Ma ka ʻaoʻao o kā mākou ʻoihana kūʻai kūʻai, ʻo Hawaiʻi Tourism Japan (HTJ), makemake mākou e mahalo i nā ʻoihana he nui i hāʻawi manawaleʻa i ka huakaʻi kōkua mua a HTJ ma ʻApelila 16-17, 2011. Ua kipa ʻo HTJ i ka poʻe haʻalele ma Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture , he wahi i poino nui e ka ōlaʻi a me ke kai eʻe o Iapana. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka "Aloha no Iapana”, nui nā ʻoihana Hawaiʻi a me Iapana i hāʻawi i nā waiwai iā HTJ i hiki ai iā lākou ke kaʻana like aloha ʻuhane me ko mākou mau hoaaloha ma Iapana e hakakā nei e kūkulu hou ma hope o ka luku. ʻO nā hui i kākoʻo i kā HTJ "Aloha no Iapana" ʻo ka hoʻokele kōkua i komo pū ʻia:
· 88 Nā lole
· Aqua Hotels & Resorts
· Moʻi Moku Moku Nui
· Delta Airlines
· DFS Hawaiʻi
· GRP Home Co.
· Hawaiian Airlines
· Hilton Hotels and Resorts Hawaiʻi
· Honolulu Kuki Co.
· The Kahala Hotel & Resort
· Kualoa Ranch
· Miramar ma Waikīkī
· Ka Hui Pana Puali Alii
· SM Trading Co.
· U'i Mau A Mau
· Wet N Wild Hawaiʻi
· Hawaiian Host
· Lā Hawaii
· Menehune Water Co.
· Hormel
· Ogo Onoloa
· Sendai Royal Park Hotel
· Tereshia Ltd.
Ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo HTJ i kahi huakaʻi kōkua ʻelua i Miyagi Prefecture ma ʻApelila 27-28. Ke hoʻolālā nei lākou i ka "Aloha Heaven Concert” ma ka lā 26 o Iune mai ka hola 5 pm – 9 pm ma Hawaiʻi Convention Center no ka pōmaikaʻi. Aloha no Iapana. E hōʻike ana ka ʻahamele iā Na Leo, Jake Shimabukuro, Mānoa DNA, Ohta-san a me Herb Ohta Jr., Maunalua a me Jeff Peterson.
Ke hoʻomau nei ko mākou mau manaʻo me ka poʻe o Iapana i kēia wā pilikia. Mahalo ka HTA i ka poʻe a pau i hāʻawi manawaleʻa i nā hana kōkua a makemake e paipai i kāu kākoʻo mau, no ka ʻike hou aku e kipa www.alohaforjapan.com.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- HTJ is planning a second relief drive to Miyagi Prefecture on April 27-28.
- HTJ visited evacuees in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area heavily damaged by the Japan earthquake and tsunami.
- · U’i Mau A Mau.