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Tacoma’s Nihonmachi Is in the Heart
“What are you working on now?” my hairdresser asks me. We’ve seen each other for …
Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 2, 2016
Excerpt from Standing Tall: The Extra/Ordinary Life of Mizuko Takahashi Nomura - Chapter 8
On July 27, 1911,1 after twenty days at sea, Mizuko took her first step onto American soil.
Beca…
Art Nomura • Aug. 25, 2015
Pictures at an Asian American Exhibition: Roger Shimomura, “American Matsuri” at the Tacoma Art Museum
Prelude
I am thinking about what it means to be seen.
Entrance
Every October, the foyer and the …
Tamiko Nimura • Aug. 13, 2015
A Lesson in Taiko—And Parenting
“Don doro don don, Don doro don don, Don doro don don, Don doro don don….”
Nine…
Tamiko Nimura • June 2, 2015
Vol. 13 Japanese Americans in Washington State – Part 1
Washington State is home to the cities of Seattle and Tacoma, which became the gateway for immigran…
Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 9, 2015
At 85, Tacoma Sumi Artist Fumiko Kimura Continues To Explore Artmaking Process
How would you prepare for a showing of your own artwork—one that spans a career of more than …
Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 11, 2014
Uncovering Tacoma's Nikkei Past: The Japanese Language School Memorial
The taiko players are warming up, their arms circling up in the air and back towards the drums. I&r…
Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 2, 2014
Honoring My Issei and Nisei Ancestors
The most important reminder that surfaced throughout each chapter in our family’s history was…
Wayne Nakata • Aug. 1, 2013
Bainbridge Island
California
concentration camps
conferences
generations
immigrants
immigration
imprisonment
incarceration
Issei
Japan
Japanese American National Museum
Manzanar concentration camp
migration
Milly Woodward
Nisei
resettlements
Seattle
Speaking Up! (event)
Tacoma
The Bainbridge Island Review (newspaper)
tours
United States
Walt Woodward
Washington
World War II
World War II camps
Bainbridge Island
California
concentration camps
conferences
generations
immigrants
immigration
imprisonment
incarceration
Issei
Japan
Japanese American National Museum
Manzanar concentration camp
migration
Milly Woodward
Nisei
resettlements
Seattle
Speaking Up! (event)
Tacoma
The Bainbridge Island Review (newspaper)
tours
United States
Walt Woodward
Washington
World War II
World War II camps
シアトル・タコマ今昔
シアトルとタコマはアメリカ西北部に位置するワシントン州の、州内第一・第三の都市である（州都はオリンピア）。シアトルはイチロー、マイクロソフト、スターバックスなどで日本にも馴染みが深く観光客も多い。ア…
Yoko Murakawa • Oct. 1, 2010
