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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 4
Read Part 3 >> The War A PROJECT FARM was being started at the camp, so Joe volunteered to …

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 26, 2023

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agriculture California concentration camps families farming farm laborers Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland postwar sugar beets Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #First Appeared in 1940: "A Wild Hare..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 25, 2023

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cartoonists cartoons humor Looney Tunes (cartoons)
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 8—The Way Home
Yayoi and I walked across a university campus admiring its historic gate, patinaed statues, and p…

Lon Kurashige • Nov. 24, 2023

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Japan Japanese Americans minorities racism
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On Nikkei
Episode 40: The story of a Japanese doctor in Australia during wartime
Detention Centers, Institutions for Disease Control, and Wavering Feelings It is well known that at…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 24, 2023

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Australia fiction Japanese World War II camps
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Sow in Japan, harvest in Peru
Jorge Vargas Tsuruda's first experience in Japan was amazing. He was a teenager (still in schoo…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 23, 2023

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dekasegi foreign workers identity Japan Nikkei in Japan Peru
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Unlocking Family Mysteries
Ever since I could remember, a large, colorful tapestry of the Great Torii of Miyajima was displaye…

Alden M. Hayashi • Nov. 22, 2023

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families Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture identity Japan
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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
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Art director for Hollywood blockbusters - Katsuya Imai, who moved to the US in 2014
Obtained an O visa after studying abroad In the summer of 2023, when I went to see Hollywood movies…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 21, 2023

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generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Continental Drift: How anti-Japanese sentiment in Australia affected Nikkei Communities in the US and Canada
During World War II, Japanese communities around the Pacific rim and elsewhere were subjected to di…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 20, 2023

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Australia Canada imprisonment incarceration Loveday internment camp racism Tatura Tatura internment camps United States Victoria (Australia) World War II camps
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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 3
Read Part 2 >> In a 1933 double wedding, Joe married Jean Nakata, and his sister Paul…

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 19, 2023

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Bainbridge Island California concentration camps families farms forced removal grocery stores Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland stores Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
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