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Remembering the L.A. Retail Fish Association

Sixty years ago to this day, twenty-one fishmen posed with their trucks along the wharf of San Pe…

Chelsea Shi-Chao Liu • Nov. 27, 2024

California Cruising J-Town (exhibition) fish Japanese American National Museum Los Angeles Los Angeles Retail Fish Association San Pedro Southern California United States

Hidden Memories in Scrap Wood: The Family History of the Homma Chair

A dark brown wood dining chair with a few nicks and scratches around the edges sits in a display ca…

Marjorie Hunt • Nov. 14, 2024

Amache concentration camp Colorado concentration camps Contested Histories (exhibition) families Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Homma family Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Mitch Homma United States World War II World War II camps Wyoming

Eric Nakamura: Celebrating 30 Years of Giant Robot

“We were underdogs,” Eric Nakamura says when reflecting on 30 years of Giant Robot. “There was no i…

Kayla Kamei • Oct. 14, 2024

arts Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Giant Robot Biennale 5 (exhibition) Japanese American National Museum magazines punk rock

John Esaki—Treasured Filmmaker and Storyteller in Little Tokyo

John Esaki is a treasured filmmaker and storyteller in the Los Angeles Japanese American and Asian …

Helen Yoshida • Sept. 9, 2024

Arizona collections (objects) concentration camps family histories genealogy Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp JANM collection Japanese American National Museum John Esaki museum objects United States World War II camps

Yoskay Yamamoto: The Sky Is the Limit

“I don’t know of any other choice,” Yoskay Yamamoto says, “but to continue.” As a successful artist…

Kayla Kamei • Aug. 14, 2024

artists arts generations Giant Robot Giant Robot Biennale 5 (exhibition) graphic novels immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum manga migration names postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II

Hope and Connection in the Giorgiko Artistic Universe

Artistic duo Giorgiko is creating a universe. Giorgiko (pronounced JOR-jee-koh) is a collaborative …

Amelia Ino • May 10, 2024

arts California Giant Robot Giant Robot Biennale 5 (exhibition) Giorgiko graphic arts Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Little Tokyo Los Angeles painting United States visual arts

Pictures of Belonging: Rediscovering Three Remarkable Japanese American Artists

In a recent interview, Dr. ShiPu Wang discussed the lengthy process and inspiration for curating …

Kristopher Kato • Nov. 17, 2023

artists exhibitions Hisako Hibi Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans Miki Hayakawa Miné Okubo ShiPu Wang

On the Road with the Atomettes

One summer in the early 1950s, a small group of young Nikkei women from the Sawtelle neighborhood o…

Oliver Wang • Nov. 6, 2023

Atomettes (club) buildings California churches Cruising J-Town (exhibition) generations girls' clubs Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Los Angeles Nisei Sawtelle United States West Los Angeles United Methodist Church youth clubs

The Power of Irei

The Legacy of Resistance: Nimura/Kashiwagi Family at Ireichō

I feel I have paid many times over for the position I took at Tule Lake.Certainly, you don’t go a…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 1, 2023

California concentration camps Hiroshi Kashiwagi Ireichō Irei (project) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) resisters Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States World War II camps

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 5

As we continue to pay homage to the great Amy Uyematsu, we wanted to feature a special collective p…

Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka +5 • Oct. 19, 2023

Amy Uyematsu Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) literature poetry poets Women Words Warriors (class)

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