Events

2024 Christmas Sale!

One-of-a-kind, ready-to-go gifts from local crafters and donations from local businesses, thoughtfully curated by our wonderful volunteers. The gift shop will also be stocked with plants and floral bouquets. Every purchase helps support the Hawaii Japanese Center and its mission to preserve and share Japanese culture and heritage. Shop local, support a great cause, and find the perfect holiday gifts!

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18th Musical Nostalgia

The Hawaii Japanese Center presents 18th Musical Nostalgia featuring the Big Island's most talented singers!

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Mukashi Mukashi Sale

Please join us at the Hawaii Japanese Center for our popular sale of treasured vintage gems - ceramic, glass, and lacquer ware, vases, Japanese dolls, books, kimono, obi, fabric, trinkets and more.

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Book Talk and Signing with Pieper Toyama

Written in an informal "talk story" style, Toyama's book contains stories and photos of his upbringing on a sugar plantation on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island, including treasured memories of school life, sports, blazing cane fires, annual fishing derbies, and more.

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Book Talk and Signing with Gail Okawa

In her book and her upcoming talk, US Imprisonment of Hawaii's Japanese in World War II "From KMC to Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Long Journey of Hawaii Island's GAIL Y. OKAWA WWII Internees," she features her grandfather, Rev. Watanabe, who was minister at Olaa Japanese Congregational Church when Pearl Harbor was attacked, along with other (many Big Islanders) stories. Dr. Okawa grew up in Honolulu and is a retired English professor.

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‘Craft for Kids’ Celebrates ‘Heroes - The Nisei Soldiers of World War II’

Author and educator Carolyn Morinishi will present two craft workshops for kids relating to her latest book, Heroes - The Nisei Soldiers of World War II.

First craft session: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Second craft session: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

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