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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
All Along This Road
Kenji saw her, or at least, he thought he saw her shoes cross East Second Street. They were silver …

Don Fenton • Aug. 3, 2015

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Cafe Dulce (restaurant) California cosplay festivals fiction George Takei Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Japanese Americans Japanese Village Plaza Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Parade parades short stories Star Trek United States
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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Midori’s Magic
I shivered as I squinted my eyes, intensely focused on the many windows of the Miyako Hotel. There …

Sarena Kuhn • July 27, 2015

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California cats families fiction Hello Kitty Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles short stories sisters United States
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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Alice and the Bear
One splendid, breezy weekend in Los Angeles, a great-grandmother by the name of Alice Miyamoto and …

Kiyoshi Parker • July 13, 2015

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barracks California children concentration camps fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) imprisonment incarceration Little Tokyo Los Angeles short stories teddy bears toys United States World War II World War II camps
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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Floating Home
Life is a river Shall I fight the current or Let go and float home Papa removed his hat …

Jan Morrill • June 29, 2015

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Arkansas California concentration camps fiction home Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles postwar resettlements Rohwer concentration camp short stories United States World War II World War II camps
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“Kuma,” A Short Story, Part 3 of 3
Read Part 2 >> Eddy’s life changed right away. He stopped going to school and his famil…

Koji Steven Sakai • March 20, 2015

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dogs fiction Koji Steven Sakai pets short stories World War II
dogs fiction Koji Steven Sakai pets short stories World War II
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“Kuma,” A Short Story, Part 2 of 3
Read Part 1 >> Eddy was a Nisei, which means second generation Japanese. In other words, his …

Koji Steven Sakai • March 19, 2015

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dogs fiction Koji Steven Sakai pets short stories World War II
dogs fiction Koji Steven Sakai pets short stories World War II
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“Kuma,” A Short Story, Part 1 of 3
Eddy Murakami’s 10th birthday was on July 4, 1941 and he knew he wanted a dog. He even had a …

Koji Steven Sakai • March 18, 2015

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dogs fiction Koji Steven Sakai pets short stories World War II
dogs fiction Koji Steven Sakai pets short stories World War II
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1st Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Nihonmachi Serenade
Prologue: September 14, 1992 I am often drawn back to places that hold a sentimental value for…

Chester Sakamoto • Jan. 12, 2015

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California fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japantowns Little Tokyo Los Angeles short stories United States World War II
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1st Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
A Wedding in Little Tokyo
It was Saturday evening. Mitsue Yamashita’s fingers moved nimbly over a pair of kimono panels…

Avril Adams • Dec. 29, 2014

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California discrimination festivals fiction foxes Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) interpersonal relations Japanese Americans kitsune Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) religion short stories spirits supernatural United States World War II
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1st Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
A Little Piece of Home
My second cousin had been here for a week already and she still hadn’t quite gotten used to t…

Kiyoshi Parker • Dec. 15, 2014

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California fiction Hello Kitty Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Japanese Village Plaza Kinokuniya (bookstore) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Marukai (grocery store) shopping centers shopping malls short stories United States Weller Court
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