[2020 Hakuseiji Hawaii tour]
And this year 2020, I joined Hakuseiji-Kamuro Pary Hawaii tour. This time my wife Mieko also joined the tour. Dinner party was held at Honolulu Jodo mission by Hawaii Kamuro club members. I was really surprised when I saw family tree chart of ‘Torazo Isobe (Aoki) and Kame Aoki’ written and brought by Amy Yamashita. ‘Torazo Isobe (Aoki) and Kame Aoki ‘ title has two names Isobe and Aoki. Kame Aoki is sure my mother’s father’s sister. This must be proof of Torazo aoki is Torazo Isobe. Amy Yanashita didn’t know why Trazo Isobe has different name Aoki. Torazo Isobe is youger brother of Heikichi Isobe but different mother and both working as fisherman in Kukuiula. Heikichi Isobe is grandfather of Amy Yamashita. She also showed me a picture that her father Minoru Isobe is on his fishing boat which is very similar to one in Okikamuro at Kukuiula bay. I showed my parents wedding picture in which Torazo and Kame Aoki are. This picture was in my note PC. Amy wanted this picture. I promised to mail this picture after having Amy’s mail address. She gave me the her hand written Torazo’s family tree.
In this dinner meeting, other members of the tour Hamada mother and daughter seemed found their relatives. I had firm impression ‘many Okikamuro and Suo-Oshima descendants are living in Hawaii’.
In following picture, Editor and Amy happened to be side by side. Front row right side Tom abd Amy Yamashita, Masatomo Yagi (Editor), Bishop Shizuo Niiyama, Bishop Nakano Honolulu Jodo mission...
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[Kukuiula bay]
I asked rev. Ishikawa to find Torazo Aoki’s record in ‘Kakocho’ (death record book) after the pray for ancestors when we visited Coloa Jodo mission in Kauai. I thought It’s going take more than month. But he brought ‘Kakocho’ and showed Torazo Aoki’s record after few minutes later. I really surprised so quick result. My first impression was that Torazo(寅三）’s real first name was same pronunciation different letter Torazo(虎蔵). I also found name Nshita who is son of Torazo according to Amy’s Family tree. I confirmed this record is really Torazo’s death record in Kakocho. I felt relief that everything became clear about Troazo which looking for many years. I took picture the Torazo’s page in Kakocho book. I asked Rev. Niiyama that I like to visit the Kukuiula bay where was not included in scheduled course. As a result, Rev. Ishikawa drove small group of us to Kukuiula Bay and other tour member visited scheduled course by the car drove by other Coloa jodoin member. The group of us included me, my wife, rev. Niiyama and Yamaguchi newspaper writer Mr. Satao. Kukuiula bay is smaller than expected and guarded by natural water break. I felt Kukuiula much like Okikamuro port. Coloa district was started as sugar cane business and there is unused sugar cane export port.
When we were changing clothes in hotel, Helen visited us. She brought us Lei and presents. Helen went to the hotel we scheduled first time and she found we have changed hotel and then she came to this hotel. I have lots of things to ask her. I suggested to have dinner with us. But she had schedule and her husband was waiting in the car. I have tried to understand our family tree relationship. There was too much things to ask in short time. I gave up to understand detail family tree relation which includes many family names like Nishimura, Isobe, Aoki and Mastuda and so on. I decided to ask those relations by e-mail later.
Following picture was taken when Mrs. Helen Ebes visited us at Hotel in Kauai.
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