The joys and struggles of the bygone days of the Westside’s Japanese plantation workers are celebrated with a new five-song ...

"It is excellent for locals and tourists alike — focusing on immigrants who came to work on plantations ... historic sugar town of Old Kōloa Town, where you can learn more about Hawaii's ...

Just over a century ago, Filipino workers across the territory’s sugar plantations went on strike ... the future of labor in the state of Hawaii,” said DAGS director Keith Regan.

The restored, historic 1900s cottages recall Hawaii's plantation era and ... that originally served as living quarters for sugar plantation workers and their families in the early 1800s.

This home of Hawaii's first successful sugar mill was established in 1835 ... was first used as an ice cream parlor, serving the plantation workers. The Chang Fook Building was built in the ...

Describing the hardships immigrant workers experienced on the sugar plantations, the song is performed by Gomoto. “In Hawaii, she’s known as a semi-professional Japanese singer,” he notes.