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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
Mako
This is Arthur Makoto Kikuchi, my grandpa. I’ll never know, but my assumption is that his parents, …

Mako Kikuchi • Dec. 4, 2024

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concentration camps Discover Nikkei families grandfathers grandparents Idaho identity Minidoka concentration camp names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) parents temporary detention centers United States Washington World War II World War II camps Yakima Valley
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
Kisaku Sakagami
When we see the letters that make up a person’s name, we also imagine the story behind them. Who na…

Ronel Hoffstot • Dec. 3, 2024

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Alaska concentration camps Discover Nikkei families genealogy Idaho identity Ireichō Irei (project) Minidoka concentration camp names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) United States World War II World War II camps
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Raymi Kamishibai Cultural Center celebrates one year of life: My story following Pepe Cabana Kojachi
Pepe Cabana Kohachi has been doing something he loves for over 20 years: sharing the magic of Kamis…

Hiro Ramos Nako • Dec. 2, 2024

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kamishibai Lima Pepe Cabana Kojachi Peru storytelling street theater The Raymi Kamishibai School and Library
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
Conversations with the Ancestors I Never Got to Meet
“You can’t give her a Japanese name. It will ruin her life.” My grandmother Marjorie Julia pleaded …

Midori Samson • Dec. 2, 2024

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Discover Nikkei Japan Japanese Americans names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) Okayama Prefecture Oregon pilgrimages United States
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Sola Izakaya: This Place Feels Like Home
My parents had a requirement for a good Japanese restaurant. “If the customers are speaking Japan…

Marsha Takeda-Morrison • Dec. 1, 2024

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bars (drinking establishments) food generations immigrants immigration Issei izakaya Japan Japanese food migration postwar restaurants Shin-Issei United States World War II
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #3½ Weeks Away: "Holiday Stress..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 30, 2024

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cartoonists cartoons comics holidays
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
To Be Ken Is to Walk on a Tightrope
Ken Yoshida is my name, and I am the son of my Japanese dad, Tadashi Yoshida, and my Thai mom, Urar…

Ken Yoshida • Nov. 30, 2024

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Chinese characters Discover Nikkei immigration Japanese Canadians Japanese language kanji katakana languages names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) Thailand writing
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A Story of Artful Giving Comes Full Circle: Seattle Samurai and the Goto Family
In 2017, Kelly Goto found herself sorting through the belongings of a parent that she’d recently …

Tamiko Nimura • Nov. 29, 2024

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cartoons comics families Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington newspapers Seattle The North American Post (newspaper) United States Washington
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
Reflections on my names
My mother chose both of my names before I was born. The first name was because she liked the sound …

Glaucia Tiemi Silva • Nov. 29, 2024

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Discover Nikkei generations identity Japanese Brazilians names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) Yonsei
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
(R)evolving
For this month, we are so grateful to present poetry in three languages—Portuguese, Japanese, and E…

Liana Nakamura +1 • Nov. 28, 2024

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Brazil Liana Nakamura literature poems poetry
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