Japanese Immigration To Hawaii

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the most interesting migrations in United States history was the Japanese migration to Hawaii. It showcased the many difficulties that the migrations to the states encountered.

While the first migration of Japanese is often believed to have occurred in 1885 the true first migration actually took place in 1868. It was on May 17th 1868 when a boat set sail from Japan to Hawaii for the purpose of immigration. The ship set sail out of the Japanese city of Yokohama (A Short Chronology of Japanese American History http://www.janet.org/janet_history/niiya_chron.html). On its vessel traveled 153 Japanese citizens who were bound for the Hawaiian borders. The reason this first group began the migration journey was to work in the sugar plantations of Hawaii. This was the first official migration from the nation of Japan to the islands of Hawaii. Since that time this group has been known as the Gannenmono. Following that first migration many more would follow and there would be a story of ...

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not until seventeen years later, in 1885, after extended negotiations, that attempts to rejuvenate Japanese immigration proved successful. In February of that year the steamer City of Tokio brought nearly nine hundred Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. Mostly young, single males working under three-year binding contracts, they came with the intention of making their fortunes in "Golden Hawaii" and returning to Japan with status and wealth(The Japanese in Hawaii' http://www.hawaiiguide.com/japan.htm Written by Dennis M. Ogawa with Glen Grant.)."

This is the reason that some believe the migration efforts of Japan to Hawaii first began in 1885. The first group however was 17 years earlier and ...

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