@aldenmhayashi
Alden M. Hayashi is a Sansei who was born and raised in Honolulu but now lives in Boston. After writing about science, technology, and business for more than thirty years, he has recently begun writing fiction to preserve stories of the Nikkei experience. His first novel, Two Nails, One Love, was published in September 2021. His website: www.aldenmhayashi.com.
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
A Name Fraught with History
I was barely a day old when my Nisei parents had a big fight over me. I had just been born in Honol…
Aug. 29, 2024
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A Belated Reparation—Part 2
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The next four years were a blur. I should have suspected that something was wrong with…
Aug. 12, 2024
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A Belated Reparation—Part 1
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Although the following short story is fiction, it is based on my mother’s battle aga…
Aug. 11, 2024
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A Profound Silence
One of the most famous—if not the most famous—works in classical music is Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.…
June 13, 2024
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Unlocking Family Mysteries
Ever since I could remember, a large, colorful tapestry of the Great Torii of Miyajima was displaye…
Nov. 22, 2023
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The Poker Table—Part 4
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It was late in the afternoon, almost five o’clock, when Dad and I dropped off Tanak…
Oct. 30, 2023
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The Poker Table—Part 3
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That Saturday, when I arrived at my parents’ house to pick up Dad, he was already s…
Oct. 23, 2023
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The Poker Table—Part 2
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Today, talk of his poker gang’s tanomoshi has made Dad uncharacteristically nostalg…
Oct. 16, 2023
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The Poker Table—Part 1
Author’s note: My late Nisei father did indeed have a poker gang of his best friends who would meet…
Oct. 9, 2023
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No More Euphemisms: My Mother Was a Hostage
Decades ago, when I was studying for my degree in journalism, I had an extremely tough professor. H…
Aug. 9, 2023
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