Comments on: Talking Story with Hawaii’s Living History: Helen Hiroko Hongo

By: For the Keiki & Ohana: The Honolulu Aquarium — Hawaii Traditions

For the Keiki & Ohana: The Honolulu Aquarium — Hawaii Traditions — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:07:55 +0000

[...] I drive by the Waikiki Aquarium, I recall my mother’s story of how—trying unsuccessfully to balance on the Aquarium’s stone wall—she fell into one of the [...]

By: Talking Story with Hawaii’s Living History: Manabu Hongo — Hawaii Traditions

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:12:54 +0000

[...] to live and work in Hawaii, after a brief time of schooling in New Jersey, where he met my mother Helen Nishimoto, a Waikiki native. They settled in Hilo, Hawaii, and along with his brother Masanori Hongo, took [...]

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:21:48 +0000

hello jojo! you found me here . yes, please do come to hawaii…we are waiting! jan

By: Hawaii in the 1940’s — Hawaii Traditions

Hawaii in the 1940’s — Hawaii Traditions — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:19:53 +0000

[...] of the internment of local Japanese, enlistment of ten thousand local Japanese in Hawaii’s 442nd Regiment and 100th Battalion, [...]

By: jojo

jojo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:38:42 +0000

beautiful!
moving and lovely , memories and things that continue
i so cant wait to come to hawaii and see these places you talk of
love jojo x

By: Remembering our Past: The 1960 Hilo Tsunami (PART I) — Hawaii Traditions

Remembering our Past: The 1960 Hilo Tsunami (PART I) — Hawaii Traditions — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:14:57 +0000

[...] 1960, my mother Helen Hongo was living in Waiakea Town with my father, Manabu Hongo (a Hilo native) and my oldest sister [...]

By: Lynnie

Lynnie — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:43:36 +0000

Jan, tks for sharing! My mom will enjoy reading this blog & I am going to pass it on to my boss at Mutual Publishing (we did the Boy’s Day book)!

By: Valerie

Valerie — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:12:42 +0000

Jan, thank you and your mom for sharing her life story!! Would make a great movie! Don’t you think?! You are an awesome writer!! Keep it up!! I would love to read more from you!!!