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Shinsen Hawai Chizu / Ichimei Hawai Annai / 新撰布哇地圖。一名布哇案内

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Description: Covers Oahu, Maui, Kaui, Hawai'i and the island chain of Hawaiʻi. Shows topics of interest to the Japanese visitor or immigrant to Hawaiʻi including: population demographics of Japanese on the different islands; places of interest, average temperatures, list of Buddhist religious centers, Japanese primary schools, charts of distances between places on the Islands (for example: from Honolulu to Lihue). Text also contains traveler's advice for immigration, entry/re-entry into Hawaiʻi. The outer border consists of blocks of text and graphics containing advertisements from Japanese businesses, including bicycle shops, Western (European) clothing and hat stores, bakeries, hotels, grocery stores and photography studios.
Type: Additional Formats(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1906
Call number: 646987
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[Hawai Honoruru annai]

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Tourist brochure featuring a town plan of Honolulu. Town plan is bordered by photographic illustrations showing the attractions each with accompanying text in Japanese and English. Advertisements, some illustrated, on reverse. All other text in Japanese only. Published by the Aala Automotive Union which operated sightseeing tours around 1930. This brochure was often issued along with a sample itinerary "Aara Jidōsha Kumiai" to Japanese passengers upon arrival to Honolulu.

653615

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Sanfuranshisuko annai

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Pocket size tourist guide to San Francisco for Japanese visitors published by the Japanese Accommodation Union. The beginning of the guide reassures visitors that anti-Japanese sentiments do not exist in San Francisco. The guide also covers transportation and major tourist attractions. Includes numerous listings and advertisements for Japanese community organizations and businesses in the area.

653638

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Nihonjin Kyojk-ku Sanfuranshisuko annai chizu

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Map of San Francisco published by the San Francisco Detective Agency, 1/21 Stockton Street. Includes 5 detailed insets which feature the locations of individual Japanese businesses. Areas covered in the insets are: Uptown Japanese Community, Geary/Post /Sutter Streets area, Stockton Street area, Wholesale area in downtown, and South Park. Includes numerous advertisments for Japanese businesses including accommodation, a clothes store, book shop, chemist, insurance, law firm, and the detective agency. It also provides information on transportation.

653649

Honoruru fu yō zu [cartographic material] / ホノル府要圖 [cartographic material]

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A Japanese map of old Japantown in Honolulu, Hawaii. The map roughly corresponds to Honolulu's modern day Downtown and Chinatown districts, but at the time, this area was the center of Japanese life on the islands. Text in Japanese.

647754

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Hawai Shashin chō = Hawaiian Islands

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Comprised of full-page halftone reproductions of photographs, this photobook focuses on Japanese American communities in Hawaii. A majority of images are of Japanese-American sugar plantation and processing plants, as well as depictions of agricultural laborers in taro, coffee and other crops. Portraits of notables such as President Taft and Queen Likliokalani and other political and civic leaders are included. Other images are of important Hawaiian landmarks and of various Japanese group activities such as Buddhist groups, baseball team and Japanese schools. Indigenous Hawaiians are also depicted at a feast (luau) and outside of a traditional thatched house (hale).

653750

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Hawai shōkai shashinchō

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Black and white photographic illustrations of Hawaii. Captions in Japanese and English. Depicts cultural and business landmarks, as well as natural features. Honolulu and Oahu are the most prominently featured, but Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii are also shown. Agriculture businesses are also shown with images from sugar cane plantations, pineapple, coffee and rice farms.

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Shinsen Hawai Chizu / Ichimei Hawai Annai / 新撰布哇地圖。一名布哇案内

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Shinsen Hawai Chizu / Ichimei Hawai Annai / 新撰布哇地圖。一名布哇案内

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Admission Info and Tickets

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[Hawai Honoruru annai]

Sanfuranshisuko annai

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Hawai Shashin chō = Hawaiian Islands

Hawai shōkai shashinchō

Honoruru fu yō zu [cartographic material] / ホノル府要圖 [cartographic material]