Niho Island Village

Another Hawaii. A must-visit museum that tells the unknown history of Hiroshima and Hawaii

Original Text

A private museum where you can learn about unknown history, which collects materials about Hiroshima immigrants since the Meiji era. There are many valuable materials that can feel the Hawaii immigrants in Hiroshima, such as immigration permits at that time and photographs of immigrants who went to Hawaii. Director Kawasaki is a very enthusiastic and humorous person and explains color 々. It would be nice to read his "History of Japanese Immigration in Hawaii" (you can buy it at Amazon or at the museum), which summarizes the history of immigrants. Bus to the museum ...

History of Hawaii immigration

Original Text

When I returned to Japan temporarily with my husband of the Fourth Japanese descent, I traveled to Hiroshima, where my great grandfather was born, looking for roots. At that time, I visited Nihojima Village with the Japan Hawaii Immigration Museum on Suo Oshima. I contacted Nihojima Village in advance because it is a private museum, and I set the navigation system on the day and went by car, but it became like a maze on a narrow road and I was quite lost. (Laughs) It was said that he was doing a museum personally, but standing ...