CLUB MOTOBU
HUOA MEMBER CLUB

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Year Started

1930, with 30 member families.

Organizers

Seizun Uyehara, Shohei Miyasato, Kogoro Yonamine, Eijin Uyeunten, Seishin Uyehara, Seiryu Nakamura.

Original Officers

Seizun Uyehara, president; Ujiro Nakamura, secretary; Seiryu Nakamura, treasurer.

Past President

Gen'ei Toguchi, Jiro Kaneshiro, Nobu Kaneshiro, Kenichi Nakasone, Dr. Henry Nakasone, Robert Nakamura, Roger Toguchi, Seichi Kaneshiro, Morris Unten.

Notes

Notes by Ernest Yonamine: Club Motobu was originally named Motobu Sonjinkai. The change in name was made to reflect the changed composition of the membership from predominantly issei to predominantly nisei. A recent highlight of Club Motobu was the tour to Okinawa it sponsored to coincide with the Marine Expo '75, held at Motobu, Okinawa. More than 100 people, of whom at least half were issei, joined the tour. At Motobu, Gen'ei Toguchi and Ernest Yonamine, on behalf of Club Otobu, presented a koa bowl to the mayor in commemoration of Marine Expo '75 and the anniversary of the club. Many in the tour group, especially those who had not returned to Motobu for a visit previously, were amazed at the changes Motobu had undergone. In the early years of this century, Motobu was an agricultural area with some coastline that accommodated fishing. Now it is one of the major centers of population in the northern section of Okinawa and has recently been changed from son to cho.

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