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JASC Partners With Alphawood Gallery on “Then They Came For Me;” Largest JA Incarceration Exhibit Ever in Midwest
On June 29th, 2017, the Alphawood Gallery, in partnership with the Japanese American Service Commit…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • Feb. 1, 2018

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Alphawood Gallery Chicago exhibitions galleries Illinois imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Midwest Region (U.S.) photographs photography resettlements Then They Came For Me (exhibition) United States World War II camps
Alphawood Gallery Chicago exhibitions galleries Illinois imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Midwest Region (U.S.) photographs photography resettlements Then They Came For Me (exhibition) United States World War II camps
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Jamie Dihiansan and Chicago Graffiti
The first time you hit a real wall, not a practice spot, you get this rush. Like, “I should…

Erik Matsunaga • Jan. 23, 2018

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artists arts Chicago graffiti graphic design identity Illinois Jamie Dihiansan racially mixed people United States
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
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This month, we feature just one writer and a beloved one to the Discover Nikkei space at that&mdash…

Erik Matsunaga +1 • Nov. 16, 2017

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Chicago Discover Nikkei Erik Matsunaga Illinois literature Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry poets reunions United States
Chicago Discover Nikkei Erik Matsunaga Illinois literature Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry poets reunions United States
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Chicago Community Commemorates 2017 Day of Remembrance and 75 Years Since E.O. 9066; Over 700 People Attend Weekend of Arts and Youth Programming
“This actually happened. This happened to somebody I love,” stated poet and author Dwig…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • May 2, 2017

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Chicago communities Day of Remembrance events Illinois United States
Chicago communities Day of Remembrance events Illinois United States
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Nikkei Oshogatsu Stories 2017 - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> A Nikkei Holiday Story By John Nishio This is the story of the 104th Annual …

John Nishio +2 • March 3, 2017

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Canada Chicago communities Discover Nikkei families food holidays Illinois Japanese food John Nishio kagami mochi mochi mochitsuki New Year Nima-kai Oshogatsu ozoni Regina Regina Japanese Canadian Club Saskatchewan traditions United States
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Chicago's Sansei Yonsei Athletic Association Basketball Clinic
Prior to WWII, there were roughly four hundred persons of Japanese ancestry living in Chicago. By 1…

Erik Matsunaga • Feb. 15, 2017

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basketball Chicago Chicago Nisei Athletic Association communities generations Illinois Japanese American Service Committee (organization) postwar resettlements Sansei Sansei Yonsei Athletic Association sports Ty Momii United States World War II Yonsei
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Facing Forward: Mixed-Race Japanese Americans in Chicago
“So, one of the questions that mixed people get asked a lot is ‘What are you?’&rd…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • Feb. 9, 2017

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Chicago communities identity Illinois Japanese American Citizens League race racially mixed people racism United States
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Michitaro Ongawa: The First Japanese American Chicagoan - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Evidence of Michitaro’s residence in the Midwest can be found in the Na…

Takako Day • Dec. 8, 2016

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cemeteries Chicago dance generations Illinois immigrants immigration intermarriage interracial marriages Issei Japan Japanese dance marriages Michitaro Ongawa Midwest Region (U.S.) migration missionaries performances Umanoshin Sawayama United States
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Michitaro Ongawa: The First Japanese American Chicagoan - Part 1
On July 8, 1867, the Chicago Tribune reported a love story between a Chicago girl and a Japanese ac…

Takako Day • Dec. 7, 2016

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acrobats Chicago Christopher Carrothers dance generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Michitaro Ongawa migration missionaries performances Presbyterianism United States Yokohama Yoshiyasu Ogawa
acrobats Chicago Christopher Carrothers dance generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Michitaro Ongawa migration missionaries performances Presbyterianism United States Yokohama Yoshiyasu Ogawa
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Japanese American Chick Sexers in Chicago - Part 2
Read part 1 >> Schooling in Chicago At the end of World War II, many Japanese Americans reset…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • Sept. 29, 2016

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Chicago chick sexing Illinois postwar United States World War II
Chicago chick sexing Illinois postwar United States World War II
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