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Betwixt and Between: Embracing the Borderlands of My Mixed Heritage

For weeks I resisted beginning work on this essay. Then, synchronistically, I encountered two piece…

Mari L'Esperance • Jan. 23, 2013

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culture Eurasian hapa Hawaii identity Japanese Americans Japantowns multiethnicity Nikkei racially mixed people United States

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Q&A; with Common Ground Exhibit Curators, Connie Young Yu and Leslie Masunaga

Connie Young Yu and Leslie Masunaga are Japanese American Museum of San Jose guest curators. At the…

Nancy Yang • Nov. 13, 2012

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California Chinatowns exhibitions Japanese American Museum of San Jose (organization) Japantowns On Common Ground (exhibition) San Jose United States

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Kizuna’s Youth CAN Program: Investing in the Future of Little Tokyo

On a summer evening in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, the yelling and antics of 27-year-old Craig…

Lawrence Lan • July 13, 2012

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California California Japanese American Community Leadership Council Craig Ishii Elena Inamine Japantowns kizuna (phrase) Kristin Fukushima Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nikkei Community Internship Scott Shima students United States youth Youth Community Action Network

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Future Festival: Mayu Takasaki Brings Us The Powell Street Festival

It was only supposed to be a one shot deal. Now it is Vancouver’s longest running ethnic fest…

Kenji Tokawa • June 11, 2012

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British Columbia Canada festivals generations Japantowns matsuri Powell Street Festival Sansei Vancouver (B.C.) Yonsei

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Coming of Age in San Francisco’s Nihonmachi: How My Parents Met, Married, and Moved - Part 3 of 3

Read Part 2 >> 7. Edna Ishikawa Edna (née Sakoda) Ishikawa was born in S…

Troy Ishikawa • Dec. 8, 2011

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California families Japantowns Nihonmachi San Francisco United States

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The Accidental Actor: On Location with the Cast and Crew of Infinity and Chashu Ramen

I have spent a great deal of my life trying not to be conspicuous. Maybe it’s the result of m…

Ben Arikawa • Dec. 6, 2011

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Asian American films Ben Arikawa Benkyodo (confectionery store) California confectioneries Facebook films Hiroshi Kashiwagi Japantowns Kerwin Berk movies Northern California online social networks San Francisco social networks United States

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Coming of Age in San Francisco’s Nihonmachi: How My Parents Met, Married, and Moved - Part 2 of 3

Read Part 1 >> 4. Friendships Most of dad’s really close friends during those y…

Troy Ishikawa • Dec. 1, 2011

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Coming of Age in San Francisco’s Nihonmachi: How My Parents Met, Married, and Moved - Part 1 of 3

Every young generation creates their own halcyon days; my parents’ generation was no exceptio…

Troy Ishikawa • Nov. 24, 2011

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California families Japantowns Nihonmachi San Francisco United States

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Reflections on a Road Well Traveled

My daughter and I recently took the 180 mile trip from Placer County, California to my hometown, Fr…

Ben Arikawa • Aug. 31, 2011

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Buddhism buildings California churches families Fresno Japantowns Pinedale temporary detention center religions temporary detention centers United States World War II camps

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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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food Japantowns Manhattan New York (state) United States

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