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Uchinaguchi classes preserves culture and reinforces Okinawa identity in Sao Paulo
Okinawa culture marks its presence in Sao Paulo city, Brazil, through activities and events organiz…

Henrique Minatogawa • July 30, 2020

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Brazil Colégio Exatus identity Japan Okinawan language Okinawa Prefecture schools Uchinaguchi
Brazil Colégio Exatus identity Japan Okinawan language Okinawa Prefecture schools Uchinaguchi
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 6 – Atae’s education
In Part 5, I wrote about the pinnacle of Yoemon’s barbershop business in Walla Walla. This ti…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Nov. 20, 2019

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families generations Japan Japanese Americans Kibei Nisei schools Seattle United States Walla Walla Washington
families generations Japan Japanese Americans Kibei Nisei schools Seattle United States Walla Walla Washington
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Ten Little Known Stories About Topaz Concentration Camp - Part 1
The “Central Utah Relocation Center”—more popularly known as Topaz—was loca…

Brian Niiya +1 • Oct. 30, 2019

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arts California concentration camps imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans music Santa Anita temporary detention center schools temporary detention centers Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
arts California concentration camps imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans music Santa Anita temporary detention center schools temporary detention centers Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
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The Life History of a Japanese Canadian Child Exile: Mikio Ibuki
Part 6: Childhood and Education in Japan after Deportation
Read Part 5 >> Return by Train to Father’s Hometown The family stayed for about a wee…

Stan Kirk • Dec. 31, 2018

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Canada Japan Japanese Canadians languages postwar repatriation schools World War II
Canada Japan Japanese Canadians languages postwar repatriation schools World War II
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Study during the war
Like every year, this 2018 the José Gálvez Egúsquiza school, the oldest in the Peruvian-Japanese co…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Dec. 3, 2018

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Japanese language schools language schools Peru schools World War II
Japanese language schools language schools Peru schools World War II
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Michie Akama, a dreamy educator ahead of her time
Born in Japan and graduated in Education, Michie Akama came to Brazil in the 1920s with her family…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Aug. 3, 2018

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aesthetics Akama Gakuin Brazil culture education generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan metaphysics Michie Akama migration Pioneer Education Center psychology schools sewing schools teachers teaching theory of knowledge traditions values
aesthetics Akama Gakuin Brazil culture education generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan metaphysics Michie Akama migration Pioneer Education Center psychology schools sewing schools teachers teaching theory of knowledge traditions values
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Mystery Album - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Excerpts taken from the 1946 SHS Yearbook Mayor McArthur’s speech to t…

Chuck Tasaka • Feb. 13, 2018

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albums British Columbia Canada Greenwood (B.C.) photograph albums photographs photography schools yearbooks
albums British Columbia Canada Greenwood (B.C.) photograph albums photographs photography schools yearbooks
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Mystery Album - Part 1
How this ‘mystery album’ fell onto my lap is, in Japanese, fushigi or in English…

Chuck Tasaka • Feb. 12, 2018

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albums British Columbia Canada Greenwood (B.C.) photograph albums photographs photography schools yearbooks
albums British Columbia Canada Greenwood (B.C.) photograph albums photographs photography schools yearbooks
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Nisei: When The Nisei-nts Go Marching In ...
When the saints go marching in, oh when the saints go marching in…. oh when the Nisei-nts go…

Chuck Tasaka • May 26, 2017

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British Columbia Canada Catholicism Christianity Goro Kaburagi Greenwood (B.C.) missionaries Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) religion Sacred Heart Church schools Steveston streets Vancouver (B.C.) Victoria (B.C.)
British Columbia Canada Catholicism Christianity Goro Kaburagi Greenwood (B.C.) missionaries Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) religion Sacred Heart Church schools Steveston streets Vancouver (B.C.) Victoria (B.C.)
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Nisei: Nikkei Connection to McLean Mill
Did you know that there was a very small settlement of Japanese Canadians at the McLean Mill in Por…

Chuck Tasaka • April 19, 2017

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British Columbia Canada families generations Greenwood (B.C.) immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians labor McLean Mill migration mills Port Alberni prewar sawmills schools Shigematsu family Vancouver Island
British Columbia Canada families generations Greenwood (B.C.) immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians labor McLean Mill migration mills Port Alberni prewar sawmills schools Shigematsu family Vancouver Island
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