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It was just before Christmas when I went to Auntie Junko and Uncle Bill’s house on my own for…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • March 23, 2010

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J. Marion Wright: Los Angeles' Patient Crusader 1890-1970 - Part 1

Firehorses need exercise. For the youngsters on 15th Street in early Los Angeles, it was a thrill o…

Janice Marion Wright LaMoree • March 19, 2010

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Dave Iwataki: Jazzing It Up

“Music is emotion,” says Dave Iwataki.“My strongest, early influence was Herbie H…

Darryl Mori • Oct. 13, 2009

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Los Angeles Tanabata Matsuri - Part 1: The Meeting of Two Dreams

For the very first time, Tanabata Matsuri was featured alongside the customary events and exhibitio…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Sept. 17, 2009

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Naotaro and Tsuruko, My Issei Parents - Part 2

>> Part 1In the years following, the couple lived very frugally and carefully saved practical…

Roy T. Ito • Nov. 28, 2008

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Naotaro and Tsuruko, My Issei Parents - Part 1

Naotaro Ito was born in 1886 as a second son to a rice farming family in Kitsuneji, a tiny rural ha…

Roy T. Ito • Nov. 21, 2008

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Far East Café Reunion – Memories and Nostalgia - Part 1 of 2

Michael, my brother, and I hosted the “Far East Café Reunion – Memories and Nost…

Raymond Douglas Chong • Oct. 17, 2008

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Reflections of a Summer Intern

When I first applied to the Nikkei Community Internship, I don’t think I really knew what I w…

Fiona Potter • Sept. 9, 2008

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My Nisei Week, Our Nisei Week

Saturday, August 16On Saturday morning I arrived early at the Japanese American National Museum. Yo…

Bobby Okinaka • Aug. 28, 2008

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Nikkei Parents’ Day

Nikkei in Los Angeles recognized Parents’ Day on July 27 with a ceremony honoring the 2008 Pa…

Bobby Okinaka • Aug. 13, 2008

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