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The Mabuyá or the Earthquake that Brings Good Luck: Some Traditions of my Oba that are now memories of my childhood

“Don’t sweep the house at night or you’ll become poor” or “if you cut…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Sept. 3, 2013

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Your Hands Guide Me Through Trains

From the bridge we stare down at the track, searchingthe arch, where rails curve out of darkness. Y…

Brian Komei Dempster • Aug. 23, 2013

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Immigration

“I like to be in America!O.K. by me in America!Everything free in America!For a small fee in …

David Toyoshima • July 26, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

4-Sei What? That’s Mixed Up

At home, I speak Japanese. At school, I speak English. And at times, I speak both. The two language…

Sean Hamamoto • July 19, 2013

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Food Trek: My Pidgin Kitchen

In Hawaii they speak a form of Pidgin English, which is basically a language mish-mash of the diffe…

Denise Sakaki • July 18, 2013

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Speaking engagement: “Back to California after 100 years with Misaki Matsui” - Q&A; with Misaki Matsui

An opportunity to reflect on my family history After working at an advertising firm in Japan, …

Keiko Fukuda • July 3, 2013

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

Km 41 - Part 2

Read part 1 >> Night falls on the Paraguayan landscape. The drone of thousands of insect…

John Katagi • May 14, 2013

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

Km 41 - Part 1

The notation on the margin of the bookmarked page of my father’s world atlas was distinct but…

John Katagi • April 18, 2013

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Enemy Alien: An American Sansei’s Story - Part 1 of 3

Who among us has not wondered if the World War II internment of the Nikkei community or, indeed, an…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 1, 2013

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The Evolution of A Canadian 'Enemy Alien' - The Frank Maikawa Story - Part 4 of 12

Read Part 3 >> Back to the store… Upstairs at the rear was a huge kitchen ar…

Frank Maikawa • March 27, 2013

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