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In 1939, the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce merged with the Japanese Merchants Association (Chuo Rengo) and the Honolulu Japanese Contractors Association, and changed its name to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. [2] [3] During World War II, many Chamber members were arrested and interned either in Hawaii or on the mainland ...
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii opened on May 28, 1987 in Moiliili, a majority-Japanese neighborhood in Honolulu. By 1989, the fundraising committee had raised $7.5 million from the Keidanren and other Japanese organizations to buy land and construct a new building to house the organization. Construction of the first phase of the ...
The Hiroshima to Honolulu Friendship Torii is a half-size replica of the torii at Itsukushima Shrine ( Japanese: 厳島神社 Itsukushima-jinja) located in the Mōʻiliʻili Triangle Park of Honolulu, Hawaii. The replica torii was presented as a gift from Honolulu's sister-city, Hiroshima, where the original torii is located. [1]
359894. Kailua / kaɪˈluːə / (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kɐjˈluwə]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It lies in the Koʻolaupoko District of the island of Oʻahu on the windward coast at Kailua Bay. It is in the judicial district and the ahupua'a named Ko'olaupoko. It is 12 miles (19 km ...
The Filipino Community Center, or " FilCom Center ", in Waipahu, Leeward Oahu; sits on a 2-acre (8,100 m 2) parcel of land gifted by the AmFac Corporation. Its 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m 2). structure provides some 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m 2). of usable space. It has three stories of rental space, offices for social, health care services ...
Apr. 21—The Vegas Chamber, the largest business association in Nevada, and three chamber organizations in Hawaii are holding a business exchange Tuesday and Wednesday in Honolulu to share ...
Joseph Ballard Atherton. Joseph Ballard Atherton (1837–1903) [1] was a Honolulu businessman and a former president of Castle & Cooke. He was a member of the Annexation group, which overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was the founder of Honolulu YMCA. Atherton was a member of both Kalākaua's Privy Council of State and Liliʻuokalani's Privy ...
The Aloha Festivals are an annual series of free cultural celebrations observed in the state of Hawaii in the United States based on the Makahiki, the beginning of the Native Hawaiian year marked by the sighting of the Pleiades (Makali'i). [1] It is the only statewide cultural festival in the nation. Highlights include the presentation of the ...