PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-4-406 (J934.006)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Japanese" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on front: "Hidemichi Kira, New Japanese Consul, Arrives. Consul Hidemichi Kira arrived here from Tokyo by Pan American Clipper yesterday afternoon to join the local Japanese consulate-general staff. He was accompanied by his wife, Setsuko, and their daughter, Michiko, who is three years and seven months old. Consul Kira will succeed Consul Hiroshi Hitomi, who is leaving Honolulu on May 31 aboard the APL liner President Wilson with Mrs. Hitomi and their two-year-old son, Kaoru, for a new assignment at the Japanese foreign office in Tokyo. The new local Japanese consul has been with the marketing section of the Japanese trade ministry for the past three years. A native of Kagawa prefecture, he was graduated from Tokyo university in 1941. Born in Kamakura, Japan, Mrs. Kira is the daughter of the proprietor of the Hoshigaoka Saryo, exclusive Tokyo restaurant. She is a graduate of the Junko Gakuin, a Buddhist school in Yokohama, and her hobby is horseback riding. Mr. and Mrs. Kira will make their home at 3244 Woodlawn Drive."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation

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