This subcollection contains production materials from The Okinawan Diary I. The Okinawan Diary I features Okinawans in Hawaiʻi historically and in the 20th century. Okinawans were one of the groups of ethnicities who came to Hawaiʻi as plantation laborers. Some Okinawans featured on the program are Mamo Kaneshiro and his family who run one of the largest pig farms in Hawaiʻi; Jack Uyehara and his family who started the Aloha Tofu factory on Oʻahu; Calvin Nakama who preserves the tradition of taiko drumming; and Kenton Odo who plays shamisen and sings traditional Okinawan songs.

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