Sadao “Tubs” Honda
| Sadao “Tubs” Honda Age: 93 Birthplace: Wahiawa, Hawai`i Photographer: Dana Okuma, Age 16 ~ Leilehua High School |
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| Dr. Honda was born and raised in Wahiawa and is one of nine siblings. His father came to Wahiawa as a contract laborer following the Russo-Japanese War. Dr. Honda is married to Jean Sekiya Honda and has one child. He served for three years in the Army and was considered a pillar in the Wahiawa community for his lengthy career in dentistry. Dr. Honda’s extensive career also includes work as an electrician, construction laborer, and a tofu maker at Honda Tofu in Wahiawa that recently closed its doors after 98 years. | |
| When I was younger, I use to walk around barefoot in the park and play football and softball with my siblings, and each day we would walk home to eat lunch rather than spend 5 cents on school lunches. We would swim in Lake Wilson and steal pineapples from the fields! In 1940, the Wahiawa Amusement Center opened with an outside roller-skating rink. A year later, Dot’s Drive Inn opened which became a popular place to hang out! Those were fun days! | |
| I am very passionate about the history of Leilehua High School and would like the younger generation to know the true story of the how the mule became its mascot. A former Leilehua football coach, Mr. Harry Scott, who was a University of Central Missouri Mules alumnus, adopted it as our mascot. | |
| When I was young, I was carefree and spirited. I wish the younger generation could experience more of this type of lifestyle and be encouraged to attend Japanese language school like I did for an hour every day after school. | |
| One of the greatest gifts of life is the gift of equality. | |
When I was young, I was carefree and spirited. I wish the younger generation could experience more of this type of lifestyle and be encouraged to attend Japanese language school like I did for an hour every day after school. |
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Dana Okuma
| I was born at Wahiawa General Hospital in 1999. Since my whole family grew up in Wahiawa, I thought it would be important to participate in this project so I could learn about old Wahiawa. I chose to participate because I also knew that connecting to the older Wahiawa community would help me become a better contributor to our society. | Dana Okuma Age 16 Leilehua High School Photographer: Laurie Callies Kūpuna Sadao “Tubs” Honda Age 93 |
One of our family’s traditions and my favorite things to do in Wahiawa is to eat at Shige’s Saimin Restaurant and get ice cream afterwards. I also love that we are so close to the North Shore that we can get shave ice on the weekends. I like to compete in swim meets, do arts and crafts, play with my five-year-old cousin and take pictures of my dog. I hope to go to Creighton University and study pharmacology. |
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