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Nakamura Jirô was the first Japanese Consul in Hawaii, arriving in [[1885]] on the ''[[City of Tokio]]'', along with the first officially authorized [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese immigrants to Hawaii]].
He came to Hawaii with his wife, and [[kazoku|Viscount]] [[Torii Tadafumi]], who was to work with him in the consulate. Though Japan's first "Consul," Nakamura did not hold the title of Consul General; Japan's first Consul General, and first official of the formal rank of "ambassador" was his successor, [[Ando Taro|Andô Tarô]], who took over the following year.
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==References==
*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 39.
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