Signs of Hawaiian Life – Feb. 24, 2024
![Lily Ling of Honolulu saw evidence of the far-reaching popularity of poke when she came across Wiki Wiki Poke while visiting Vienna, Austria. Photo by Michael Ling.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/web1_225-ling.jpeg)
Lily Ling of Honolulu saw evidence of the far-reaching popularity of poke when she came across Wiki Wiki Poke while visiting Vienna, Austria. Photo by Michael Ling.
![Jeannie P. Browne of Honolulu flashes a shaka with a friend at LC Waikiki in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Photo by Jeannie Browne.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/web1_225-browne.jpeg)
Jeannie P. Browne of Honolulu flashes a shaka with a friend at LC Waikiki in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photo by Jeannie Browne.
![While Glenn Okimoto was driving through the town of Ukiha in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, he caught sight of a poster of the late Ellison Onizuka. Okimoto, of Honolulu, learned that Ukiha is the birthplace of Onizukas grandparents and that residents there named a bridge for the Hawaii island astronaut. Photo by Hope Okimoto.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/web1_225-okimoto.jpeg)
While Glenn Okimoto was driving through the town of Ukiha in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, he caught sight of a poster of the late Ellison Onizuka. Okimoto, of Honolulu, learned that Ukiha is the birthplace of Onizuka’s grandparents and that residents there named a bridge for the Hawaii island astronaut. Photo by Hope Okimoto.
![Lily Ling of Honolulu saw evidence of the far-reaching popularity of poke when she came across Wiki Wiki Poke while visiting Vienna, Austria. Photo by Michael Ling.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/web1_225-ling.jpeg)
![Jeannie P. Browne of Honolulu flashes a shaka with a friend at LC Waikiki in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Photo by Jeannie Browne.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/web1_225-browne.jpeg)
![While Glenn Okimoto was driving through the town of Ukiha in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, he caught sight of a poster of the late Ellison Onizuka. Okimoto, of Honolulu, learned that Ukiha is the birthplace of Onizukas grandparents and that residents there named a bridge for the Hawaii island astronaut. Photo by Hope Okimoto.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/web1_225-okimoto.jpeg)
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