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My name is Ricardo Kiu Otake, i’m third generation japanese, born and raised in Brazil. My family immigrated from Japan to Brazil during the 1st and 2nd world war. At that time, Brazil had opened their borders to receive immigrants. They came mostly from Italy, Germany and Japan. My grandparents were living in poor conditions […]

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Jesus said he would Build his church Upon a rock.

In Hawaii there are a few chuches Built in lava rock. This is the very first Christian church in Hawaii. The first missionaries arrived here in 1820. The church was Built On a land that belonged to the king. Since then the history of Christianity began in the islands of Hawaii. The ancient Hawaiians took stones from their old temples and erected this building that is still standing today to host the fellowship of believers in downtown Kailua Kona. 

Posted on by Ricardo Otake

Introduction

My name is Ricardo Kiu Otake, i’m third generation japanese, born and raised in Brazil. My family immigrated from Japan to Brazil during the 1st and 2nd world war.

At that time, Brazil had opened their borders to receive immigrants. They came mostly from Italy, Germany and Japan. My grandparents were living in poor conditions in rural Japan and were looking for opportunities overseas. They chose to come to Brazil and there they established in the early 1930’s. Both my mom and dad came in the same Ship and probably they met each other during the trip that took 2 months from Japan to Brazil. THey arrived in a different land, completely different culture and a foreign language.

They manage to settle in the country side of Sao Paulo State where both my mom and dad were born, Paraguacu Paulista.

Their families innitially worked in cotton farms. Eventuallly some familiees began to move to larger cities and other towns to search for better conditions. A few years ago I had a chance to visit the town where my parents were born. The city is small and there are still some remnants of the Japanese colonization in that town.

My mother side came to Sao Paulo and evnetually they moved to Campos do JOrdao, fleeing from the harsh from the War.