Acrylic on canvas

Iya Beach is on the island of Heigun, Japan. My family recently visited Heigun, where my grandparents lived before emigrating permanently to Hawai'i over a hundred years ago. Guided by a government family record, we met long-lost cousins and walked the beach and environs where my grandparents grew up. Times were hard then, and they were told to seek their fortune beyond the horizon seen from this beach.