@sojikashiwagi
Soji Kashiwagi is a Sansei playwright and Executive Producer of the Grateful Crane Ensemble in Los Angeles, California.
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David Yamahata: From Studying Dentistry to Being the First Japanese American Fire Captain
In the eyes of many Nisei parents, being “successful” in life meant their Sansei children had to …
May 27, 2024
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In Search of “Chinameshi”
We call it “Old School Chinameshi,” this Cantonese version of Chinese food that Japanese Americans …
June 24, 2015
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Book Review: INFAMY: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II
Why, you might ask, do we need yet another book about “camp”? Richard Reeves, author of the recen…
May 22, 2015
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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
Grateful Crane Ensemble’s Goodwill Tour to Tohoku, Japan
“How was your trip to Japan?” It’s a question I’ve been asked several times since we returned from …
July 10, 2014
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Letter to President Obama re: Indefinite Military Detention
January 10, 2012The Honorable Barack ObamaPresident of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsyl…
Jan. 18, 2012
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Letter to the Muslim American Community 2011
Dear Muslim American Friends,I am writing to you to extend a hand of support and understanding and …
Sept. 11, 2011
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Hiroshi Kashiwagi Goes to Washington
For my father, Nisei playwright, poet, and actor Hiroshi Kashiwagi, the journey up the steps of the…
June 19, 2011
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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
We Help Each Other
I’m not an expert on Japanese culture and customs, but as I observe what’s happening in Japan after…
April 28, 2011
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Mochitsuki Tradition: Mochi Making the Old School Way
Like turkey on Thanksgiving for Americans, a “must have” for Japanese and Nikkei around the world o…
Jan. 7, 2011
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"The Betrayed," Why Now is the Time
“Tule Lake, Tule Lake—thatwas a name I dared not mentionspoken warily, always withhesitation, never…
Feb. 4, 2010
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