Hi, my name is Gail Chanley and I work at a Heritage Center in Honokaa Hawaii. Dr. Haruto Okada
( a Honokaa doctor born in 1904 and died in 1983) was the son of Toshitaro Okada and Itoyo Besho (Namita)Okada. Itoyo Besho Namita gave birth to Shizuko Namita in Japan in 1897 when she was married to Hisagi Namita. Itoyo came to Hawaii from Hiroshima in 1898 or so. Itoyo Besho Namita marries Toshitaro Okada in Hawaii and has two more children, Haruto Okada born 1904 near Honokaa in Paauhau and Yoshiko Okada born in 1902. We are researching this family because Dr. Okada was a doctor in Honokaa most of his life and we have received many photographs and memorabilia from his estate. If you want more information, please email me at
gchanley@hawaii.edulook forward to hearing from you, Gail