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book cover: "Uchinanchu: A History of Okinawans in Hawaii"

Okinawan Roots: Okinawan Culture Hawaiian Style

August 12, 2018 Posted By: hhmh_admin Jikoen's Okinawan Roots No comments yet

Okinawan Culture Hawaiian Style Okinawan culture, a Hawaiianized version of the native original, is healthy and flourishing in Hawaii today. That is no small feat for an ethnic sub-group that constitutes perhaps 10 percent of Japanese Americans in Hawaii and is, for the most part, indistinguishable in appearance, language, culture...

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the yagura at night with dancers listening to speaker

Video: Bon Dance participants pause for moment of silence and gratitude

August 6, 2018 Posted By: hhmh_admin Bon Dance No comments yet

Pieper Toyama led Bon dancers in a moment of silence just before the last dance of the 2018 Jikoen Bon Dance. The post contains a video and a transcript of Pieper's words.

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Mary Fujitani with family members

Members Remember — by Mary Okada Fujitani

August 1, 2018 Posted By: hhmh_admin Member Stories No comments yet

Due to the outbreak of World War II, all temples were closed except Jikoen. We lived some distance from Jikoen and Rev. Ernest Hunt would pick up my two sisters and me and a few others, and we headed for Jikoen.

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