Most of what Rowan knew about Japan came as advice from his father as they were driving to the airport for the flight that would take Rowan there. He spoke no Japanese. He had never set foot in a sumo
"Big Happiness is extremely important to our community. Mark Panek’s biography of Percy Kipapa speaks to the consequences of the destruction of Hawai‘i’s rural neighborhoods, unchecked development, th
At the age of eighteen, Chad Rowan left his home in rural Hawai'i for Tokyo with visions of becoming a star athlete in Japan's national sport, sumo. But upon his arrival he was shocked less by the cit
