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• 絵本
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• 2025/12/02 (Tue) 13:16
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If there is one, is it Book off in Kakaako? Tenri Bunko in Nuuanu has a lot of Japanese picture books, and our children were taken care of by Tenri Bunko when they were little, but unfortunately it is closing this month.

• book
• 2025/12/02 (Tue) 22:17
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Picture book, I will go to BOOKOFF in Kakaako and see.
I am sorry to hear that Tenri Bunko is closed. Thank you for the information.

• こーの字
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 11:05
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That's gone pretty fast, isn't it?
If the batteries have been stored at home for years, it may be possible, but if you just bought them at the store, I think you can trust them to be fully charged.
I use manganese batteries for my remote control. I don't remember when I changed batteries before.
If the remote control sometimes stops working, rotating the batteries around in the remote control will make it work better. I think an oxide film forms on the surface of the battery, which makes it hard to make contact, so this will eliminate the problem.
Another way to check if the remote control is working properly is to look at the transmitting lamp on the tip of the remote control through the camera on your phone. With the human eye, you can't see the light shining, but with a smartphone camera, you can see it blinking.

• Lala
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 21:02
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Koji

Thank you very much for your kind attention.
I was wondering ？ how quickly the batteries would run out since I had just bought them a few days ago.
dry cell batteries are also not a ridiculous amount of money 💦
manganese batteries ？
I'll try to buy those next time ❗ ️

• GE考え中
• 2025/11/18 (Tue) 10:00
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Nice to meet you ！
I'm considering GE because I live in a condo in Waikiki and the school in my school district is Jefferson and I haven't heard good things.
I have to give her GE the month after next, but I'm not sure how to choose a school. I think my daughter will probably need ESL classes. She understands and speaks English, but her first language is Japanese.
In terms of academics, I'm still thinking Waislae, Wilson, Jefferson, and Royal, but not for now.

Waikiki Elementary is close, but I have seen many Japanese people there, so I would prefer a less Japanese environment for my daughter who needs ESL.
I hear that Manoa also has a lot of Japanese recently.

I am considering Nuuanu, Hokulani, Liholiho and Noelani.
Also, I would like to send my child to Punahou from the middle school, but how many students go to Punahou from the middle school?
Actually, I have a neighbor whose child goes to Iolani, and I heard that there are very few Punahou and Iolani middles from Public Elementary. They say that every year there are zero or one child who takes it and gets accepted. I can't financially afford to send my child from Kinder to Private, but I wonder if most of the Public Elementary people are also Public middles.

• おでん
• 2025/11/18 (Tue) 15:52
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There are kids who take Punahou and Iolani from Public every year, but as your neighbor said, there is really only one or two kids from each school who get accepted from Public.
The middle test, the SSAT, is not up to par with what is taught at Public. That means that Punahou and Iolani are already being taught that level of content study.
The only way to take the test from public is to start tutoring at least a year in advance. It is up to 2 years ahead of what is taught in school plus 2 years.
Look up the details of the SSAT, which is given up to the 8th grade.

No one from Manoa, Waikiki, Kahala, or Nuuanu passed this year. One person from Noelani passed Iolani and one from Hokulani passed Punahou.
In the middle, private kids from Hana Hau'oli, Rujardin, and Midpak take most of the Punahou and Iolani recruiting slots.
The same jiu-jitsu student as my son entered Punahou from middle two years ago from Hana Hau'oli, but his grades are below average at Punahou.
Hana Hau'oli is an elementary school for fairly good kids, but I think Punahou and Iolani have such high standards.
And Punahou seems to have 800 applicants for a quota of only 80 or so. Well, I think most of them are cut off by the SSAT passing criteria.
My child is also applying to Punahou and Iolani middle school this year from a private school, but I don't think he will get in based on the SSAT results. 😭

• そうなのかな
• 2025/11/25 (Tue) 16:17
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I have been wondering if this information is true, as it seems that almost no students enter Punahou after graduating from public elementary school, but let me share it with you.

I have seen this information on Vivinavi for a long time, so I asked a family who graduated from public school in 2024 and entered Punahou how they studied, and they replied, "Yes ？ ！ Another student was accepted from the same school, and I know another who entered from another school. I know someone who got in from another public one," was the answer.

That school, where my child also attends, is a school that is shunned by academically oriented families. We recently went to see the Lion King, a Punahou stage production, and found out that the child who graduated in 2023 is also in the school.
I have a feeling that perhaps Punahou is not only judged on academics, but also on some extra talent that shines through, such as music, athletics, musicals, etc.

I think you may be able to increase your chances of acceptance by developing some special skills in addition to your studies. （ If parents are enthusiastic about the practice for the sake of it, though, the child may feel suffocated. ）

• 皐月
• 2025/11/25 (Tue) 16:45
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I am the parent of a child who is taking the Punahou exam right now.
My son is also public.
Punahou will consider SSAT 90th percentile or higher, or 85th percentile ➕ arts, sports and … ！
But SSAT 85th percentile is difficult without at least academic level.
They say it's because you can't keep up with the class.
But it's still difficult from public …
I haven't heard of 3 or 5 publics getting accepted.
I've seen the classes are very different from the lower grades.

He has failed twice, Kinder and 4th grade, so I hope he gets accepted
for the third time. He wants to go there ….

• 難しいですよ…
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 11:37
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Good morning.
It's not all Punahou from Public, but it's quite difficult. Perhaps the mothers who attend Punahou say this with humility. I took the middle school entrance exam three years ago and was not accepted even after one year of tutoring. Three years ago, I took the middle school entrance exam and was not accepted even though I tutored for a year. Punahou has the highest passing line for Middle, so here is a link I got from two different tutors when I was attending them both as a reference regarding the SSAT. Other tutors and other schools seem to refer to this as well.

https://ssatpracticetest.com/web-app/admissions/punahou-hawaii.html

https://ssatpracticetest.com/web-app/ admissions/iolani-hawaii.html

https://ssatpracticetest.com/web-app/admissions/mid-pacific-institute-hawaii.html

• プリン
• 2025/11/23 (Sun) 21:42
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Hana

Hello. I think the information board is better than here, since this is a rather private discussion.
What I can tell you, even in the public, is that you are insured for 10% of hospitalization costs. I was not insured for 10% hospitalization costs when I was hospitalized
I was surprised to get a bill of several thousand dollars at the time. I then switched to a 10% hospitalization cost policy.

• ハナ
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 00:29
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Puddin

Thanks for the advice. I have posted it on the information board. Thank you for your continued cooperation.

I'm sorry, but does 10% of the hospitalization cost mean that 10% is self-paid? ？

A friend of mine came to Hawaii on vacation, got sick, and spent $70,000 from ER to surgery and hospitalization. All out of pocket, no travel insurance, no credit card insurance, etc. I was wondering what the co-pay would be if this is covered by Hawaii's medical insurance.

However, the surgery was very fast from the examination to the surgery, and I was able to have the surgery within a few days. As expected, I thought that the medical care in the U.S. is humane and amazing.

• こーの字
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 10:58
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The Out-of-pocket maximum is also important for medical insurance here, along with the co-payment percentage.
This is very simplified, but if you have a 10% co-pay and the out-of-pocket maximum is set at $ 3,000, your co-pay will be $ 3,000 if you receive $30,000 of medical care, and after that you will not have to pay any co-pay until the end of the year.
Plans with lower monthly premiums have a higher out-of-pocket maximum.

• こーの字
• 2025/11/26 (Wed) 11:16
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I would like to add
> Also, if you used company medical insurance such as HMSA, how long were you able to take off from work ？
This has nothing to do with your medical insurance, but depends on your company benefits （ how many hours of Sick Leave you are eligible for ） such as how many hours of Sick Leave you can use.

• Delivery man
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• 2025/11/23 (Sun) 22:23
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No, it will be delivered from person to person or store to store.

• viatom
• 2025/11/24 (Mon) 20:02
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So is it impossible to go to an office on the 5th floor of a building, pick up a package, and have it delivered to an office in another building?

• プラヤ
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• 2025/11/25 (Tue) 16:55
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https://www.uber.com/us/en/item-delivery/

Why don't you read the above site ？
Make the effort yourself first.

• シルクドソレイユ
• 2025/11/12 (Wed) 19:36
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I just went the other day ！ highly recommended ！
I purchased a Kama'aina ticket, they checked my ID. I think you will have to buy a regular price if only you are a kama'aina and your family does not have a Hawaii state ID.

• Jazz
• 2025/11/13 (Thu) 08:33
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Thank you very much, Cirque du Soleil.
Yes, there was an ID check at the entrance, some people said just show the QR code and others said you need an ID, so the information from those who have recently been there was very helpful.
When purchasing online, it is a bit of a hassle to have to split the purchase into two separate purchases, one for my wife and I at Kama'aina and one for the two of us from Japan at the regular price.

• アナ
• 2025/11/19 (Wed) 16:56
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Right now they have a Black Friday offer with the same discount rate as Kamaaina :)

• Jazz
• 2025/11/23 (Sun) 09:30
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Thank you very much for the information, Ana.
I will contact my family, since they got their plane tickets the other day and I was just thinking that it is about time to get Auana's tickets too.
Thank you very much.

• ドライバー
• 2025/11/20 (Thu) 13:51
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I definitely do not recommend buses on Honomala day. They are never on time. And if you are going to the airport, you will have to be on time for your flight.
Taxi is definitely the way to go, HANA Taxi can be reserved in advance and will be there waiting for you on time.

• こーの字
• 2025/11/21 (Fri) 16:56
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I believe the information will be uploaded here, but so far it is not listed.
https://www.thebus.org/RiderAlerts.asp

Last year's information was here
https://www.thebus.org/HTMLFILE/TheBus/Files/ 638690714100589134/638690714100589134.htm