PBS Hawaiʻi Presents
Shinmachi: Stronger Than a Tsunami
Special | 56m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn the resilience of Japanese immigrants whose Hilo community was hit twice by tsunami.
On April 1, 1946, a deadly tsunami, triggered by an earthquake thousands of miles away in Alaska, devasted Shinmachi, a community in Hilo built by Japanese immigrants who took the bold step to establish economic independence from the powerful sugar industry. The resilience of survivors would be tested by a second tsunami years later.
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PBS Hawaiʻi Presents is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i
PBS Hawaiʻi Presents
Shinmachi: Stronger Than a Tsunami
Special | 56m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
On April 1, 1946, a deadly tsunami, triggered by an earthquake thousands of miles away in Alaska, devasted Shinmachi, a community in Hilo built by Japanese immigrants who took the bold step to establish economic independence from the powerful sugar industry. The resilience of survivors would be tested by a second tsunami years later.
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PBS Hawaiʻi Presents is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i