2014-08-23

Ka pia ʻo Blue Moon

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me koʻu mau hoaaloha! Pehea mai nei ʻoukou i kēia lā?

Kamaʻāina paha ʻoe i ka pia ʻo Blue Moon.  I koʻu hele ʻana i Huis Ten Bosch ma ka mokuʻāina o Nagasaki i kekahi mahina aku nei, ʻakahi nō au a kūʻai mai i ia pia.  Ma ka lepili o ka ʻōmole pia i kākau ʻia ai ka pia ma ke kaila Pelekiuma.  I koʻu huakaʻi ʻana i ʻAmelika i kēlā pule aku nei, ua ʻano pūʻiwa au i ka ʻike ʻana i ia pia ma ka mākeke nui maʻamau.  Ua hewa au no ka mea ua manaʻo au he pia Pelekiuma, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ka pia i hoʻokomo ʻia mai Pelekiuma.  Akā naʻe, ua huli aku nei au i ke kahua paʻa o kēia hui pia a ua heluhelu au he pia ʻAmelika i puhi ʻia ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Kololako!

Makemake au i ka inu pia ʻana a laila ʻo Blue Moon kekahi pia punahele aʻu!  Ua hauʻoli au i ka inu ʻana iā Blue Moon ma Nūioka!


Ke alo o ka ʻōmole Kepanī
Ke kua o ka ʻōmole Kepanī
Ka lepili ma ka ʻōlelo Kepanī
Ka lepili
Ka hakulau lōkō


A hui hou!

2014-08-22

Nā piku

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me koʻu mau hoaaloha! Pehea mai nei ʻoukou i kēia lā?

Hiki iaʻu ke ʻai i ka huaʻai  no ka ʻaina kakahiaka, ka ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi i kēlā lā kēia lā.  Nui koʻu makemake i nā huaʻai.  Akā naʻe, pipiʻi loa ka huaʻai ma Iāpana.  I nehinei, ua loaʻa iaʻu nā piku mai kekahi hoaaloha oʻu.  Ua hauʻoli nō au!  ʻOno nā piku.

Nā piku

 A hui hou!

2014-08-21

Ke kī pōpōhau

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me koʻu mau hoaaloha! Pehea mai nei ʻoukou i kēia lā?

Hoʻomau nā lā wela ma Fukuoka nei a hana au i ke kī huʻihuʻi i kēlā me kēia lā.  Ma mua i koʻu huakaʻi ʻana i Kōlea, ua kūʻai mai au i kēia ʻano kī.  ʻO suguk cha 수국차 (水菊茶) ka inoa o kēia kī.  He aha ka manaʻo o ka inoa?  ʻO ka pōpōhau ka manaʻo o suguk 수국 (水菊) a laila ʻo ke ka manaʻo o cha 차 (茶).  He kī ʻano hūkākai, no laila, ʻaʻole ikaika loa.  He huahana o ka hui ʻo Ssanggye Tea 쌍계명차 a loaʻa nā kī like ʻole ma ke kahua paʻa o ka hui.  Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe paʻahana loa, e nānā i ia kahua paʻa.

ʻO ke kī pōpōhau
Nā kī like ʻole
ʻO ke kī palama
ʻO ka hakulau lōkō


A hui hou!