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When I was a young boy growing up in Hiroshima, Japan, my mother told me that my grandfather was living in Canada. From then on, …
Read Part 1 >> Changing Demographics As a result of escalating anti-Japanese discrimination on the West Coast in the early 20th century, Chicago saw a …
In Japanese American history, Chicago is known as one of the primary urban relocation areas for those who were incarcerated in American concentration camps during …
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Chohichi Tanaka left Itoshima in Fukuoka, Japan in the early 1900s looking for a better life. He decided to venture to America where he thought …
Did you know that there was a very small settlement of Japanese Canadians at the McLean Mill in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in the …
Beginning in the late 19th century, boosters of Los Angeles touted the region’s sunshine and mild climate as a place for health-seekers. Yet residents of …
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Ask any Nisei from the south end of the Imperial Valley about their childhood Christmas experiences, and their fond reminiscences inevitably take them back to …
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Itoko Nishida, who lived from 1891 to 1987, was originally from Hiroshima-ken before she left Japan to become a picture bride to Kaichi Imada, who …
“What are you working on now?” my hairdresser asks me. We’ve seen each other for years, and she knows about my writing projects. “I’m working …
7. You have Nisei relatives named Tak, Tad, George, Harry or Shig. — From 101 Ways To Tell If You’re Japanese American Of the various …
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