Ushu Tamashiro (1902-1986)
When Barbara Kawakami and Dr. Alice Yun Chai set out to document the lives of the picture brides, they knew they were battling time. Most of the women were in their 80s. For some,...
Haruo Kameoka D.D.S.
Gwen Battad
Vol. 17, No. 4, Feb. 16, 1996
From the outside, Room 9 of the Wahiawa Medical Center looked like any other doctor’s office. But inside was much different. It was small by comparison to...
Picture Brides: A Story Of “Gaman”
Karleen Chinen
Vol. 7, No. 3, Feb. 7, 1986
As Barbara Kawakami listened to the experiences of the Japanese and Okinawan picture brides who came to Hawaii between 1908 and 1924, memories of her own life...
Project Dana, Jolene Kim Gerell Receive Ho‘omenemene Award
The Samaritan Counseling Center Hawaii presented its 2016 Ho‘omenemene Award to Project Dana and the late Jolene Kim Gerell at its awards banquet on May 1 at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i.
The dinner...
Moloka‘i’s Renaissance Man
Alan Suemori
Vol. 15, No. 18, Sept. 23, 1994
In Masashi Otsuka’s dream, he is 14 years old again, rocketing across the uplands of Moloka‘i, his ears filled with the pounding of his heart and the...
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