Aloha Fukuoka! Yatai Mami Chan
I’m ramen’d out! All I want at this point is sushi or an izakaya or even MOS Burger. My running friends Val Ogi and Kyle Unten were game to try yatai, so Although Nagahama and Nakasu are “known” for their…
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Aloha Fukuoka: Day one
This is actually two blogs in one, having crossed the International Date Line and traveling forward in time (sort of). I’m going to breeze through the first two events, below, but our adventure really begins in the third gallery. So…
Need advice: Fukuoka omiyage?
I’m frantically packing to leave for Fukuoka on Monday, my first time to the city (and my first real trip to Japan, not counting layovers, in more than a decade). Of course, I’m leaving lots of room in my suitcase…
Flying to Fukuoka!
You’ve seen Mari Taketa’s (@NonstopMari) adventures in Osaka and Seoul via Hawaiian Airlines on their inaugural direct flights to those cities. If you had never been there, once you saw her blogs, you were itching to go. So when I…
Quick and simple sake tips
I wanted to call this “Sake for Dummies” or “Sake: Keep it Simple and Stupid,” but that wouldn’t be totally fair. See sake is not as difficult as many people tend to think. It’s actually very enjoyable and approachable. There’s only…
Did this: … With Aloha
Two weeks to put together an event with 24 restaurants, three entertainment stages, and several bars. The “…With Aloha” movement put on an epic event that brought 2,000 people from around the island to the Pagoda Hotel last night and…
Eat, drink, help Japan
There’s nothing better than spending money on both good food and a good cause.That’s what the annual Taste of Marukai is all about.The event, which runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Marukai Wholesale Mart, will collect donations for…
LUX @ The Honolulu Design Center
The second edition of Paul Klink’s new LUX fashion night went off Saturday night in The Honolulu Design Center’s Cupola Theatre. The night, a fundraiser for the American Red Cross Japan Relief Fund, included an art show, an elaborate multicultural…
Kona: Driving around town
The last thing I needed this week was a mini vacation.I’ve got papers to grade, a website to build, freelance stories to finish and an event at Hawaii Theatre to organize this Saturday.Then again, maybe it was the perfect time…
Help Japan, help yourself
I couldn’t stop watching CNN and checking online blogs on Thursday, the day a 8.9-magnitude earthquake rocked Tokyo and caused a deadly 13-foot tsunami that destroyed coastal cities in Northern Japan.We didn’t know the impact of both disasters until the…
Wearing support for Japan
With the tragedy unfolding in Japan, many people in Hawaii are trying to help by gathering canned goods, raising money and volunteering to spread the word. Several clothing companies also wanted to pitch in and designed clothes with a cause. Tsunami…
Party for a cause: Tsunami fundraisers
By now, everyone in Hawaii is aware of the devastating 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan and made waves all across the Pacific. And although Hawaii wasn’t hit that hard, local promoters and residents are stepping up, and responding with a…
FUUD: Cafe Sistina on King Street
Who would have thought a meat lasagna and ragu bolognese would have been our last meals? It almost was, had that 8.9-magnitude earthquake off Honshu, Japan generated a destructive tsunami that hit our Islands. (Luckily, it wasn’t too bad. Surges…
Your dream destinations for 2011
Every January I look forward to the New York Times’ list of must-see places that year.The newspaper picked 41 locales for 2011, ranging from little coastline town of Sopot in Poland to the historic town of Pingyao in China. Even…
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