Gaku left his mark on RMI
![Gaku Hashimoto, left, with from left: Grinalee Mitzutani, Holland Salomon, Jacky Patrick and Ray Peter performed and recorded the Marshallese song prior to Hashimoto’s departure last month. Gaku left his mark on RMI](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Japan-5-3-19.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
KELLY LORENNIJ Long-time Majuro resident Gaku Hashimoto left for Japan last month, but before the impending departure he had set himself several goals to accomplish including a Japanese-Marshallese phrase book and a song that expresses the importance of the Marshallese culture, language, and ocean. “Ten years is a long time, but for me it went […]