual issue saluting Hawaii’s AJA pioneers and we will continue this tradition every year until the Hawaii Hochi turns 100! We won’t spoil just who is in the issue, but a look on the cover gives you a few hints – Patsy Mink, Harold Sakata and many other local trail blazers . . .
You’ll also find a story about freelance writer Marilyn M. Morikawa’s pilgrimage to return her grandmother’s ashes back to Japan. There’s also columns by Shara Yuki Enay and award-winning author Cedric Yamanaka and, as always, much more!
The Herald is available at Borders Books and Music in Kaneohe, Waikele Center and Victoria Ward Center; Best Sellers in downtown Honolulu; Shirokiya; the Kahala, Kaimuki, McCully, Waimalu and Waipahu Times Super Markets; and the Hawaii Hochi Office building located at:
917 Kokea St.
Honolulu, HI 96817
We can also be reached by phone at 808-845-2255.
Categories: Updates
- The National Asian American Survey, a collaboration by researchers from Rutgers University, the University of California and the University of Southern California, says that Asian Americans will play in big role in deciding the next president – particularly in swing states: “The study, conducted from August to September with results released earlier this month, also concluded that Obama’s lead is even greater in traditional swing states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio, where 43 percent of Asian Americans indicate support, compared to McCain’s 22 percent.”
- San Francisco tries to save its famed Japanese tea garden from cultural inaccuracy.
Categories: Updates
Well everyone, I’m back home in Hawaii. It’s been an exhausting three weeks in which I did just about everything short of becoming a sumo wrestler. After leaving Osaka I ventured to Mt. Koyasan, where I explored the tiny mountain city and prayed with monks. From there I went to Hiroshima where I stayed with a Japanese family and made contact with a relative in the area. It was a touching moment to say the least! After a brief rest back in Tokyo, I traveled to picturesque Nikko and took in the sights of the national park and the famous Toshogu Shrine. There was little time to catch my breath!
If there’s one thing I learned from this trip, it’s that the people and the culture of Japan are in a unique class of their own. I can’t say enough positives about the many individuals who helped out this complete stranger along the way and made my brief stay in Japan a memorable one. If you haven’t visited Japan, definitely put it at the top of the “to-do” list.
I realize that the Japan blog stopped on day 9 due to technical difficulties and a shortage of time, but hopefully you all enjoyed reading about my travels. If you did, there’s plenty more where that came from. The tidbits from this blog and the many wonderful, exciting experiences that I had will be the subject of a multi-part series to debut in the Hawaii Herald come November. Be sure to visit the website regularly so you know exactly when the next issue of the Herald is out on stands!
Sayonara for now!
Categories: Joe in Japan
The new issue of The Hawai’i Herald is now on newsstands!
Joe Udell writes about the phenomenon of Japanese tattooing. Check out this full body tat!
…and talked to artists Mike Ledger
and Billy Whitney
Roy Kodani has another delightful installment called “The Duke” with illustrations by Arthur Kodani (no relation)
And freelance writer Joanne Yamada interviewed costumer Harold Koda.
Want to find out what else is in the issue? Get a copy for yourself while it’s still available!
The Herald is available at Borders Books and Music in Kaneohe, Waikele Center and Victoria Ward Center; Best Sellers in downtown Honolulu; Shirokiya; the Kahala, Kaimuki, McCully, Waimalu and Waipahu Times Super Markets; and the Hawaii Hochi Office building located at:
917 Kokea St.
Honolulu, HI 96817
We can also be reached by phone at 808-845-2255.
Categories: Updates
