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I wish to dedicate this article to: Will Hippen, Jr., Clara Breed, Marge Wells, Mark Umemura, Ken T…

Rio Imamura • Sept. 25, 2013

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Van Nuys Japanese Garden

It seemed like a step down. Back then, the Valley was a big oven with nothing in it, a great sea of…

Rio Imamura • April 19, 2012

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Frank’s Bequest

The on-shore winds have danced all night up and down over Rose Hills. They have then come down full…

Edward Moreno • Feb. 10, 2012

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Nishi Family Returns to Manzanar to Help Rebuild Historic Bridge at Merritt Park - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Laying the FoundationAmos, Robert, and Brian used an auger drill to bore four h…

Patrick Alvarado • Aug. 9, 2011

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Nishi Family Returns to Manzanar to Help Rebuild Historic Bridge at Merritt Park - Part 1

During the weekend of May 21–22, 2011, the son of Kuichiro Nishi, Henry Nishi, and his family…

Patrick Alvarado • Aug. 2, 2011

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Five Places That Can Make a Hapa Feel at Home in NYC

For the first six years of my life, I was convinced that the United States and Japan were literally…

Leah Nanako Winkler • July 6, 2010

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Japanese American Gardeners: Their Stories and Their Landscapes

Few Japanese art forms have enjoyed as much popularity in the United States as the Japanese-style g…

Susan Chen • June 28, 2007

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The East L.A. Gardeners Association sign on First Street

The East L.A. Gardeners Association sign is one of four written in Japanese characters on East Firs…

Victoria Kraus • June 8, 2007

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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata

Parte IV: Jardines japoneses (Mizujo)

A través de un estudio histórico y antropológico, se ha abordado el paisajismo…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • June 6, 2014

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日本建築の美しさを世界に―中谷新七と桑港の日本庭園

今から5年ほど前、わたしはロサンゼルス郊外に住む広島県系（廿日市）の日系二世、中谷カツヤさんに会う機会がありました。初めて彼の自宅を訪れたとき、初対面にもかかわらず、みずからの人生経験を詳細に語って…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • Jan. 15, 2014

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