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, 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...
A confidant of Governor John Burns, a member of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu, a business associate of developer and financier Chinn Ho, a trustee of the Bishop Estate - Matsuo Takabuki has been at the heart of many of the sweeping social, financial, and political changes that have fundamentally altered Hawaii in the last half century.
An Unlikely Revolutionary is Takabuki's own story, told in his characteristically straightforward manner, of his life and work as one of the movers and shakers behind Hawaii's transformation from an isolated,...
A confidant of Governor John Burns, a member of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of Honolulu, a business associate of developer and ...
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...
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 w...
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...
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 destina...
