In this month’s episode of Home is Here we’re hoofing it to the windward side of O‘ahu to explore the healing powers of horses. We visit with Nisshodo Candy Store, a small, family-run business open for more than a century. And, we talk story with Dr. Linda Furuto, a mathematics education professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and a pioneer in the field of ethnomathematics.
Linda Furuto, Professor of Mathematics Education at UH Mānoa, explains how stars are used to navigate the seas.
See the tradition of mochitsuki, or mochi pounding, step by step.
In this encore presentation of Home is Here, we take a look at Hawaiian fashion both past and present. We talk to women who are making a mark here and abroad preserving, promoting and pushing homegrown Hawai‘i fashion forward.
Fashion designer Nakeʻu Awai and Marion Jones, founder of The Muʻumuʻu Library, share a dress once owned by Hollywood's first Hawaiian actress, Mamo Clark Rawley.
Kim Ryusaki-Marrero of Lotus and Lime explains how her background in judo inspired their show during New York Fashion Week.
Education, conservation and determination are the underlying themes in this month’s episode of Home is Here. We tag along with dogs searching for the invasive devil weed plant; we learn the history of Bess Press; and we talk with a 14-year-old trying to collect and recycle millions of bottles to raise enough money to provide scholarships for other students who have a dream of attending college, but can’t afford it.
Kyoko Johnson, founder of the nonprofit organization Conservation Dogs of Hawaiʻi, explains how canines aren't the only furry, four-legged animals sniffing out invasive species...
14-year-old Genshu Price, founder of Bottles4College, shows you how to recycle your cans and bottles in Hawaiʻi.
On the second episode of Home is Here, we visit the last traditional Japanese tea house on O‘ahu., talk to community members who are working to preserve and share the legacy of Hawai‘i’s most renowned architect and sit down with a Punahou student who saw a lack of diversity in ethnic representation in her studies and decided to do something about it.