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Happy Holidays in the Imperial Valley
Ask any Nisei from the south end of the Imperial Valley about their childhood Christmas experiences…

Tim Asamen • Dec. 23, 2016

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Calexico California Christmas clergy El Centro festivals food generations holidays immigrants immigration Imperial Valley Issei Japan Jingoro Kokubun Kamiya Company migration missionaries mochi mochitsuki New Year Nisei Oshogatsu prewar Religious leaders Southern California United States
Calexico California Christmas clergy El Centro festivals food generations holidays immigrants immigration Imperial Valley Issei Japan Jingoro Kokubun Kamiya Company migration missionaries mochi mochitsuki New Year Nisei Oshogatsu prewar Religious leaders Southern California United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture
The Japanese language in the daily lives of the members of the Hikari Group of Londrina
We belong to a generation of children, youths, adults, and seniors who are descendants of Japanese …

Alba Shioco Hino +2 • Sept. 19, 2016

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bon dance Brazil Buddhism dance festivals languages Londrina matsuri mochitsuki Obon Paraná (Brazil) religions
bon dance Brazil Buddhism dance festivals languages Londrina matsuri mochitsuki Obon Paraná (Brazil) religions
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Winter Holiday, Nikkei Way
When the Canadian government finally gave the Japanese Canadians the freedom to have equal rights a…

Chuck Tasaka • Jan. 5, 2016

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1950s British Columbia Canada Christmas communities families food Greenwood (B.C.) holidays Japanese Canadians mochi mochitsuki New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu postwar traditions World War II
1950s British Columbia Canada Christmas communities families food Greenwood (B.C.) holidays Japanese Canadians mochi mochitsuki New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu postwar traditions World War II
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My Japanese American Families
How well do you know your own family? Specifically, your extended family: uncles, aunts, cousins, s…

Chris Komai • March 3, 2015

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baseball Boyle Heights California cemeteries Chris Komai Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.) families Japanese Americans Japanese language newspapers Japantowns Komai family Los Angeles mochi mochitsuki newspapers Nihonmachi Qris Yamashita Rafu Shimpo (newspaper) reunions Susumu Ito traditions United States
baseball Boyle Heights California cemeteries Chris Komai Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.) families Japanese Americans Japanese language newspapers Japantowns Komai family Los Angeles mochi mochitsuki newspapers Nihonmachi Qris Yamashita Rafu Shimpo (newspaper) reunions Susumu Ito traditions United States
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Oshogatsu: memories of my childhood
My father came as an immigrant at the age of 16 with the family that adopted him, as he was a minor…

Rosa Tomeno Takada • Jan. 5, 2015

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Brazil families food Japanese food mochi mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu ozoni
Brazil families food Japanese food mochi mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu ozoni
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Happy New Year! Reminiscing about Oshogatsu with Mochi
“On Christmas Day, we’ll have Brazilian dishes, and on Oshogatsu1 we’ll have the …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Jan. 1, 2014

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families food holidays Japanese food mochi mochitsuki natto New Year Oshogatsu ozoni
families food holidays Japanese food mochi mochitsuki natto New Year Oshogatsu ozoni
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The Evolution of A Canadian 'Enemy Alien' - The Frank Maikawa Story - Part 8 of 12
Read Part 7 >> Oshogatsu in Bridge River All our staple food were unavailable to us…

Frank Maikawa • April 24, 2013

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Bridge River internment camp British Columbia Canada food funerals generations holidays immigrants immigration imprisonment incarceration Issei Japan Japantowns kagami mochi migration mochi mochitsuki New Year Nisei Oshogatsu World War II World War II camps
Bridge River internment camp British Columbia Canada food funerals generations holidays immigrants immigration imprisonment incarceration Issei Japan Japantowns kagami mochi migration mochi mochitsuki New Year Nisei Oshogatsu World War II World War II camps
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Mochitsuki: Taking the (Rice) Cake
As I walk with my four kids into the U-M Center for Japanese Studies, we are heartened by the thump…

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang • Jan. 2, 2013

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holidays Michigan mochi mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu United States
holidays Michigan mochi mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture
Itadakimasu! Our Grandparents' Legacy
I remember when I was a kid I preferred milanesas (breaded meat cutlets) with mashed potatoes to th…

Mónica Kogiso • Nov. 9, 2012

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Argentina Discover Nikkei food Itadakimasu (series) Japanese food mochitsuki New Year Nikkei Chronicles (series) Oshogatsu
Argentina Discover Nikkei food Itadakimasu (series) Japanese food mochitsuki New Year Nikkei Chronicles (series) Oshogatsu
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Mochitsuki
It was the 1960s. All the aunties and uncles gathered together. They drove to the Japanese Canadian…

April Sora • Jan. 1, 2012

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Boxing Day Canada holidays Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre mochi mochitsuki New Year Ontario Oshogatsu Toronto
Boxing Day Canada holidays Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre mochi mochitsuki New Year Ontario Oshogatsu Toronto
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