Plantation Worker Letter Home Aloha, or hello (that's what they say on the plantation). I miss all of you back in Japan, I miss Okasan’s (mom) cooking, I miss watching the little ones play, but I mostly miss father. Tell him that I will come and visit him at the ulter soon. I left home to pursue a new life, to live in a warmer place, to get a job, and live in free housing. From what I understand most people came to Hawaii for the same reasons, sadly most of those promises were not fulfilled. For ten years I have saved money to come back home to Japan. I have been working very hard, everyday I have been waking up to a view of endless fields of sugarcane. I regret signing that contract, I literally did not know what I was signing up for. My expectations for Hawaii, was that it was paradise, there was endless relaxation, and the beach. But in reality, their is just sugarcane, work, and more sugarcane. Everyday I wake up at 5 o’clock am and work to 4:30 pm. I make around $9 a month. Everyday I clean up after Shizuka and
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I have shared most beliefs and traditions for an example I have celebrated bin dances, shared mochi recipes, and pray to our ancestors by putting senko (a black stick burned that is burned) on the altar. I have also learned about different cultures such as the Chinese New Year, this holiday is when you pop fireworks and celebrate the new year. Another tradition I have learned is also from the Chinese, which is lion dancing, lion dancing is when two to three people are in a lion costume and dance around, from what I understand thing is another way of celebrating the new year. The Puerto Ricans have been teaching baseball to other ethnic groups. Baseball is when you hit a ball with a bat and run around four different bases to get a “homerun.” I have been saving money to come back home soon. Please write back to and tell me how everyone has
I have shared most beliefs and traditions for an example I have celebrated bin dances, shared mochi recipes, and pray to our ancestors by putting senko (a black stick burned that is burned) on the altar. I have also learned about different cultures such as the Chinese New Year, this holiday is when you pop fireworks and celebrate the new year. Another tradition I have learned is also from the Chinese, which is lion dancing, lion dancing is when two to three people are in a lion costume and dance around, from what I understand thing is another way of celebrating the new year. The Puerto Ricans have been teaching baseball to other ethnic groups. Baseball is when you hit a ball with a bat and run around four different bases to get a “homerun.” I have been saving money to come back home soon. Please write back to and tell me how everyone has