Nice video. It's a shame that so many family-run mom-and-pop type businesses are going by the wayside. Part of it is economics; part of it is succeeding generations not wanting to carry on the business. Enjoy them while you can.
When I was in Hawaii the other week, I was able to go to Waiola store (the McCully location for any kama'aina who might read this) for their shave ice. That business has been there since 1940, and, judging from the steady stream of people queueing up to buy shave ice, it's still thriving.
Here in SoCal, Sakura-ya, the really good mochi/manju store in Gardena, is a mom-and-pop business that I hope will be around for awhile yet. They've been in business for over 50 years, but I don't know if there's a generation in place to take over.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:30 am Post subject:
shin2 wrote:
When I was in Hawaii the other week, I was able to go to Waiola store (the McCully location for any kama'aina who might read this) for their shave ice. That business has been there since 1940, and, judging from the steady stream of people queueing up to buy shave ice, it's still thriving.
I love shaved ice. I can understand it popularity.
I dont know of a single Mom And Pop place in our area. Its a shame. _________________
Here in SoCal, Sakura-ya, the really good mochi/manju store in Gardena, is a mom-and-pop business that I hope will be around for awhile yet. They've been in business for over 50 years, but I don't know if there's a generation in place to take over.
It's still there.
Sadly, my favorite bakery in the same vicinity, Ishigo Bakery, closed up several years ago...
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:06 pm Post subject:
My friend told me. Waiola might have been bought out, cause looks like vietnamese people work there now. Or they hire them instead. Very good shave ice. _________________
My friend told me. Waiola might have been bought out, cause looks like vietnamese people work there now. Or they hire them instead. Very good shave ice.
It has been decades between visits to Waiola for me--before my recent trip back, the last time I ate Waiola shave ice Honolulu Stadium right around the corner was still standing. LOL
Still ono though, so if there has been a change in ownership, they're not changing much.
They also serve it in the Japanese exhibition at Epcot when far travel is not happening.
Good for you!
It's often funny when I explain to people how shave ice (Hawaiian style) is different from shaved ice or snow cones
Sometimes they gave me quizzical looks when I tell them what can go on or in shave ice: azuki, li hing mui powder, mochi balls, condensed milk, custard . . .
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:49 pm Post subject:
shin2 wrote:
Good for you!
It's often funny when I explain to people how shave ice (Hawaiian style) is different from shaved ice or snow cones
Sometimes they gave me quizzical looks when I tell them what can go on or in shave ice: azuki, li hing mui powder, mochi balls, condensed milk, custard . . .
Must admit I had more standard toppings. _________________
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:39 am Post subject:
Senator Daniel Inouye dead at 88
WASHINGTON -- Democrat Daniel Inouye, the U.S. Senate's most senior member and a Medal of Honor recipient for his bravery during World War II, has died. He was 88.
He died of respiratory complications and had been at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since earlier this month. His office said his last word was "Aloha," the traditional Hawaiian word for "hello" and "goodbye."
President Obama praised Inouye, saying the nation has "lost a true American hero."
"In Washington, he worked to strengthen our military, forge bipartisan consensus, and hold those of us in government accountable to the people we were elected to serve," Obama said in a statement. "But it was his incredible bravery during World War II -- including one heroic effort that cost him his arm but earned him the Medal of Honor -- that made Danny not just a colleague and a mentor, but someone revered by all of us lucky enough to know him."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced the news of Inouye's death on the Senate floor, sparking a round of tributes for the man Reid called "a giant of the Senate." Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., hailed Inouye's service and his reserve as a mark of "men who lead by example and expect nothing in return."
As president pro tempore of the Senate, Inouye was third in line of presidential succession -- after Vice President Biden and House Speaker John Boehner. First elected to the Senate in 1962, Inouye's tenure is second only to Democrat Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who died in 2010.
Under Hawaii law, Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie will appoint a successor to Inouye until a special election can be held.
Perhaps more than any other politician, Inouye has been a dominating presence in Hawaii's history. He has represented Hawaii continuously since it achieved statehood in 1959, first in the U.S. House and then in the U.S. Senate, where he used his seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee to send federal dollars back home for a host of projects. Inouye has served on the committee since 1971, and became chairman in 2009.
Throughout his life, Inouye was a witness to some of the nation's most historic moments, first as a teenage Red Cross volunteer who tended to the wounded when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He was keynote speaker at the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Inouye would later serve as a member of the Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal in the 1970s and chairman in the 1980s of the panel investigating the Reagan administration's sale of arms to Iran, whose proceeds were used to fund Nicaraguan rebels in what became known as the Iran-contra affair.
Yet it was on the battlefields in Europe during World War II where Inouye first earned distinction. At a time when the federal government placed thousands of Japanese Americans into relocation camps, Inouye and his Asian-American peers petitioned the White House for the right to serve in the military. He dropped out of school to join the Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up of "nisei," or Americans whose parents were born in Japan.
In 1944, Inouye narrowly avoided death in France when a bullet struck him in the chest and hit two silver dollars he carried in his shirt pocket for good luck.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism in 1945 during a battle in Italy near San Terenzo. Inouye and his unit were pinned down by fire. Already wounded by a bullet to his midsection, Inouye was lobbing hand grenades at the enemy when his right arm was almost completely severed by an enemy grenade launcher.
With his left arm, Inouye reached over to pry the live grenade out of his debilitated arm. Hours later while receiving treatment at an Army hospital, Inouye's right arm was amputated.
During his recovery in the hospital, Inouye became friends with a fellow American soldier named Bob Dole -- who later became a U.S. senator from Kansas. Inouye and Dole would often work together on issues when Dole was Senate Republican leader. Dole also lost the use of his right arm in World War II.
More than a half-century after the battle at Terenzo, President Clinton awarded Inouye and 21 other Japanese-American soldiers the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest honor for valor. At the ceremony in 2000, Clinton said the nation owes "an unrepayable debt" to Inouye and his fellow Asian-American soldiers. "Rarely has a nation been so well-served by a people it ill-treated," Clinton said.
Inouye won election to a ninth Senate term in 2010 with 75% of the vote.
Inouye is survived by his wife, Irene, a son, Ken, and a granddaughter named Maggie. Inouye's first wife, Margaret, died in 2006.
I suspect most Americans outside of Hawaii do not realize what a remarkable man Daniel Inouye was.
I remember reading his autobiography, Journey to Washington, when it was first published back in the 1960's. My father bought me the book and told me to read it because it was about someone who came from the same McCully/Moiliili neighborhood as we did. To think that after writing the story of his life, he still hadn't reached the halfway point of his life yet, with many more accomplishments to come.
Hawaii has lost its greatest benefactor, veterans and the miltary, one of their strongest advocates, and the country, one of its most patriotic servants.
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:56 am Post subject:
shin2 wrote:
I suspect most Americans outside of Hawaii do not realize what a remarkable man Daniel Inouye was.
From now until June 9th, the Japanese American National Museum will have his Medal of Honor on display, I got a chance to check it out last weekend:
Thanks to Irene Hirano Inoue. From what I understand, they had to get special permission to display it. Normally these are never shown, the only time you see one is if you meet somebody that earned one and they happen to be wearing it. Also the citation signed by President Clinton. Pretty impressive.
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 2:10 am Post subject:
Speaking of Daniel Inouye:
Navy to name new destroyer after Sen. Daniel Inouye
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced May 23 the next Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG) will be named USS Paul Ignatius and USS Daniel Inouye.
�gAs secretary of the Navy it is my privilege to name these ships to honor a respected naval leader and a true American hero,�h Mabus said. �gFor decades to come, the future USS Paul Ignatius and USS Daniel Inouye will represent the United States and enable the building of partnerships and projection of power around the world.�h
One destroyer (DDG 117) honors Paul Ignatius, who served as secretary of the Navy from 1967 to 1969 and as assistant secretary of defense under President Lyndon Johnson. The other (DDG 118) is named to honor Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II and later became a U.S. senator (1963-2012). USS Paul Ignatius and USS Daniel Inouye will be the first naval ships to bear these names.
�gSecretary Mabus informed me that he had tried to name a ship after Senator while he was still alive, and knowing Senator, he wanted no part of it,�h said Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii). �gThe Arleigh-Burke Class is considered the strongest, most advanced surface ship in the world, responsible for multiple missions that ensure naval supremacy. This is a fitting tribute to Sen. Inouye, whose own strength and determination inspired so many of us. Our Navy will be proud to have a ship bearing his name deployed throughout the world, continuing to fight and defend us.�h
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers conduct a variety of operations from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection. They are capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously and contain a myriad of offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime warfare.
DDG 117 and DDG 118 are part of the DDG 51 multi-year procurement with the contract award to the building yard pending. The ships will be 509 feet long, have a beam length of 59 feet and be capable of operating at speeds in excess of 30 knots.
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:45 pm Post subject:
Hawaiian woman wins 35-letter name battle
A Hawaiian woman with a 35-letter surname has persuaded the Pacific island US state's authorities to change their official ID card format, because her king-sized name won't fit.
Janice Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, whose traditional Hawaiian name comes from her late husband, said she would never consider using a shortened version, and so used local media to press officials to take action.
"I love the Polynesian culture I married into, I love my Hawaiian name. It is an honor and has been quite a journey to carry the names I carry," Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, whose maiden name was Worth, told AFP.
For years she has carried two forms of identification: her driving license, which only has room for 34 characters, and her official Hawaii state ID card which in the past had room for all 35 letters.
But the problem came after Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele's state ID was renewed in May -- and came back the same as her driver's license, with the last letter missing, and with no first name.
Then a traffic cop pulled her over. "The policeman looked at my license and saw I had no first name. I told him it is not my fault that my license and state ID are not correct and I am trying to get it corrected.
"He then told me 'Well, you can always change your name back to your maiden name.' This hurt my heart," said Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, who was originally from New York and worked on Wall Street until 1991.
"Over the last 22 years I have seen Hawaii is being bulldozed and the culture of Hawaii being trampled upon and this policeman treated my name as if it is some mumbo-jumbo," added Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, whose friends call her "Loke."
Exasperated, she took her case to a local TV station, KHON-2, who publicized the problem, putting pressure on the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DoT).
Within days, authorities, who had previously told her it would take two years to change and the surname character limit would remain at 35, had decided they could act more quickly.
"We understand how she feels and are working to correct the situation," Hawaii's DoT spokeswoman Caroline Sluyter told AFP.
"By the end of the year, we should have the new character limits in place which will be 40 characters for the first and last names, 35 characters for the middle, and 5 for the suffix," she said.
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