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Past Exhibition

From Bento to Mixed Plate

Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i

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Past Exhibition

From Bento to Mixed Plate

Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i

About this Exhibition

This exhibition traces the evolution of Japanese American identity in multicultural Hawai‘i as seen through the eyes of the first generation to the present.

Americans of Japanese ancestry (AJAs) share their story through the use of personal artifacts, family photographs, and first-person accounts. Told from an AJA perspective the uniqueness of the Island culture is evident and is truly a story involving all of Hawai‘i’s people.

About this Exhibition

March 14, 1998 - January 03, 1999

Japanese American National Museum

About this Exhibition

This exhibition traces the evolution of Japanese American identity in multicultural Hawai‘i as seen through the eyes of the first generation to the present.

Americans of Japanese ancestry (AJAs) share their story through the use of personal artifacts, family photographs, and first-person accounts. Told from an AJA perspective the uniqueness of the Island culture is evident and is truly a story involving all of Hawai‘i’s people.

This exhibit is funded in part by The Rockefeller Foundation and The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

About this Exhibition

March 14, 1998 - January 03, 1999

Japanese American National Museum

About this Exhibition

This exhibition traces the evolution of Japanese American identity in multicultural Hawai‘i as seen through the eyes of the first generation to the present.

Americans of Japanese ancestry (AJAs) share their story through the use of personal artifacts, family photographs, and first-person accounts. Told from an AJA perspective the uniqueness of the Island culture is evident and is truly a story involving all of Hawai‘i’s people.

This exhibit is funded in part by The Rockefeller Foundation and The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

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