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Vancouver’s Tonari Gumi: Keeping Jun’s Magnificent Dream Alive - Part 3

Read Part 3 >> Who uses Tonari Gumi (TG)? What kind of services do you provide? The most frequent and loyal users of TG are …

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Film Recounting Japanese Americans who fled imprisonment through banishment

What would be your reaction if this had happened to you? You’re told by the U.S. Government to pack what you can carry in a …

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Julieta Fonte Iha, una nikkei cubana

La modernidad hace que las distancias se acorten, la información está al alcance de un clic, podemos estrechar lazos de amistad con personas de cualquier …

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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 5: Taro Otsuka, Japanese Garden Designer

Read Chapter 4 >> Taro Otsuka was born in 1868 in Kochi, Japan and rumored to be an activist and a comrade of Taisuke Itagaki, …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #7-Year-Old Me: "I Was Very Curious..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Even More Childhood Queries” Check back every weekend for subsequent …

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 6—The Great Seattle Shipping Route

In the last chapter, I introduced some articles on people’s expectations for Japanese Consulate. This time, I will talk about some articles on the opening …

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Sake to me, baby

Nancy Matsumoto readily admits she’s a lightweight when drinking alcohol. “It’s ironic, that I wrote this,” she says. Matsumoto co-wrote Exploring the World of Japanese …

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Papa Doesn’t Smile Anymore

I remember when my grandpa had a garden full of hibiscus, plumeria and many other various flowers. He always put the flowers in my hair, …

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Los primeros nisei y Okinawa

Este articulo lo escribo en memoria y reconocimiento a todos los nisei que tuvieron que viajar desde muy pequeños, hace más de 80 años a …

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Vancouver’s Tonari Gumi: Keeping Jun’s Magnificent Dream Alive - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> What are some of the challenges of operating Tonari Gumi (TG) during a pandemic? From 2010 to 2015, I worked full-time …