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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Karaoke Playlist for People Who Really Hate Lyrics” Check back …
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The North American Post Editor’s note: Tokita’s present-day recounting of Issei and Nisei life is rare today. It is possible largely because his mother arrived as …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Earworms I Get - Anime theme songs that get stuck …
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On April 12, 2017, I interviewed Frank Kikuchi, a local Nisei who currently lives at Hollenbeck-Palms Retirement Community. Frank, now 93 years young, was a …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Popular Songs With Almost No Lyrics.” Check back every weekend …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “School Yard Hits!!”… Check back every weekend for subsequent entries…
Like so many Nisei born in the United States during the early decades of the twentieth century, my father, Hiroshi Komai, left behind a large …
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“How was your trip to Japan?” It’s a question I’ve been asked several times since we returned from our Goodwill Tour to Tohoku last month. “It …
The children of Japanese-Americans who emigrated to the United States generations ago commonly acquire knowledge of their cultural heritage through second-hand sources. Unfortunately, as time …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, the songs that are stuck in Neal's head... Check back …
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