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Interview: Singer-songwriter KISHI BASHI
Always wanting to be unique, in pursuit of original sound Kishi Bashi has gained popularity across …

Hitomi Kato • Sept. 4, 2019

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Fukushima Prefecture identity Japan Kishi Bashi music musicians Okinawa Prefecture Omoiyari (song) Tohoku United States World War II camps
Fukushima Prefecture identity Japan Kishi Bashi music musicians Okinawa Prefecture Omoiyari (song) Tohoku United States World War II camps
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Nobuko Fujimoto – She Taught Much More Than Piano
Every few months, friends, family and former students of piano teacher Nobuko Fujimoto gather at he…

Eddie Wong • June 28, 2019

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music musicians pianists World War II World War II camps
music musicians pianists World War II World War II camps
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Julio Mizzumi Guerrero Kojima: A Jarocho Nikkei Searches for His Many Roots - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Julio Mizzumi Guerrero Kojima is an acclaimed musician of the son jarocho and…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • April 3, 2019

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fandango (dance) Mexico musicians son jarocho (music) Veracruz
fandango (dance) Mexico musicians son jarocho (music) Veracruz
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Julio Mizzumi Guerrero Kojima: A Jarocho Nikkei Searching for His Many Roots - Part 1
Julio Mizzumi Guerrero Kojima is a folk musician and preschool teacher of Nikkei origin, who was bo…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • April 2, 2019

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fandango (dance) Mexico musicians son jarocho (music) Veracruz
fandango (dance) Mexico musicians son jarocho (music) Veracruz
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On a Soul-Searching Journey with Kishi Bashi
Kishi Bashi at the Skirball Cultural Center on August 23, 2018. Striding onto the Skirball Cultura…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 8, 2018

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generations identity immigration imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Kishi Bashi music musicians Omoiyari (song) postwar Shin-Nisei United States violins World War II World War II camps
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Exploring race and identity at the Hapa Half Heritage forum
What does it mean to be hapa? Interdisciplinary artist Paul Kikuchi has been thinking about that qu…

Bruce Rutledge • April 18, 2018

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artists arts cherry blossom festivals cherry blossoms festivals filmmakers hapa identity musicians Paul Kikuchi race racially mixed people Seattle United States Washington
artists arts cherry blossom festivals cherry blossoms festivals filmmakers hapa identity musicians Paul Kikuchi race racially mixed people Seattle United States Washington
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Semi-Immersion
ON THURSDAY NIGHT, Nov. 16, 2017, I had a date with my cousin, Diane, to see Kuniko Fukushim…

David Yamaguchi • Feb. 7, 2018

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2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan earthquakes identity Japan Japanese Americans jazz Kuniko Fukushima languages music musicians Seattle Tohoku Region (Japan) United States Washington
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan earthquakes identity Japan Japanese Americans jazz Kuniko Fukushima languages music musicians Seattle Tohoku Region (Japan) United States Washington
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Tsuyoshi Matsumoto—A Different Wartime Story
The Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 had immediate repercussions for Japanese America…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 12, 2017

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artists Christianity Christians generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans migration musicians racism World War II
artists Christianity Christians generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans migration musicians racism World War II
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Gus Hokama: carnations to excite
—“Grandpa”, why is our face different from that of other Argentines? —Gus, we are Japanese... —Are…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • July 19, 2017

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Argentina families Gus Hokama immigration musicians singing
Argentina families Gus Hokama immigration musicians singing
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Beto Shiroma, lifelong musician. More than 25 years dribbling
Beto Shiroma shakes his hand tightly. He seems to be full of energy, as if the day had just begun, …

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • May 10, 2017

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Beto Shiroma dekasegi foreign workers Japan music musicians Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Peru
Beto Shiroma dekasegi foreign workers Japan music musicians Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Peru
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