Relive KHON2 Okinawa Week
This year the Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA) is excited to partner with KHON2 to present Okinawa Week leading up to this year's 2022 Okinawan Festival.
KHON2 Sam Choy's in the Kitchen
Featuring Dan Nakasone
Nakasone is a member of HUOA member club, Wahiawa Okinawa Kyo Yu Kai. In this episode of Sam Choy's in the Kichen he shares his recipes that integrate local Hawaiian dishes with Okinawan ingredients such as Okinawan sweet potato and smoked pork. Nakasone, prepares a dish of Okinawan sweet potato poke, smoked pork luau stew with mashed Okinawan sweet potato along with kanadabaa juushi with the leaves of the Okinawan sweet potato.
KHII Modern Wahine
Featuring Lynn Miyahira, Brianne Yamada, & Shelee Kimura
Lynn Miyahira is the former 2020 President of the HUOA. In this episode of Modern Wahine, Miyahira talks about following in the footsteps of her father, Wayne Miyahira, who was a president of the organization 30 years prior in 1990.
Brianne Yamada serves as the Assistant Treasurer for the HUOA and the former 69th Cherry Blossom Festival Queen, Miss Popularity, and Miss Congeniality. In this episode, Yamada talks about her endeavor from an engineer to Cherry Blossom Festival Queen along with how her Okinawan roots have continued to inspire and propel her to give back to her community.
Shelee Kimura is the current President and CEO of the Hawaiian Electric Company and has ancestral roots in Gushichian, Okinawa. Kimura talks about her Okinawan roots and the 'Hawaii Okinawa Clean Energy Partnership'