HAWAI'I.

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Honoruru annai. = Sight-Seeing Honolulu. A guidebook published by the Aala Automobile Union, a taxi union that serviced Japanese tourists visiting O'ahu. There are two maps, of O'ahu Island and of Honolulu, alongside advertisements for local businesses, famous landmarks, and hotels. The brochure also gives general information about Hawai'i, such as its royal lineage, agricultural production, and weather.The Aala Automobile Union was active in the first half of the 20th century. This guidebook can be dated to approximately 1935 as there is a section listing the Japanese population of Hawai'i by year, up to and including 1934. In this period, over 148,000 Japanese people lived on the islands, comprising nearly 40 per cent of the population. Despite the deterioration of US-Japan relations, Hawai'ian culture, music, and iconography remained widely popular in Japan.

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