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May 27, 2018 · On June 19, 1868 — 17 years before what is considered the first mass immigration of Issei to Hawaii — a diverse group of 149 men, women and children arrived in Honolulu Harbor after...
- Christie Wilson
Hawaii was the first U.S. possession to become a major destination for immigrants from Japan, and it was profoundly transformed by the Japanese presence. In the 1880s, Hawaii was still decades away from becoming a state, and would not officially become a U.S. territory until 1900.
On February 8, 1885, about 900 Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii. The Japanese would quickly become one of the island kingdom ’s largest ethnic groups. Today, about 14% of Hawaii’s population has Japanese ancestry. Most of the immigrants aboard the City of Tokio were men.
Timeline of Immigration to Hawaii. 700 - 900 CE - Polynesian migrations to Hawaii islands. (some estimates are much earlier) 1778 CE - Captain James Cook of England 'discovers' Hawaii. 1821 CE - American missionaries arrive from New England.
Polynesian voyagers are believed to have discovered the Hawaiian Islands between 300-800 CE. These skilled explorers used their knowledge of the stars, ocean currents, and bird migration patterns to navigate the open ocean.
The first known arrival of Japanese to the Kingdom of Hawaii after Hawaiian contact with James Cook came on May 5, 1806, involving survivors of the ill-fated ship Inawaka-maru who had been adrift aboard their disabled ship for more than seventy days. The Inawaka-maru, a small cargo ship built in 1798 in Osaka, was owned by Mansuke Motoya.
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Aug 9, 2019 · The first Japanese emigrants to relocate to Hawaii—other than a handful of hapless sailors—were about 150 sugar laborers in 1868. However, deceptive contracts and poor working conditions drove ...
