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Relearning our culture
This past May my senior prom was held at the Santa Anita Park race track. I dressed up, took pictur…

Alicia Tsuyako Tan • Nov. 21, 2023

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California family histories genealogy identity racetracks (horse racing) Santa Anita Park United States World War II World War II camps
California family histories genealogy identity racetracks (horse racing) Santa Anita Park United States World War II World War II camps
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
At Tanabata Matsuri I heard a call
Don do kon ko don do kon ko do ko do ko su ko su ko don. The beats of the taiko woke me from the sl…

Isabella Ikeda Leite • Nov. 14, 2023

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Brazil drum festivals identity matsuri taiko
Brazil drum festivals identity matsuri taiko
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Growing Up Nikkei As An Adoptee—A Conversation with Author Susan Ito
I “met” Susan Ito online close to a decade ago on a social media site, where we bonde…

Tamiko Nimura • Nov. 13, 2023

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adoptions biographies identity memoirs New York (state) United States West Coast (U.S.)
adoptions biographies identity memoirs New York (state) United States West Coast (U.S.)
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
An Albuquerque Childhood
I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico during the 1960’s. My parents had grown up in Hawaii, co…

Edna Horiuchi • Nov. 3, 2023

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Albuquerque childhood identity New Mexico United States
Albuquerque childhood identity New Mexico United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Embracing Imperfection: A Journey of Self-Exploration in Japan
In the early spring of 2023, I arrived in Tokyo, Japan along with my mom and two older sisters. It …

Lauren Rise Masuda • Oct. 24, 2023

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identity Japan
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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 6
Read Part 5 >> As Dean of the School of Education at Nagoya University what are your re…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 22, 2023

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Aichi Prefecture bicultural identity biculturalism California identity Japan Nagoya Nagoya University Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States
Aichi Prefecture bicultural identity biculturalism California identity Japan Nagoya Nagoya University Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States
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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 5
Read Part 4 >> I remember well when I first went to Japan in the '90s and how that chan…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 15, 2023

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Aichi Prefecture bicultural identity biculturalism California identity Japan Nagoya Nagoya University Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States
Aichi Prefecture bicultural identity biculturalism California identity Japan Nagoya Nagoya University Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States
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David Mura’s Work Continues to Push Readers to Question the World
Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei (1991) I first encountered David Mura’s writing…

Catherine Jo Ishino • Sept. 22, 2023

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authors David Mura generations identity Sansei The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself (book) writers
authors David Mura generations identity Sansei The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself (book) writers
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Rice, Race, and Growing up Hafu
“I thought they said there would be rice,” my brother whispered to me, eyeing the bowls…

Amelia Ino • Aug. 23, 2023

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Colorado Denver identity Japan racially mixed people United States
Colorado Denver identity Japan racially mixed people United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
To Be Nikkei
My obaachan was only seven years old when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. T…

Kayla Kamei • Aug. 11, 2023

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culture Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture identity Japan Japanese culture World War II
culture Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture identity Japan Japanese culture World War II
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