Table of contents

When did they come? - Newspaper Article

How did they get here? - Journals

How did their population grow over time? - Newspaper Article

How did they contribute to the economy after the plantation era? - Haiku's

What contributions did they make to food? - Glogster

What contributions did they make to language? - Japanese Language Influence

What contributions did they make to dance, sports, and other aspects of Hawaii’s cultural? - Haiku's

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Newspaper Article


Hawaii Times

Japanese population in Hawaii

April 20th, 1910

Green, Dillon

Japanese immigrants have been coming to the Hawaiian Islands since 1885 and there population is steadily increasing even today. The Japanese started coming to the islands in 1885 and by 1894 they had a population of about 28,000 a majority of them being single men. Then in 1899 plantation workers began looking for laborers so the sent out for around 26,000 more Japanese workers (again the majority was mostly men). After asking plantation owner gorge smith why he originally sent for workers from off island, he simply replied,” to get workers off island was easier and cheaper than getting the locals to cooperate.”

Shin Yoshida of Maui said,” I like the work here but I believe it gives me the same chance at succeeding as I had when I lived in Japan.” another worker, Haru Yamamoto of Honolulu said,” life in the field gets boring with no one to spend it with”. From these statements it can be seen that their lives have been affected in many ways one in which is being lonely. To solve this problem Japanese plantation workers began to work for and save their money so that they may send off to Japan for a wife to have on the island with them in which doubled their population by 1903.

With this increase in population the Japanese population it is no shock that by this year’s latest count there is an estimated 79,675. The increase in Japanese population throughout Hawaii is continuing to grow and is thought to continue to grow throughout the years. There is no doubt that the Japanese will become a great part of our culture.

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