Recognition
All Major Gift Contributors will be listed on a “Recognition Wall” in the Center. Contributors will be categorized into the following levels.
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lehua | $100,000 or more |
| Cherry Blossom | $50,000 - $99,000 |
| Orchid | $25,000 - $49,999 |
| Hibiscus | $10,000 - $24,999 |
| Anthirium | $5,000 - $9,000 |
| Pikake | $1,000 - $4,999 |
| Plumeria | $500 |
Thank you to the following business and individuals who have helped the Hawai’i Japanese Center reach its initial goal. We would like to send our sincere thanks –
Doomo Arigatoo Gozaimasu to:
| Lehua | Hiroo & Satsuki Sato |
|---|---|
| Lehua | Roy Sonomura & Sonomura Contracting Co. |
| Cherry Blossom | Honua Hawaii Culture Center |
| Cherry Blossom | KTA |
| Orchid | Ruth Fujimoto |
| Orchid | Evelyn Sonomura Noriguchi |
| Orchid | First Hawaiian Bank |
| Hibiscus | Hawaii Pacific Rim Society |
| Hibiscus | T Hara & Company LLC |
| Hibiscus | Big Island Candy |
| Hibiscus | American Savings Bank |
| Hibiscus | Otsuki family for Konosuke Otsuki (Papaiko in 1890) |
| Hibiscus | Mieko & Kiyonori Tsuboi |
| Hibiscus | Isemoto Contracting Co. Ltd. |
| Hibiscus | Wayne & Lynn Kamitaki |
| Hibiscus | Shinobu Sato |
| Hibiscus | Keiko Miyama / Aka Kuuleinani Hashimoto |
| Hibiscus | Bunichiro Onome (Olaa in 1893) |
| Hibiscus | Gladys Sonomura |
| Hibiscus | Hiroyuki Honda |
| Anthurium | |
| Anthurium | Yukie Tanaka |
| Anthurium | Mieko Tsuboi & Hirai |
| Anthirium | Masafumi Honda |
| Anthurium | Aiko Iris Sato |
| Anthurium | Zenzo Kanai |
| Anthurium | Shunso Sasagawa |
| Anthurium | Tsurue Amenomori |
| Anthurium | Dodo Mortuary, Inc |
| Anthurium | Central Pacific Bank |
| Anthurium | Bank of Hawaii |
| Anthurium | Hiroshi Honda |
| Anthurium | Masako Honda |
| Pikake | Nihon Ukulele Association |
| Pikake | Kazuyoshi Oshiumi |
| Pikake | Megumi Shimada |
| Pikake | Yuzuru Tsuboi |
| Pikake | Wallace Oki |
| Pikake | Shin Ohno |
| Pikake | HPM Building Supply Foundation |
| Pikake | East Hawaii Hiroshima Kenjin Kai |
| Pikake | Thomas & Eva Hirano |
| Pikake | Japan Group Donation by Mieko Tsuboi |
| Pikake | Tenrikyo Hilo Church |
| Pikake | Norman E. Sato for Shinobu Sato |
| Pikake | Kaiko`o Mall Association |
| Pikake | Shizuko Akamine |
| Pikake | Kazuya Takaoka |
| Pikake | Araki, Samuel T. |
| Pikake | Watamabe Insurance Servieces, Inc |
| Pikake | Larry & Beatrice Isemoto |
| Pikake | Hula Po`ai Nalei in Tokyo, Japan |
| Pikake | Richard Kunimoto |
| Pikake | Kazuyuki & Mitsue Kudo |
| Pikake | Modern Appliance Co, Inc |
| Pikake | Wilfred Fujimoto , M.D. |
| Pikake | Masayoshi Ikemoto & Kineya Shamisen Master |
| Pikake | Tsuneo & Charlotte Akiyama |
| Pikake | Territoral Savings Bank |
| Pikake | Kinjo Ryuu Taisho Koto |
| Pikake | Kazuki Tsunoda |
| Pikake | Juliann M. Sonomura |
| Pikake | Hawaii Shima Yamaguchi Kenjin Kai |
| Pikake | Hawaii Shima Kumamoto Doshi kai |
| Pikake | Ginoza Realty Inc. |
| Pikake | Ben Franklin Craft Club |
| Pikake | DBA Ed Higa Contractor |
| Pikake | Wataru & Shinae Hirano |
| Pikake | 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans |
| Plumeria | Kanto Gakuin High School |
| Plumeria | Hisako Hazel Maedo |
| Plumeria | Tabunka Beikoku Rikai Kenkyu Kai |
| Plumeria | Grace & Ryan Kaneko’ |
| Plumeria | Tomiko & Joseph Maier |
| Plumeria | John & Margaret S. Ushijima |
| Plumeria | Hiroaki & Fusako Onome |
| Plumeria | Uhei Naruse |
| Plumeria | Kari & Mae Kawahara |
| Plumeria | Ebesugawa Sisters |
| Plumeria | Big Island Toyota |
| Plumeria | Waipio Valley Trading Co., Inc |
| Plumeria | Tsumako Kidani |
| Plumeria | Thelma Kawate |
| Plumeria | Taishoji Soto Mission |
| Plumeria | T.H.Y. & Associate, Inc |
| Plumeria | Richard & Marsha Suffern |
| Plumeria | Patricia Okamura |
| Plumeria | Millicent Kim Inc |
| Plumeria | Memory of Kazuo & Owari Nakashima |
| Plumeria | Kawili Dental Group, Inc. |
| Plumeria | Hawii Paper Product |
| Plumeria | Hawaii Tribune Herald Ted E.Dixon |
| Plumeria | Hawaii Radiologic Associates, Ltd |
| Plumeria | Edwin & C K Sorenson for Masaki Sonomura |
| Plumeria | Cliff M. Morris (For George Na`ope Aikane Festival 2004) |
| Plumeria | Central Supply Inc |
| Plumeria | (Kiyoshi) & Matsue Matsuo |
Original Founder 2002 Plaque:
- Reverend Shinryu & Tatsuko Akita
- Tsurue Amenomori
- Yutaka & Fumie Doi
- Akira & Hazel Fujimoto
- Ruth Fujimoto
- Thomas & Eva Hirano
- Hiroshi & Masako Honda
- Hiroyuki Honda
- Masafumi Honda
- Larry & Beatrice Isemoto
- Kaiko’o Mall Association
- Hideto Kono
- Kazuyuki & Mitsue Kudo
- Yasuo & Hanako Kuwaye
- Matsu & Umito Kuwaye
- Keiko Miyama (Aka Kuuleinani Hashimoto)
- Teruo & Mitsue Morigaki
- Paul T. Nishimura
- Kaoru & Lillian Noda
- Hiroaki & Fusako Onome
- Bunichiro Onome
- Kazuyoshi Oshiumi
- Hiroo & Satsuki Sato
- Shinobu Sato
- Shiigi Drug Co., Inc.
- Matsuo Oshiro Shimabukuro
- Megumi Shimada
- Walter S. Tachibana
- Kazuya Takaoka
- Yukie Tanaka
- Richard & Sumako Taniguchi
- Tenrikyo Hilo Church
- Kiyonori & Mieko Tsuboi
- Kazuki Tsunoda
- Hawaii Shima Yamaguchi Kenjin Kai
- Sadame Nanci Watanabe
- Nakayoshi Karaoke Kai
Inkind Donation List
- KTA Super Stores
-
It is so vital to remember our roots and where we came from. We are here today because our ancestors sought a new life in America and Hawaii for the betterment of their families. We need to preserve the past for it helps us to build our future.” - Barry Taniguchi (CEO / President KTA Super Stores).
- Ace Hardware
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- Ben Franklin Craft Center
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- Big Island Candies
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- Isemoto Contractor
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Isemoto Contracting Co. was one of the earliest supporter of the Hawaii Japanese Center with monetary donations, as well as with the loan of construction equipment and tools during the renovation of the structure.
History of Isemoto Constructing Company
- KTA – food Preparation
- Japanese Community Association of Hawaii- Publicity
- KHBC- Myna Bird- Publicity
- Joe Momamone- Final Tile Custom floor
- Freddie’s- Gift certificates
- Hawthorne- Equipment use
- Hilo Hongwanji Kendo Club- Floor waxing
- GW Construction- Gerald Yamada- Painting
- Isemoto Contracting- Equipment Use
- Ace Painting
- Able Electrical
- Calvin Azevedo
- HPM- windows
- Hawaii Tribune Herald- Publicity
- Hawaii Printing- Tickets
- Edo Higa Contracting-Equipment and Labor
- Dennis Inouye-Septic Tank System design
- Design Concept-ceiling
- David Y Tamura Ass. –Landscape Design
- Hawaii Japanese Chamber of Commerce- Publicity
- Mike Chang- Fire Extinguishers
- Okahara and Ass. - Mechanical Engineering
- Yamada & Sons- parking
- Ray Lehman- Contractor
- Richard Fukui-Wielding
- Roy Sonomura- Building Materials
- Suisan-food
- Ted Ganir-Construction
- Thomas Hirano- Stationers
- Wayne Kamitaki-Ace Hardware/Ben Franklin- building materials, printing, postage…
- Wallace Oki- Electrical Engineer