Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii

Programs (including Cultural festivals, statewide public programs, exhibitions and educational workshops are sponsored throughout the year to promote awareness in the Japanese Cultural heritage in Hawaii and the traditional Japanese Cultural arts. Jcch's largest Cultural festival is held at the beginning of each year. The new year's ohana festival attracts over 5,000 visitors to the Center and brings together the community to showcase Japanese dance, music, martial arts, Cultural arts and food. The jcch also launched two new youth programs: tanoshii Hawaii, a Cultural youth summer day camp, and the hoohana cohort program, a community leadership program targeting early career professionals.

The historical and community galleries provide a better understanding of Japanese american culture and history through the display of pictorial history, artifacts, videos and exhibits. The ellison onizuka remembrance exhibit in the historical gallery is a tribute to hawaii'sfirst astronaut, the collection of photos and nasa artifacts were transferred from storage in kona to the historical exhibition at jcch. The honouliuli education Center, located in the community Center, showcase jcch's work to preserve honouliuli and to feature historical artifacts and oral histories of former Japanese americans interned during world war ii. An estimated 10,000 students, teachers and visitors from Hawaii, continental u.s., and japan have passed through the historical gallery and the honouliuli education Center.

The tokioka heritage resource Center provides public access to our special collections and archival documents related to the history of Japanese in Hawaii and serves as a valuable resource to researchers, students and families. The resource Center also provides assistance to individuals researching their family histories, translation services of family registries and interpretation of Japanese names.