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Oshogatsu - A Japanese Tradition in America

When I met Julie, we shared a desire to keep our house open to our friends and community as much as…

Tamio Spiegel • Jan. 3, 2012

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Tradition: Osechi

Japanese Americans welcome the New Year with a special feast that can take weeks to prepare.In the …

Nancy Matsumoto • Dec. 27, 2011

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Reaching out to relatives and friends after the Great Tohoku Earthquake

I woke on the morning of March 11 to an email from a friend saying she had just heard about a massi…

Nancy Matsumoto • April 27, 2011

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Nikkei View

A semi-Japan Town in Manhattan

The ebb and flow of New York neighborhoods is a great example of how cities evolve. When I attended…

Gil Asakawa • Feb. 21, 2011

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Junko Fisher brings traditional Okinawan dance to New York

By day Yoshitake Kamiya worked in the fields of Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture. By night …

Susan Miyagi McCormac • Nov. 17, 2010

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When samurai walked the streets of New York

There is a curious gem of an exhibition on now at the Museum of the City of New York, Samurai in Ne…

Nancy Matsumoto • Aug. 24, 2010

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Five Places That Can Make a Hapa Feel at Home in NYC

For the first six years of my life, I was convinced that the United States and Japan were literally…

Leah Nanako Winkler • July 6, 2010

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A Day in a Life of a Not Quite New York Hapa Who Is Told She Looks Like Winnie Cooper From The Wonder Years

8:15 a.m. Alarm. Cotton mouth. The side effects of the sertaline (a Zoloft generic bec…

Leah Nanako Winkler • Feb. 15, 2010

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The Asian American Literary Review

Compartment Comportment - Part 1

It was the summer of 2004 that my friend Hiro taught me how much fun it can be to lead a double lif…

Marie Mutsuki Mockett • Feb. 7, 2010

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Old Rags, Some Grand

“These Colors Don’t Run,” I keep reading. Small wonder, after six months holding …

Scott A. Sandage • Jan. 15, 2010

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