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A graduate of [[Doshisha University|Dôshisha University]] in [[Kyoto]], Okumura arrived in Hawaii in [[1894]]. In [[1896]], he established the first Japanese-language school in the islands, and in [[1904]], became the head of the Japanese Christian Church in Nu'uanu, establishing a second mission in Makiki at that time.
A graduate of [[Doshisha University|Dôshisha University]] in [[Kyoto]], Okumura arrived in Hawaii in [[1894]]. In [[1896]], he established the first Japanese-language school in the islands, and in [[1904]], became the head of the Japanese Christian Church in Nu'uanu, establishing a second mission in Makiki at that time.
Okumura also established the first Japanese baseball team in Hawaii in [[1901]], consisting of students from his boarding school.<ref>Odo and Sinoto, 78-79.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii'' 1885-1924, Bishop Museum (1985), 77.
*Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii'' 1885-1924, Bishop Museum (1985), 77.
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