Island Conversations #51–Japanese come to West Hawaii, with Walter Kunitake

January 5, 2020

Island Conversations

Island Conversations #51Japanese come to West Hawaii, with Walter Kunitake

Kona coffee farmer Walter Kunitake talks with Island Conversations host Sherry Bracken about the Japanese who left plantations and came to West Hawaii once their contracts were up –who, why, what they did. AND about work to create a new Japanese Cultural Center of Kona!

Air date: Jan. 5, 2020

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