05/21/2018
Yesterday was AMAZING! Our very own Hawaii High School Judo Team, which is made up of some of the best judoka Hawaii has to offer, came out to support the City Botanical Garden's effort to help supply lei used to honor our fallen heroes on Memorial Day. In addition to their lei making, we were able to arrange a very special guest speaker, Mr Roy Fujiwara, to share stories about life as a Japanese American before, during, and after WWII, as well as his first hand accounts as a well decorated member of the prestigious 442nd Infantry 100th Battalion. Uncle Roy is undoubtably a treasure to our nation and our state, and his spry 100 year young mind, body and spirit communicated perfectly how it is truly OUR honor to recognize those who sacrificed so much for generations to come. Recognizing how fortunate we are, enables the adoption of attitudes of gratitude, which in turn nurtures better communities. ALOHA & MAHALO