Learn about a time to honor the spirits of our ancestors.
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Learn about an annual Japanese celebration of children!
Learn about an annual Japanese celebration of sakura and springtime!
Learn about a traditional Japanese holiday to celebrate girls!
Hawaiʻi's favorite cultural day camp program for keiki ages 8-13!
Learn about a traditional Japanese holiday to banish evil and misfortune between winter and spring
Learn about the traditional Japanese method of making mochi (glutinous rice cake).
Watch Rena Gao, a Shin-Issei that grew up in Honolulu, as she chats with Locals in our video series, Wakame 若目.
Educators from across Hawaiʻi joined the Hidden HIstories of WW2 program, where they explored new perspectives of the war.
Watch the first full-length documentary to chronicle the internment experience of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i
Hoʻokāhi ka iʻlau like ana - "Wield the paddles together"
These films share untold first-hand accounts of island residents and their experiences of being detained during World War II.
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Learn about the unique wartime experience of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i.