In short

What we're doing

Three main gatherings, with open days in between. Exact dates TBD

Two things we need from you

Deadlines

Where we come from

Our family

Every one of us gathering on Kauaʻi traces back to one man who arrived on this island more than a century ago with a pole across his shoulders and two tin cans of sweets. Here is the short version of how we all got here.

Five generations on Kauaʻi

From Mankichi Miura's arrival in 1901, down through the generations to the cousins gathering today.

Mankichi's story

Mankichi Miura was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1876. Before he ever left Japan he had learned to make Japanese sweets in a shop — a skill that would shape the rest of his life. He married Masa Masamura in 1900 and, the following year, set out for Hawaiʻi ahead of his family.

He arrived on November 13, 1901, and first worked on a Kauaʻi sugar plantation. He then went to work for a friend in Kapaʻa who made Japanese treats, senbei among them. Before long he was making and selling his own, carrying them through Kapaʻa and the neighboring villages in two tin cans hung from a pole balanced across his shoulders. That pole and those tin cans were the beginning of the M. Miura Store. Masa followed from Japan with their first son, Jihei, arriving aboard the Tenyo Maru on November 8, 1907, and together they raised eight children in Kapaʻa.

The war years

Two threads of the Second World War run through this family. Mankichi Miura was incarcerated as a Hawaiʻi Issei internee, separated from the island and his family; he did not return until November 1945, when he arrived in Honolulu aboard the military troopship Yarmouth with roughly 450 other internees. In the same years, his youngest son, David Masao Miura, served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and was decorated with the Silver Star and the Bronze Star. The family — and the store — carried on.

Parts of this history are still being pieced together from family records and public archives. If you can fill in a name, a date, or a story, the planning committee would love to hear from you — see the Contact page.

The family business

The M. Miura Store

What began as two tin cans of senbei carried through Kapaʻa is, more than a century later, a fourth-generation family business. This is the store's story.

How it began

In 1907, Mankichi Miura left Japan for Hawaiʻi as an independent businessman. He first worked for a family friend in Kapaʻa who made senbei and other Japanese treats. Because Mankichi had already run a treat shop in Japan, he soon began making his own — selling them in Kapaʻa and in every town within walking distance, carried in two tin cans hung from a pole across his shoulders.

In 1909 he opened a shop of his own in Kapaʻa: the M. Miura Store, selling senbei, yokan, kanten, and okoshi.

Four generations, one store, many forms

Through the years, with generations of Mankichi's descendants at the helm, the store kept reinventing itself — from a confectionery, to a general store, to a family clothing store, and today to surf wear, surf gear, and outdoor lifestyle wear and gear.

The stores today

Deja Vu Surf Hawaii and its sister shops are all entities of M Miura Inc., the company Mankichi founded — now a fourth-generation Miura family business.

June 2027 Exact dates TBD

Schedule

Three gatherings, three venues, with open days in between. Dates and times below are placeholders until the venues are locked in.

Gathering One — Check-in

Gathering Two — Golf & dinner

Gathering Three — Free day, dinner & game night

Golf day

The Miura Cup

A friendly scramble — every skill level welcome, including people who have never held a club. Sign up when you RSVP, or add yourself here.

Sign up to play

Already RSVP'd and changed your mind? Use the RSVP form and note it in the comments — we'll update your entry.

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RSVP

One form per household. Include everyone coming with you — spouses, kids, grandkids, the works.

One print run, no reorders

Reunion T-Shirts

Custom shirts for the whole family. Enter how many you want in each size — your order goes straight to the shirt coordinator.

Payment TBD

Price per shirt and how to pay will be posted here once the printer is booked.

Getting there & staying there

Kauaʻi

Everything on this page is a placeholder until lodging and travel details are set. Send them to me and I'll fill it in.

Planning committee

Questions?

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