Search | Journal | Discover Nikkei

Many Japanese Americans—especially older JAs—will be familiar with the name Bill Hosoka…

Gil Asakawa • Sept. 14, 2011

Bill Hosokawa Colorado Japanese American Citizens League journalism journalists United States

Sweeping the Nation with Sweetbread: The Past and Present of the Founders of King’s Hawaiian

Blending deep into the market Ramen, tofu, soy sauce, miso—though there are many types of f…

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 13, 2011

bakeries bread business California economics families family-owned businesses food Hawaii Japan King's Hawaiian (firm) management Okinawa Prefecture Robert Taira Torrance United States

Documenting Manzanar - Part 12 of 18 (Dorothea Lange)

Read Part 11 >>“Everything Is Propaganda”Lange’s outlook on life informed t…

Nancy Matsumoto • Sept. 12, 2011

Ansel Adams California concentration camps Dorothea Lange Manzanar concentration camp photography Toyo Miyatake United States World War II camps

Letter to the Muslim American Community 2011

Dear Muslim American Friends,I am writing to you to extend a hand of support and understanding and …

Soji Kashiwagi • Sept. 11, 2011

discrimination imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations Japanese Americans Muslim Americans racism World War II

Journal Entry #1880 (Or Thereabouts): "Now and Venn..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 10, 2011

cartoonists cartoons humor

Research on Japanese American Literary Magazines: Focusing on Japanese Language Magazines

アメリカ東海岸唯一の文芸誌『ＮＹ文藝』―その3/9

その2＞＞創刊号に掲載された作品の中で創作の占める比率が圧倒的に高く、評論や随筆、詩、短歌は少ない。これが『ＮＹ文藝』の特徴で、この特徴は最後まで維持されることになる。カール・ヨネダと三田穢土が作…

Iwao Yamamoto • Sept. 9, 2011

Japanese literature literature New York (state) Ny Bungei (magazine) postwar United States World War II

The United States Vs. Takaichi Sakai

Part 2 of 5: No No

In Part 1, my grandfather, Takaichi Sakai, was arrested and investigated by the FBI. An Internee He…

Koji Steven Sakai • Sept. 9, 2011

concentration camps imprisonment incarceration loyalty questionnaire no-no boys Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps

Obaachan celebrates her 100th birthday surrounded by her family’s love: Tsuyo Toyama’s 100th Birthday - Part 2 of 2

Part 1 >>Living naturallyEvery Wednesday Tsuyo Toyama goes to the Jinnai Center where she spe…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Sept. 8, 2011

families Peru Tsuyo Toyama

42nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage: The Passage of Time

The dust stirred gently in the opaque light of the rising sun, drifting along the near empty road. …

Yoshimi Kawashima • Sept. 7, 2011

California concentration camps drum Kyodo Taiko Manzanar concentration camp Manzanar Pilgrimage (event) pilgrimages taiko United States World War II camps

Chapter 8: The Taste of Manju

Round, and filled with that oh-so-sweet red bean paste. That’s the Japanese treat, manju . Br…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Sept. 7, 2011

Brazil food manju

Journal Search

Denver Pays Tribute to Bill Hosokawa, a Japanese American Leader