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The SS ''China'' was the first ship to carry [[Okinawan immigration to Hawaii|Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii]].
The SS ''China'' was the first ship to carry [[Okinawans in Hawaii|Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii]].
On its first such voyage, it departed Okinawa on December 5, [[1899]], carrying [[Toyama Kyuzo|Tôyama Kyûzô]], his brother [[Toyama Matasuke|Tôyama Matasuke]], and thirty other men. Three men failed the health inspection at [[Yokohama]], and one more was rejected at Quarantine Island in Honolulu. Twenty-six men thus constituted the first group of official Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii.
On its first such voyage, it departed Okinawa on December 5, [[1899]], carrying [[Toyama Kyuzo|Tôyama Kyûzô]], his brother [[Toyama Matasuke|Tôyama Matasuke]], and thirty other men. Three men failed the health inspection at [[Yokohama]], and one more was rejected at Quarantine Island in Honolulu. Twenty-six men thus constituted the first group of official Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii.