food en

As You Like It

Chapter Twelve—Get Back in There

Six months later In Japan, it was all about family and your family name. That’s why men were adopted into families that had no ...

community en

Japanese Newspaper Reincarnates as Hokubei Hochi after the War ~ North American Post History

A noticeboard for a community anxious about its safety The compulsory expulsion of Nikkei during World War II had all but wiped out the Japanese ...

community es

Shozo Ogino: el cronista de los 500 años de los contactos entre México y Japón

荻野正蔵氏が執筆した『海を越えて500年』は、メキシコと日本の交流関係を記録したすばらしい著書である。440ページに及ぶこの作品は ...

community en

Hokubei Jiji The Pillar of Early Japanese Immigrants

A place to share information is part of an indispensable building block for the formation of immigrant communities. Today, various mediums serve as information transmitters ...

community en

Canadian Nikkei Series

"To Jesse, with Love": Son Publishes Powell Street Diary

And underneath this sheltering bowlWe call the sky,Do not lift up your finger;For It moves as impotently as you or I. —Omar Khayyam ...

food en

Nikkei Chronicles #6: Itadakimasu 2!: Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

In Praise of Konbini Ice Cream

I can remember those thickly hot Kobe days, when my brothers and I sat for hours on tatami mats, sluggishly scratching and slapping at the ...

community pt

Co-Housing, o sonho realizado por um grupo de nikkeis brasileiros

Nikkeis de São Paulo conseguem colocar em prática um sonho acalentado por muitos hoje em dia, principalmente aqueles que estão próximos ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #86 Billion Neurons: "I.Q. Bumps..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “*Brained* Brain’s Brilliance.” Check back every weekend for ...

war en

My Family Secret

My grandmother Kazuko Kuwabara passed away recently, and I can’t help but feel that a piece of history died with her. She was the ...

culture ja

日系アメリカ文学を読む

第11回 『あの日、パナマホテルで』

古い日系人コミュニティーのあるシアトル。かつての日本町は、いまはインターナショナル・ディストリクトといわれ、チャイナタウンに少し日本町が入り混じったような街になっている ...