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“The first official meeting of Yudai Investigations is called to order,” Yudai says as our fivesome make our way in a residential area of Mountain …
Up to now, I’ve never felt that a group that I belonged to believed in me. When I left for America, my family thought that …
What attracted me to Kurt, you may wonder. It wasn’t that he was particularly good looking. I mean, he was tall, six-three, but he was …
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The first thing I figure out: that my date, Ray DiPietro, wasn’t quite who he said he was. Before I can even call in his …
Yudai is gone tonight, so I’m in charge again. The third night in a row. I’m tired; I notice some dark circles around my eyes …
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The independent film East Side Sushi debuted in 2014 on the film festival circuit, and depicts a young single mother on her journey to become …
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Pursuing Japanese food and service culture with American hospitality, a restaurant was opened last year near the Pike Place Market. Notable and legendary local chef …
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Some of you readers may know him already as Sada-san, the personable owner and chef at the popular sushi restaurant Octopus’ Garden in Vancouver’s Kitsilano …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Things Women Couldn’t Do (Japanese Edition)…” Check back every weekend …
It’s cold outside, but it’s colder in Asahi Foods’ refrigerated cutting room, where stacks of cardboard and styrofoam boxes filled with giant fish await. The …
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