This film tells the story of music teacher Harry Urata, and his efforts to record, preserve and perpetuate the musical oral histories of Japanese immigrants who worked in Hawai‘i’s sugarcane fields in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through their canefield songs, or holehole bushi, these women sang about their joys and sorrows of trying to start life in a new world.

In this month’s episode of Home is Here, we visit Hawai‘i’s largest fan event, Kawaii Kon, and catch up with West Coast graffiti legend OG Slick.

Lopaka Kapanui tells the story of a forgotten plantation cemetery on Oʻahu’s north shore.

Mele and talk story with this rising star.

Kai Piha: Kaʻahele Ma Waikīkī takes viewers on a historical tour of Waikīkī's surfing history, the history of our kūpuna and aliʻi who lived there and who loved Waikīkī. Navigating this journey is waterman, historian and author John Clark.

Most of the beef products sold in Hawaiʻi come from the mainland, yet we do have cattle ranches on most islands. Why isn’t more locally-grown beef available?

Master storyteller Lopaka Kapanui reveals the history of an area in Mōʻiliʻili, and why the condominium built on it is believed by many to be the most haunted building in Honolulu.

In this episode of HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawai‘i, the second of two special episodes, meet four more exceptional graduates from HIKI NŌ’s Class of 2023 as they share their fondest memories of being part of HIKI NŌ productions and reflect on how the experience changed their lives.

Carrying on the family's musical legacy.

The Butuyan family moved to the island of O‘ahu from the Philippines in 1969. Five years later, Theo and Elena Butuyan opened Elena’s Restaurant in Waipahu, Central O‘ahu. Our second story is on Honolulu-based artist Bonhui Uy. Born and raised in the Philippines, he came to America in 1965 after graduating as an architectural engineer from Taiwan National Cheng Kung University. His artwork expanded to pieces made mostly with recycled materials such as newspapers, cardboard boxes, bottles and sheetmetals.