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Writer’s note: Back in 2014 when I worked at University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, I interviewed Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi for The Prism newsletter. For the …
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There are as many ways to tell a story as there are stories. Historians, novelists, and artists of every conceivable medium have all chronicled the …
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Read Part 3 >> The War A PROJECT FARM was being started at the camp, so Joe volunteered to drive a tractor, since he had …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Rules to Live by in the Cartoon World” Check back …
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Yayoi and I walked across a university campus admiring its historic gate, patinaed statues, and path replete with fallen yellow fan-shaped leaves. We had passed …
Ever since I could remember, a large, colorful tapestry of the Great Torii of Miyajima was displayed prominently in the living room of my Nisei …
This past May my senior prom was held at the Santa Anita Park race track. I dressed up, took pictures with my friends and felt …
During World War II, Japanese communities around the Pacific rim and elsewhere were subjected to displacement, internment, or incarceration. While the case of the West …
Read Part 2 >> In a 1933 double wedding, Joe married Jean Nakata, and his sister Pauline married Jean’s brother, John Nakata, siblings from the Nakata …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “6 Things I HATE about Driving in Los Angeles!” Check …
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