KanshaDonor ListDonations are from October–November 2012The <strong>Japanese</strong> <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hawai‘i extends its deepest appreciation and aloha to all ourmembers and donors who contributed during 2012. We are grateful for your generous support.The following acknowledges contributions received from October through November 2012.We make every attempt to be accurate and inclusive. If a name has inadvertently been omitted,please contact us at lau@jcch.com or call (808) 945-7633 Ext. 47. Mahalo for your support.sustainers$10,000–$14,999Richard M. Kayaassociates$5,000–$9,999AnnonymousCONTRIBUTORS$1,000–$2,999Wayne T. & Joy N. Ishiharapioneers$500–$999Kim Nakahara & Kenji TreanorSherry UmekiDONORSUP TO $499Richard Y. AkizakiPaul & April H. ArakakiDennis AsaiClifford & Jennifer AsatoCristina & Simeon CallejoDoris & Walter ChikamotoJoyce ChinenScott & Alison ColbyYasunori DeguchiPaul DepreyJoel & Marjorie DetermanSusan EichorGoro FujikawaEdward FujimotoJohn S. FujimotoKenneth H. FujimotoWalter & Helen FujimotoHiroyuki FujiokaAileen S. & Aimee Fujitani-GooPaul & Debbie FujiyamaRoy Y., Brent, Mari & Mia FuroyamaAnne & Jan FuruuchiClyde Y., Debbie & Jessica HarunoJohn N. & Jean K. HashimotoBryce Hideo Hataoka<strong>Hawaii</strong> Alpha Delta Kappa –Theta ChapterLinda HayashiJames & Karen HiraiRoy & Frances HirayasuRoy Y. & Emi HironoLynette M. HirotaTetsuji & Judy Ideta andKai & Hope MurataIwao & Leatrice IkenoTakeo & Judy E. InokuchiThomas & Ethel IsaraLillian C. & Hiroyuki ItoDerrick S. IwataKen & Lori IwataAnnette JimGeorge & Miyako KajiwaraRichard & Judy KappenbergDaniel H. & Jane KatayamaKay K. KatoThomas N. & Irene K. KawamuraRobert & Doris KawasakiBeatrice KayaSylvia S. KoikeEllen Kondo & Elaine RabacalKimi Koyata & Kiriko KurodaKazukiyo, Mae K.,Ryan & Kaci KuboyamaWalter & Sharlene KunitakeJane KuraharaJanna LauGeorge & Joan M. MasakiNakahodo MasanoriHarry N. MatsukiMasao & Elaine I. MatsumotoJean MatsuoAmber & Daphne McClureEllen Y. MigitaFay K. & Tracy MiyamotoDavid & Mernie Miyasato-CrawfordGlenn K. & Ko MiyatakiSachiko MonzenSterling & Amy MorikawaBruce, Joy, & Scott MorimotoCarole N. MurobayashiRalston & Pauline Nagata and ChelleyEndo & Jackson EndoFrances NakagawaDeneen, Curtis, & Cole NakashimaDorothy S. & Ann R. NakataSatoru & Gertrude NishidaRichard & Jocelyn NishiharaTetsuo OdoCaroline & Susumu OkiharaMargaret E. OkimotoJoyce E. & Glenn M. OkinoMisao OkudaBert T. & Manami OshiroBetty K. OtaKazuko OyamaPacific Resource Realty Inc. –Roy SekiguchiDenise S. ParkDon SakaiJanet Satogata & Lauren OkimotoLance Tabe & Rochelle Sakai-TabeKerry Kakazu & Ruby TakahashiClaude & Wendy Takanishi &Haley Yonemori-TakanishiSetsu TakashigeHisashi Tanaka & Jeanette YuenStanley & Drusilla A. TanakaJean S. & Reynold K. TanimotoThomas & Ellen Tanoura, Noelle Chuck& Eyan TsuchiyamaHiroto & Nancy F. TaonoKyle Tatsumoto & Carole HayashinoSpencer Sharon TenganCharles Y. & Audrey Y. TokunagaToki & Patricia S. ToyamaElizabeth N. Toy<strong>of</strong>ukuAgnes M. TsuhaCheryl, Ryan, & Ryder TungAmy E. Ushijima & June TakahamaSteven & Gladys UyeharaGladys F. WatanabeJerry S. & Amy E. WatanabeHarry K. & Shirley H. YamakawaGlenn & Fern Yamane, Mia Matoba &Anna FujiokaJudy K. YanagidaErnest & Marion YuasaspecialHoward R. & Sherri Hanada –25th Anniversary Gala (Contributors)John M. Kurahara –25th Anniversary Gala (Donors)Daniel Shiu & Sandee Moriki-Shiu –25th Anniversary Gala (Pioneers)Servco Foundation –25th Anniversary Gala (Contributors)Bruce T. Yoshida –25th Anniversary Gala (Donors)Give Aloha Foodland’s AnnualCommunity Matching GiftsProgram (Donors)In celebration <strong>of</strong> Dr. Fujio Matsuda’s88th birthday – George &Irene Mano (Donors)Fall 2012 Annual FundgoldDavis D. HigaArchie T. & May S. MurakamiJanet M. & Clarence H. KanjaEndowmentBarbara M. Inouye –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Kiju MurakamisilverSidney & Aileen FukeCharles K. FuruyaFrank K. HamadaAkemi RogerYasuo & Chiyo SadoyamaredAnonymousRaymond M. & Constance S. AkaseTakashi & Dorothy M. AkimotoEthel A. Oda & Daniel D. AndersonEdwin S. & Elaine A. AokiHelen T. AragakiWallace T. ArasatoAnn Yamasaki Berman & Li AnnBerman ShigemiByron & Barbara FujimotoKenneth K. & June K. FujimotoAlfreida F. FujitaMolly H. & Barbara Hara and SallyMatsushimaJanet S. HaradaTokio HaradaNathan M. & Jitsuko HashimotoSharon HataWill J. HendersonHelen K. HigaJinji HigaTakejiro, Ruby, Brianne & Chase HigaHitoshi & Kimiyo HirayamaGlenn T. & Arlene K. HoriuchiSharon A. IkedaJean R. ImamotoLarry & Beatrice IsemotoThomas & Chiye ItagakiCarol IwasakiKen & Lori IwataKeoni JeremiahGary K. KaiStanley & Sheri KajiokaEtsue E. KajiwaraThomas B. KamikawaKazumi KaneshiroAlvin H. KawadaJitsuo & Ruby Y. KawadaIn Memory <strong>of</strong> Yotaro Oda and YasuSaito Oda – Harold S. &Linda L. Sato (Donors)In Memory <strong>of</strong> Charles F. & ChimaSekiya & In Honor <strong>of</strong> Ray & BetsySekiya – Mabel S. Sekiya (Donors)Kevin, Jodi, Payton & Nolan KawaharaStanley M. & Kayleen M. KawamuraMildred Hayase KawanoGrace Kaya & Cynthia MatsunagaYoshio & Grace KijimaDorothy K. KikutaThomas T. KikutaMildred T. KitagawaDouglas Y. KoideGladys KotakiFaye M. Koyanagi & Lee NakamuraRichard K. & June T. KunimotoSonia M. LeongJane T. LymanGeorge Jr. & Dorothy MachadoRobert K. & Amy MiharaClayton S. & Aileen K. MimuraHenry E. & Tomiko MiuraLeatrice Y. MiyaokaSusumu, Sueko, Hiroko &Maxi MiyashitaHarry H. & Jane S. MorikawaWallace & Nora MoritaMichiko MotookaLillian MuranakaSuzuto Nakahira & Millie TagamiHenry & A.T. NakahodoJames E. & Charlotte S. NakamuraGeorge & Helen NakanoGeorge M. & Myrtle C. NakasatoHarry & Kuniko NakashimaFlorence T. & Denise K. NakataSatoru & Gertrude NishidaShizuye NishiokaHenry Y. & Lorraine Y. ObayashiElaine OishiRobert M. & Helen H. OkaMichael M. & Evelyn OkihiroAtsushi & Agnes R. OkinoArnold T. & Sandra OkuboTeresa OnoJohn & Nancy OshiroCindy OtsukaToshio G. & Kyoko OzekiTakeo & Harriet SaitoShoji SakamotoIrvin K. SasakiMiyoko SasakiMike & Yumiko SayamaFrank & Beverly SekiAnnette H. SekineGarrett K. & Aileen A. SerikawaSatoru & Jane Shikasho12
James A. & Joyce ShimokusuEdward S. & Jane H. ShiromaDonald Y. & Haruko ShizumuraAllen & Beverly SuemotoTadafumi & Chizue SugiyamaGlen & Charyn SunaharaSusan G. & Gladys TakamotoJune TakasakiDennis K. TakeshitaRobert & May O. TamuraHisaye TanakaItaru & Ann T. TanimotoFukuo & Diana TashiroIsamu & Barbara TatsuguchiHisako TatsumotoDorothy N. TeraokaBert S. TokairinKenji & Nobuko ToyamaToki & Patricia S. ToyamaSheila Uehara & Kikue RoumainAmy E. Ushijima & June TakahamaKimiko UtoSteven & Gladys UyeharaReiko UyejoHideko WatanabeRoy & Sandra YamadaBarbara S. YamaguchiShoji & Shizuyo YamaguchiKimiyo YamanakaAllen T. YamashitaKenneth K. & Imi YamashitaHiromu Yogi & Nora Yogi LumPeter YukimuraTakeshi Harada – In Memory <strong>of</strong>Saburo & Harue HaradaJane I. Hiranaka –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Mrs. Tsugi SaikiMay Leiko Imamura-Uruu –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Larry S. UruuSylvia S. Koike –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Takumi ShirakawaBetty A. Nojima –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Isamu NojimaLois F. Ohta & Cynthia Iwashita –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Yoneo & Shizuko OhtaBernice N. Oshita –In Honor <strong>of</strong> the Men <strong>of</strong> the 442ndRegimental Combat Team and the100th Infantry BattalionHoward & Jane Takara –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Holly E. TakaraOra Tashiro –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Gladys & Ben TashiroDennis Y. & Brenda R. Teranishi –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Danielle MaedaDONORSFujio AsaoRoger S. & Masako BellingerJane E. Bright & Valerie T.L. MinerMelissa Ching & Jonathan LoomisKathryn K. ClarkYasuko Duhaylongsod & Yvonne B. YimChisato N. EmmosStanley & Tamae EndoWalter & Helen FujimuraKoichi FukudaDoris HachidaKathy Hamada-KwockSidney I. & Nancy S. HashimotoRuth R. Hashisaka,Clyde O. & Liam J. FukuyamaAsa HiguchiKatherine HiguchiJerry M. HirataGerald M. & Shirley IbeFukuo & Frances IdetaPhilip K. Ige, Ph.D.Bernice & Merton Ishida,Taylor Kishinami & Katie KimuraYaeko IshidaJames & Elaine IsobeMasayuki & Lorna KawaharaMasuo & Alice KinoEdward & Ellen KoharaMitch M. KouchiJanet E. KuwaharaEdward & Judith LansonSharon Y. MasudaMabel MirikitaniDennis & Naomi MiyamotoKenneth & Frances MiyazonoAnnette MorishigeEiichi MotoshigeHelen C. & Florence Y. MurataGlenn I. & Jane S. NagaishiRyo, Lei, Meagan & Nicole NakamotoMargaret T. NishimuraHugh S. NoguchiKaren S. & Curtis Y. OchiaiMasayuki OkazakiRay & Annette OkimotoBetty OkuharaCarol OkutaniYukisada OshiroBetty K. OtaGlenn S. OuraDavid & Carol PrattJane T. SagawaHoward SakataHelen T. SakoLinda K. & Karen SawaiMasayoshi & Lorraine SawaiStanley, Lillian & Sean ShimodaRay I. & Gale K. ShimomuraDebra Lau ShiromaRene SumidaIra TagawaRoy R. TakamuneFrank T. & Elsie M. TakaoEiichi & Edith TanakaJean S. & Reynold K. TanimotoHenry S. & Florence H. TasakaAnn TokumaruTed & Fuku TsukiyamaEthel M. UyedaRichard S. & Hiroko WatabayashiEarl YamamotoElaine YamamotoWarren YamamotoDale & Lynn R. YamanakaFrances E. YanoLois K. Hashimoto & Paul Fetherland –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Herbert K. HashimotoSumiyo Tanaka –In Memory <strong>of</strong> Paul J. TanakaNew in the Gift Shop!The Year <strong>of</strong> the Snake: Tales from theChinese Zodiac (Author signed books)$15.95Eighth in the annual Tales <strong>of</strong> the Chinese Zodiacseries, The Year <strong>of</strong> the Snake shows all the charmingcharacters <strong>of</strong> the Chinese lunar calendar and how anadaptable attitude can overcome obstacles.Aloha Buddha (2011)DVD $20.00This is a story <strong>of</strong> how <strong>Japanese</strong> people came to Hawai‘iin the late 1800s and adjusted their culture andreligion to fit in a foreign land. <strong>Japanese</strong> Buddhism inHawai‘i may be the most unique form <strong>of</strong> Buddhism inthe world. Brought over by immigrants who came towork on the sugar plantations, the pressure <strong>of</strong> politics,Americanization, and Christianity reshaped <strong>Japanese</strong>Buddhism in surprising and unique ways. In Hawai‘i,<strong>Japanese</strong> Buddhists built Indian style temples, filled themwith Christian church pews, and sang modified hymns that praised the Buddha.It was all done as part <strong>of</strong> the “American Way.” Aloha Buddha is an epic journey thatchronicles how one religion found a home in Hawai‘i.The Manzanar Fishing Club (2012)DVD $24.95The WWII internment <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japanese</strong> Americansfrom a unique perspective: through the eyes<strong>of</strong> those who defied the armed guards, barbedwire and searchlights to fish for trout in thesurrounding waters <strong>of</strong> the Eastern Sierra.While larger battles were being fought inthe courts, the Manzanar fishermen wereexercising their rights on the ground. Thisis the untold story <strong>of</strong> those who refused toknuckle under and risked all to go fishing justlike other Americans.Hello Kitty Lucky Cat Coin Bank$32.00In assorted colors and styles. We alsohave Lucky Cat plush dolls, key chains,key charms, and car magnets.Journey <strong>of</strong> Heroes$10.00A comic book depicting the 100th InfantryBattalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team’sexperiences during World War II.13