Yokoyama, Japan, Oct. 2, 1960: Rep. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) bows in prayer at his great-grandfather’s grave in his ancestral village of Yokoyama, Japan. Inouye, a Medal of Honor recipient, came to Japan to visit visited the mountain village of Yokoyama — the birthplace of his father and where some of his uncles and cousins still live. The Hawaiian congressman met many of the 2,200 villagers of Yokoyama — some 400 of whom are named Inouye. During his 3½-hour tour, he visited his ancestral cemetery and had lunch with his relatives. He discovered the tombstone bearing the family crest when visiting the cemetery.

Read the article and see additional photographs of the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye’s visit to his paternal home here.