Japanese Immigrant and his Picture Bride Hawaii is a place of great diversity and rich culture. This diversity came from the immigration days of Hawaii with the large plantations reqruiting foreign plantation workers. The interracial relationships that emerged from this time period have their foundations within three main aspects of their lifestyles. These aspects were, culture, marriage, and language. By using Asian-American poems, songs, letters, and stories, Takaki is able to portray historical facts in a more personal atmosphere.
Asian culture is prominent in modern Hawaii, and much of it came from the early immigrants.
For the immigrants, the thought of being in an entirely new and different culture did not keep them from bringing a little of their lifestyles into their new home. According to Takaki, the Japanese immigrant workers decorated their cottages and camps with bonsai plants. Determined to keep some old traditions, they even built their own Japanese baths or furos . The Japanese tried to keep their old lifestyles with ceremonies, intergrating them into the culture of Hawaii. One major ceremony is in midsummer when the immigrants would celebrate the spirits of the dead in what is called the obon festival.