Kōsui Nashi - Ka Pea Wai Hau'oli

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me nā hoaaloha. Pehea mai nei ‘oukou?

Ua ho‘omaka ka hā‘ulelau ma Iāpana nei, a ‘o ka hāʻulelau ka‘u kau punahele! ‘Ono loa ka mea‘ai i kēia manawa o ka makahiki! Ke mana‘o au i ka hā‘ulelau, makemake au e ‘ai i pea wai hau‘oli (幸水梨 kōsui nashi ma ka ‘ōlelo Kepanī. 幸 kō hau‘oli, 水 sui wai, 梨 nashi pea). Like ka pea Kepanī me ka ‘āpala, a ‘a‘ole like me ka pea haole. Nui ka wai o ka pea wai hau‘oli a nui ka ‘ono i ka inu ‘ana i ke kī ‘ōma‘oma‘o!

E ihi ana au i pea wai hau‘oli i kēia manawa, akā ma mua pono au e hana i kī‘aha kī ‘ōma‘oma‘o!

A hui hou!

He Ho'olaule'a Hou Ma Fukuoka?

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me nā hoaaloha. Pehea mai nei ‘oukou?

‘A‘ole au i ‘ike i kēia ho‘olaule‘a hou ma Fukuoka. ‘O Ka Ho‘olaule‘a O Hakata Tōmyō ka inoa. Ua nīnau au i ka‘u mau haumāna i kēia lā, akā ‘a‘ole kaulana kēia ho‘olaule‘a. Ua makemake au e hele i laila, akā pau ka ho‘olaule‘a i nehinei a ua lohe e pili ana i kēia hanana i kēia lā nō! Auē. Pono au e kali i kēia makahiki a‘e! 365 lā? 364 lā? He aha ke ‘ano o ho‘olaule‘a kēia? ‘A‘ole au ‘ike pono akā, he ho‘olaule‘a o ka pāheona i hana me nā kukui lākene.

Eia kekahi mau ki‘i:

A hui hou!

'O Voyagers Na Herb Kawainui Kāne

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me nā hoaaloha. Pehea mai nei ‘oukou?

Ua kū‘ai mai au i kēia puke na Herb Kawainui Kāne ma mua, akā na‘e ua pa‘ahana a ‘a‘ole au i heluhelu. Nui nā ki‘i pena i loko o ka puke, a hoihoi nā mo‘olelo. Ua heluhelu au i kēia puke i kēia kakahiaka nei. Inā ‘a‘ole ‘oukou kama‘āina i kēia puke, e ‘imi ma ka hale kū‘ai puke a i ‘ole ma ka hale waihona puke.

A hui hou!

'O Obon

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me nā hoaaloha.

Nui ko‘u pa‘ahana i nā lā a pau a pa‘akikī ke kākau ‘ana ma ‘ane‘i. Ho‘omau au e a‘o mai i ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ma nā papa pūnaewele o ‘Aha Pūnana Leo. Ua ho‘opau au i ka mokuna ‘iwakālua o Nā Kai ‘Ewalu a e ho‘omaka koke ana au i kekahi kau pūnaewele. Ua pīhoihoi loa au, no ka mea, ‘o Kainani Kahaunaele ka‘u kumu ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i hou! Nahenahe kona leo! Kama‘āina ‘oukou iā ia? I kekahi lā, pono au e kākau i mo‘olelo o kāna mele.

‘O ka Po‘akahi kēia, akā ‘a‘ole pono au e hana, no ka mea, ‘O Lānui ‘o Obon kēia lā. Ma hope, e launa ana au me kona mau hoaaloha e hele paha i ke karaoke.

He kukui lākene Obon.

A hui hou!