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A quick stop to Hilo’s sister city Ikaho, Japan
A quick stop to Ikaho (sister city of Hilo, Hawaii! Check out the Hawaiian festival poster attached!) near Shibukawa, for cover shots of Robert Walker Irwin’s summer villa.
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An amazing day at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives
An amazing day of filming 131-year-old documents that are key to Katsu Goto’s journey to Hawaii! Visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives.
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Great day of research, filming and interviews in Oiso, Kanagawa
Great day of research, filming and interviews in Oiso, Kanagawa, where Katsu Goto was born, raised and worked at the city office. Filmed at his (ceremonial; remains are at the Honokaa site) and the family’s gravesite, met and interviewed the mayor of Oiso, Dr. Hisao Nakasaki and other key locations and sites.
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On location in Yokohama, Japan
Spent the day in Yokohama doing research and filming: Osanbashi Pier, Yokohama Archives of History, the Kanagawa Prefectural Government Main Building, etc.
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Film crew discovers building transplanted from Big Island to Nagoya, Japan
An excellent day of filming B roll and cover shots at Meiji Mura open air museum – filmed important Meiji era buildings, including the Japanese Immigrants’ Assembly Hall built in Hilo in 1889. Yes, that’s right – this building was first used as a church by the early Japanese immigrants in East Hawaii on the…
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Presentation at conference of the Japanese Association of Migration Studies in Osaka
In Japan on the project – gave a Round table presentation on “Bringing the Legacy of Katsu Goto to Life” at the annual conference of the Japanese Association of Migration Studies at Hannan University in Osaka June 25-26.
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Location Scouting in East Hawaii
Team members spent the day location scouting in East Hawaii for the Katsu Goto movie project. Yes, there’s still sugar cane growing on Hawaii Island if you know where to look.
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Iwasaki and Sekiya to speak about Katsu Goto movie in Honokaa Sunday (Dec 27)
At 10 a.m. Sunday, December 27, 2015 the annual Honokaa Hongwanji Buddhist temple Katsu Goto Memorial service will be held. Rev. Furusawa will present a Dharma message. Featured guests will be Ms. Patsy Iwasaki and Baron Sekiya.
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Special preview of Katsu Goto movie to air on Nippon Golden Network
“Bringing the Legacy of Katsu Goto to Life” is the first documentary of his story presented by the Katsu Goto Memorial Committee (KGMC) of the Honokaa Hongwanji Mission. This special is a 25-minute preview as well as a behind the scenes look at the “making of” the documentary on Katsu Goto featuring a fundraising campaign…
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NGN Special Preview on Katsu Goto to air January 2016
A preview and behind the scenes look at the making of the documentary film. A free viewing period on the Nippon Golden Network (NGN 1 on Channel 677)