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Article: Hawaii's Japanese are celebrating their centennial.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- June 1, 1985
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A hundred years ago, 944 Japanese arrived in Honolulu on the S.S. City of Tokio to work as contract laborers on Hawaii's sugar cane plantations. They were welcomed at the pier by King Kalakaua and the Royal Hawaiian Band.
Today the descendants of these and other Japanese immigrants--at 240,000, they are a quarter of hawaii's residents--are celebrating the centennial with a year of special events and exhibits.
Many activities are timed to coincide with the visit of Japan's Prince and Princess hitachi (he's Emperor Hirohito's second son) from June 14 to 24. But all through the summer and fall, Hawaii visitors can take in festivities dedicated to the ...