The Japanese Nisei of the Kona Coffee Farmers: Shinto Shrines Left Destroyed and Hidden National Identities

在第一年，我完成了三项任务：(1)档案研究，(2)科纳访谈。在我于2014年4月提交了创业申请后，我开始根据档案资料和采访，研究日本人日成在夏威夷科纳的生活经历。这一初步研究表明，日本的国家认同与日本神社所使用的日本国家象征之间的关系远比现有文献所设想的要深刻得多。(3)这些研究结果在6月的一次国际会议上提出，并得到了有建设性的评论。自2014年10月“启动”项目开始以来，整个研究项目已进入下一个阶段。对土著和日本来源的进一步调查证实了我之前的发现，即日本靖国神社在保护日本特色方面发挥了关键作用，这伴随着在夏威夷的日本移民多元国家身份的演变。有七人接受了采访。许多NISEI参与者在咖啡农场长大的童年回忆为这项研究提供了动态、丰富和有趣的信息。这项研究揭示了伊纳里神殿因其神秘的力量在科纳至关重要，因为伊纳利神会给科纳咖啡农民带来丰收。总的来说，该项目的进展速度远远高于最初的预期。它已经通过证实神社和身份之间的联系而创造了坚实的基础

In the first year I completed three task: (1) archival research, and (2) interviews, in Kona. After I submitted the application for the “start-up” in April 2014, I started examining the life experiences of the Japanese Nisei in Kona, Hawaii, based on archival sources and interviews. This preliminary research suggested that the relationship between Japanese national identity and Japanese national symbols utilized by the Japanese Shrines, such as Jinja and Inari were far more profound than assumed by the existing literature. (3) These findings were presented at an international conference in June and were received with constructive comments.Since the commencement of the “start-up” project in October 2014, the whole research project has advanced to the next level. Further investigation of indigenous and Japanese sources substantiated my previous findings that Japanese Shrines played a pivotal role in the preservation of the Japanese-ness, which accompanied the evolution of pluralistic national identities of the Japanese immigrants in Hawaii. Seven people were interviewed. Childhood recollections from many Nisei participants growing up in coffee farms provided the research with dynamic, rich, and intriguing information. The research revealed how the Inari Shrine was vital in Kona for its mystical powers, for the Inari god would bring a good crop to the Kona coffee farmers.On the whole, the project is progressing at a much higher pace than originally expected. It has already created a solid basis by substantiating the connection between shrines and identities