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Nihonmachi Serenade
Prologue: September 14, 1992 I am often drawn back to places that hold a sentimental value for…
Chester Sakamoto • Jan. 12, 2015
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A Wedding in Little Tokyo
It was Saturday evening. Mitsue Yamashita’s fingers moved nimbly over a pair of kimono panels…
Avril Adams • Dec. 29, 2014
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A Little Piece of Home
My second cousin had been here for a week already and she still hadn’t quite gotten used to t…
Kiyoshi Parker • Dec. 15, 2014
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The Guardians
The temple stood at the edge of Little Tokyo, its delicate roof and garden just beyond the harsh sh…
Dmitri Ragano • Dec. 1, 2014
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Smile’s Sonata
“Can you loan me this book?” A lanky man in a pair of black slacks and a white button-d…
Jeridel Banks • Nov. 17, 2014
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Mr. K
I don’t know what drove me to perversely show up at the Nippon Ichi-ban Ramen house on our de…
Satsuki Yamashita • Nov. 3, 2014
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Yuriko & Carlos
Little Tokyo, 1941 As I walked toward Little Tokyo over the First Street Bridge from Boyle Hei…
Rubén “Funkahuatl” Guevara • Oct. 20, 2014
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boxing
Buddhism
California
Chicanos
combat
culture
dance
fiction
haiku
Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series)
judo
kendo
Latinos
literature
Little Tokyo
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
martial arts
Mexican Americans
Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (organization)
Obon
ondo dancing
poetry
religions
short stories
sports
United States
World War II
World War II camps
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Doka B-100
I would slowly make my journey each day along First Street from the Sun Building and each curb was …
Ernest Nagamatsu • Oct. 6, 2014