#shirokiya

[toleratedacquaintance]

one of my favorite works from a class i took on asian-american literature—couldn’t find it at all online so i thought i’d transcribe it here! it should be an exact copy from the book, misspelling of arnold schwarzenegger’s name and all haha

this is from the asian-american anthology premonitions, published in 1995

—

Local Cyborg

by Barry Masuda

words distend homicides

Cindy Sherman hosts 24 blowfly pupa

nestle in my decomposing eyes

cannot see how passion's

corpse preserved in cryogenic culture

wanders aimlessly through Ala Moana

cybercarp swim upstream

my verdant Maui Walden

hums mystically

with silicon

subverts Arnold Schwarzeneggar

flays cyborg slaves with fiber-optic whips

snickering behind organic semiotics

decay before ahistorical Hitachi eyes

line Kahului's Shirokiya display case like Koch curve

log4/log3 = Waianae coastline

teeming with ciguatoxin

sold in Kole and Kahala, ama'ama and manini

made in Taiwan

a Hyundai (John Waihe'e's car)

sings beneath the Hawaiian flag

4 schofield patriots march to tri-color cadence

shouting like machine guns

Sousa the center

fuels G.I. Joe with heavy metal

hinders global village

toll-booths on information freeway

putrescing paranoia inco schizophrenia

nouns circulate like ontological fast-food

glows whispering like electrons

loop like Geneva's CERN particle-smasher

inscribe non-linear inventory

clone texts from cloned texts

save changes before closing?

1 a Mac IIsi from Kula.

[cohenskicksposts]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Shirokiya Japanese Rice Soup Bowl Floral Porcelain Vintage Set Of 4.

[photochannyc]

#yummydessert (at Shirokiya Japan Village Walk) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpRYfKbOX-5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[oldtimesnew]

Shirokiya was a chain of department stores and other retail establishments founded in Japan and later located in Honolulu under the ownership of Shirokiya Holdings, LLC, a United States-based corporation. The company's last location closed in 2020. 

Shirakiya Company ad, 1930s

Location is Iwashiro-Naganumacho - Company is Shirakiya. (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".

[hawaiianmerman]

Captured in my wild state eating asian desserts with @jujubeeonline #shirokiya #sakura #flowerblossom https://www.instagram.com/p/B9AOQhmnZ99/?igshid=1v6ix64ag8ohu

[sum080]

#ハワイ旅行 #hawaiitravel #ハワイ #hawaii #ハワイの空気 #hawaiilife #shirokiya #白木屋 #alamoanacenter #アラモアナセンター #ハワイ生活 #oahu #waihaa #ホノルル #honolulu #ハワイ至福のひととき #妄ハ中毒 #ハワイが好きな人と繋がりたい (Ala Moana Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BylrXFvgFDN/?igshid=28ql7yu13pon

[sagiri-asyab]

January 25, 2018

Place: Manichi Ramen Location: Ala Moana, Shirokiya

- Spending a lunch date with my boyfriend for our 31 monthsary. Nothing special, just simple. I ordered the Manichi Special with egg. I didnt get the chance to read what was in it, but i would say that it has a fatty soup taste because of the meat. Boyfriend had the Shoyu Pork belly with egg. I honestly prefer his ramen, his was more pricey but the soup and everything in it is definitely worth it.

[project-shop]

Join us at Anime Day tomorrow at Shirokiya! We'll have a table selling our items! We hope to see you there! 😊

[tricias-dishes]

#latergram yesterday's grub from #shirokiyajapanvillagewalk. #gashoken #tonkotsu #ramen took the cake. #yamachan #takoyaki and #tokugawa #yakisoba were good too! #food #foodporn #triciasdishes #shirokiya #tonkotsuramen #japanesefood #honolulu #hawaii #oahu #islandliving (at Shirokiya Japan Village Walk)

[jenniferdotson808]

Hello? ☎️ Anybody home? 🤔 #shenanigans at #shirokiya (at Shirokiya Japan Village Walk) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5mqzy5D44wDl83yfmphJBvPYdlXqaDtO2aV_Y0/?igshid=q62md777v4uu

[jonjmurakami]

Anime Day is underway! (Most of us aren't ready yet) at Shirokiya Japan Village Walk from 10a-3p today! Come check it out! @shirokiyajvw #jonjmurakami #shirokiya #japanvillagewalk

[glamzery]

[noyoichi]

Some drawings I did during my trip in Hawaii

[princess-adobo]

Oodles of udon.

[maneebs]

Tune into the latest episode of #BROSEFILES where I eat some of that GOOD Japanese street food from the Shirokiya Japan Village Walk 🤤🤤🤤

[sum080]

#ハワイ旅行 #hawaiitravel #ハワイ #hawaii #ハワイの空気 #hawaiilife #shirokiya #白木屋 #alamoanacenter #アラモアナセンター #ハワイ生活 #oahu #waihaa #ホノルル #honolulu #ハワイ至福のひととき #妄ハ中毒 #ハワイが好きな人と繋がりたい (Ala Moana Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BylrXFvgFDN/?igshid=28ql7yu13pon