The University of Hawaii at Manoa Japan Collection holds many special or rare materials. Its holdings include:

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Hawaii Japanese Language School Textbooks Collection

• Over 600 Japanese language school textbooks used in Hawaii​

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John Roberts Clippings 

• Clippings on a wide range of political and economic topics concerning Japan collected by a journalist​

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Kaizawa Kabuki Manuscripts 

• English translations of famous Kabuki plays during the Allied Occupation period. As part of the US censorship on Japanese publishing and performing arts, all Kakubi play manuscripts were translated into English for censorship. (2) Interview transcripts between Stanley Kaizawa and Dr. James Brandon, UHM Theatre & Dance, conducted 2000-2003 for Dr. Brandon's Kabuki Censorship Research. Mr. Stanley Kaizawa, a Japanese American Nisei from Hawaii, was a member of the censorship team and worked as a censor from 1945-1949 at GHQ Tokyo, Japan.​​

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Kaizawa Collection Photos & Memorabilia 

• Digitized photos with descriptions and memorabilia such as documents, military currencies, Kabuki tickets, etc. are now at the Kahulalike Digital Commons site.

 

Kajiyama Collection 梶山文庫

• Over 7,000 materials collected by the late novelist Toshiyuki Kajiyama 梶山季之

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Oliver Statler Collection 

• Oliver Statler's archival materials

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Oral History of Japanese Studies Scholars 1960s to 1980s

• Interview DVDs of Japanese studies scholars conducted by Dr. George Akita, Professor Emeritus of the UHM History Department.

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Satsuma Collection 薩摩コレクション

• Nealy 800 photo copies of late Professor of Kagoshima University Haraguchi Torao's  原口虎雄 (1914-1986) manuscripts of primary source materials on Satsuma/Shimazu domain. Prof. Haraguchi's so called "Dokosanbo (童虎山房)" collection was donated to the Amami Museum in 2006.

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Takazawa Collection 高沢文庫

• Over 75,000 books and archival materials on Japan's social movements donated by Koji Takazawa