"Jan Ken Po, Ai Kono Sho" "Junk An'a Po, I Canna Show" These words to a simple child's game brought from Japan and made local, the property of all of Hawaii's people, symbolize the cultural transformation experienced by Hawaii's Japanese. It is the story of this experience that Dennis Ogawa tells so well here.

Jan Ken Po: The World of Hawaii's Japanese Americans

History

Ogawa, Dennis M.

Americas

University of Hawaii Press

Book by Ogawa, Dennis M., Grant, Glen

Kodomo No Tame Ni―For the Sake of the Children: The Japanese American Experience in Hawaii

Grant, Glen

Examines Hawaii's Japanese community and assimilation into American society.

Primarily based on Masaji Marumoto’s oral histories, this book is an account of Marumoto’s life and career―from the time he was a child until he was well into his retirement years in the mid-1980s.One of Hawaii’s most distinguished Nisei, Marumoto was the first person of Asian ancestry to graduate from Harvard Law School, the first Japanese American president of the Hawaii Bar Association, and the first Japanese American to serve on the Hawaii Supreme Court. This volume includes portions of a diary Marumoto kept as a fourteen-year-old schoolboy and letters to his wife and son during his World War II military service. It is an intimate portrait of a remarkable individual―a figure of major consequence in the story of modern Hawaii.

First Among Nisei: The Life and Writings of Masaji Marumoto (Peoples of Hawai'i, the Pacific, and Asia)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

"[This is] the story of how the California Hotel grew from an unattractive property in a run-down section of Las Vegas to become the must-visit destination for Hawai‘i gamblers, whose special relationship with the hotel was forged in its first decade of business―1975 to 1985. . . . [It’s] told largely through the voice of John Blink, who was a witness to the powerful connection Sam Boyd created between the California Hotel and Hawai‘i’s gamblers. But it also includes personal recollections from people who worked in Hawai‘i and the hotel. Together, they offer insights, memories, and opinions on what made the hotel an oasis of aloha in a depressed corner of Las Vegas. The early chapters, which provide the background and the events that led to the opening of the hotel in 1975, introduce the reader to Boyd and describe his growing mentorship of Blink. Subsequent chapters chronicle the California Hotel’s shaky start and the business decisions that turned it into a profitable casino beyond everyone’s dreams. They describe a place so popular that guests routinely say the best times to see old friends―sometimes the only times they ever see them―are at weddings, funerals, and at the California Hotel." ―from the Introduction by Dennis M. Ogawa

California Hotel and Casino: Hawai‘i's Home Away from Home

Business & Money

GORDON, MIKE

Blink, John M.

Industries

Japanese Cultural Center

"Jan Ken Po, Ai Kono Sho""Junk An'a Po, I Canna Show"These words to a simple child's game brought from Japan and made local, the property of all of Hawaii's people, symbolize the cultural transformation experienced by Hawaii's Japanese. It is the story of this experience that Dennis Ogawa tells so well here.

“Who You?” For Japanese Americans of Hawaii, it is all about the Issei. On the journey to find identity they do not walk alone. The Issei walk with them. They will not lose their way. These stories that honor the Issei are shared by George R. Ariyoshi, former Governor of Hawaii; Fujio Matsuda, former President, University of Hawaii; Sparky Matsunaga, late Senator of Hawaii; Masaji Marumoto, late Justice, Supreme Court of Hawaii; Fumiko Kaya, late founder, Goto of Hiroshima Foundation; and Patsy Sumie Saiki, late author and educator.

Who You? Hawaii Issei

Kitano, Christine

Community & Culture

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Jan Ken Po: The World of Hawaii's Japanese Americans

Kodomo No Tame Ni―For the Sake of the Children: The Japanese American Experience in Hawaii

Kodomo No Tame Ni―For the Sake of the Children: The Japanese American Experience in Hawaii

First Among Nisei: The Life and Writings of Masaji Marumoto (Peoples of Hawai'i, the Pacific, and Asia)

California Hotel and Casino: Hawai‘i's Home Away from Home

Jan Ken Po: The World of Hawaii's Japanese Americans

Who You? Hawaii Issei