Photograph by Brian Sato. Included in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue, Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i which opened at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i and is on display at the Japanese American National Museum from February 14 through May 24, 2009. For more information, visit janm.org/exhibits/gokurosama.

Caption: "Mr. Okimoto was a neighbor of my grandmother in Lahaina. He worked on the sugar cane train when it was still coal that powered the locomotive. This photograph is one of my favorites because he manages to still look dignified in his coconut hat and unbuttoned palaka shirt." -- Brian Sato