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Tokita Tales
Papa Was a Samurai Warrior!
What’s this about your papa being a samurai warrior? Your dad was a samurai? Whatever gave yo…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Nov. 7, 2023

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archery combat families Japanese archery martial arts samurai shooting
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Arigatai!!!
Hiro-chan, asagohan yo! – that’s how my mother would call me for breakfast, as I p…

Edna Hiromi Ogihara Cardoso • Nov. 7, 2023

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aesthetics Alta Paulista Brazil customs (social) families metaphysics Osvaldo Cruz psychology São Paulo theory of knowledge values
aesthetics Alta Paulista Brazil customs (social) families metaphysics Osvaldo Cruz psychology São Paulo theory of knowledge values
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On the Road with the Atomettes
One summer in the early 1950s, a small group of young Nikkei women from the Sawtelle neighborhood o…

Oliver Wang • Nov. 6, 2023

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Atomettes (club) buildings California churches Cruising J-Town (exhibition) generations girls' clubs Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Los Angeles Nisei Sawtelle United States West Los Angeles United Methodist Church youth clubs
Atomettes (club) buildings California churches Cruising J-Town (exhibition) generations girls' clubs Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Los Angeles Nisei Sawtelle United States West Los Angeles United Methodist Church youth clubs
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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 1
The best news I got in 2021 came from my cousin Vern. He called to say he had learned that our moth…

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 5, 2023

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agriculture families Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland United States Washington
agriculture families Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland United States Washington
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #4 Harbingers: "Armageddon Anxiety..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 4, 2023

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apocalypses cartoonists cartoons dead folklore humor legends mythology zombies
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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 3: Epson Brazil: Committed to energy and resource conservation
In the third installment, we spoke with Takeshi Yasue, president of Epson Brazil. Epson, a global t…

Tomoko Oura • Nov. 3, 2023

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Brazil business computer printers economics Epson (firm) Japanese business enterprises management São Paulo
Brazil business computer printers economics Epson (firm) Japanese business enterprises management São Paulo
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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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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times
Chapter 16 (Part 1) — Activities of Kibei Japanese American Citizens League
In the last chapter I wrote about the JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) where Nisei bec…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Nov. 2, 2023

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Japanese language newspapers newspapers Nikkei in Japan Nisei in Japan prewar Seattle The North American Times (Seattle) (newspaper) United States Washington
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The Power of Irei
The Legacy of Resistance: Nimura/Kashiwagi Family at Ireichō
I feel I have paid many times over for the position I took at Tule Lake.Certainly, you don’…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 1, 2023

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California concentration camps Hiroshi Kashiwagi Ireichō Irei (project) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) resisters Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States World War II camps
California concentration camps Hiroshi Kashiwagi Ireichō Irei (project) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) resisters Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States World War II camps
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Tea ceremony: When everyday life becomes art
Every time I look at Japan, something always surprises me, from the aesthetic shape of its geograph…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Nov. 1, 2023

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aesthetics metaphysics Peru psychology tea ceremony theory of knowledge traditions Urasenke (school of tea) values
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