Kawamoto: Instilling Ethics with Ethnic Food

Kawamoto: Instilling Ethics with Ethnic Food

  Ebi. Nori Chicken. Teriyaki. The Kūaliʻi ʻohana serves aloha with every order. For more than 70 years, Kawamotoʻs has been a Hilo landmark for the best Japanese okazuya and local fare. And the Kūaliʻi ʻohana have kept the menu the same since taking over 12...
Earth Day is every day with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi

Earth Day is every day with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi

Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi celebrates their one year anniversary this Earth Day 2012 with a beach cleanup at Makapuʻu where 651 volunteers picked up 3,632 pounds of trash! After the beach cleanup Sea Life Park hosted their first annual Earth Day celebration with...
Puka ʻŪniki: When a Student Becomes a Master

Puka ʻŪniki: When a Student Becomes a Master

Hālau hula are places of learning. ʻŌlapa or dancers train for years, and become alakaʻi or leaders. When kumu feel they are ready, they puka or graduate. For some, moving on is a little shocking at first, but is necessary for the perpetuation of our long hula...
Aloha Koʻolauloa 2012

Aloha Koʻolauloa 2012

Nā Leo Kākoʻo o Koʻolauloa and Pūnana Leo o Koʻolauloa are proud to present the annual Aloha Koʻolauloa festival, a fundraisers to support the Hawaiian Language Immersion program in the Koʻolauloa district. Aloha Koʻolauloa is a Commnity event that features a Hawaiian...
Paikau Mele Manaka

Paikau Mele Manaka

The Merrie Monarch parade helps to conclude the festival however, Hawaiian language groups see this as a time to celebrate and share ‘ōlelo Hawai’i with...