This work tells the author's story, that of a girl born and raised in a poor family living in San Francisco's Chinatown. The tale is told through vignettes and color nature photographs.
The Hawaiian gods decide that star-crossed lovers Princess Naupaka and Kaui, a commoner, must live apart, in this bilingual story that explains why the naupaka blossoms of the mountains and the sea bloom in perfect halves.
This book was originally written as a series of three volumes on Japanese cultural traditions in British Columbia, southern Alberta, and Metropolitan Toronto. The three authors - Dr. Carlo Caldarola, Dr. Mitsuru Shimpo and Dr. K. Victor Ujimoto -…
