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Nikkei Parents’ Day
Nikkei in Los Angeles recognized Parents’ Day on July 27 with a ceremony honoring the 2008 Pa…

Bobby Okinaka • Aug. 13, 2008

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California families Los Angeles parents United States
California families Los Angeles parents United States
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Finding and Preparing The Elusive Matsutake Mushroom
A rare, sunny, mildly humid Northwest Labor Day weekend in 2004 arrived shortly after four consecut…

Thomas Tsutsumoto • April 18, 2008

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families food generations Japanese food matsutake mushrooms mushrooms Nisei recipes Seattle United States Washington
families food generations Japanese food matsutake mushrooms mushrooms Nisei recipes Seattle United States Washington
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Growing Up Japanese in the South
“Tazuko, don’t marry him! He’s an American!” My grandma’s father wa…

Danielle Arikawa • April 2, 2008

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culture families hapa identity North Carolina racially mixed people United States
culture families hapa identity North Carolina racially mixed people United States
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A Nikkei Pioneer in the City of Roses: Hanhichi Wakiji - Part 2
Part 1 >>Together, Hanhichi and Taeno raised six children, the Nisei generation (second gener…

Raymond Douglas Chong • March 20, 2008

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agriculture Arizona California communities concentration camps family histories Far East Cafe (restaurant) gardeners gardening genealogy generations Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Hanhichi Wakiji horticulture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration Nippon Nursery nurseries (horticulture) Pasadena restaurants San Pedro Southern California Terminal Island United States Wakiji Nursery World War II camps
agriculture Arizona California communities concentration camps family histories Far East Cafe (restaurant) gardeners gardening genealogy generations Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Hanhichi Wakiji horticulture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration Nippon Nursery nurseries (horticulture) Pasadena restaurants San Pedro Southern California Terminal Island United States Wakiji Nursery World War II camps
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A Yonsei's Reflections...
on How I Was Transported by Redress
My first car was a Toyota Tercel—frosted mint (a pale whitish-green color), two doors, and fa…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Feb. 22, 2008

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automobiles communities concentration camps exhibitions families Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Mitchell T. Maki motor vehicles Redress movement reparations World War II World War II camps
automobiles communities concentration camps exhibitions families Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Mitchell T. Maki motor vehicles Redress movement reparations World War II World War II camps
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #79: "Poverty Sucks"
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 27, 2008

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cartoons comics families generations humor identity Neal Yamamoto work Yonsei
cartoons comics families generations humor identity Neal Yamamoto work Yonsei
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Two Japanese American Soldiers, Two Best Friends, and a Crossroad
The Japanese American experience consists not only of the creation of internment camps, but also nu…

Brandon Shindo • Dec. 27, 2007

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442nd Regimental Combat Team families family histories genealogy grandfathers grandparents Kay Kei Kusumi Masao Shigezane parents students United States Army World War II
442nd Regimental Combat Team families family histories genealogy grandfathers grandparents Kay Kei Kusumi Masao Shigezane parents students United States Army World War II
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Koji's Column
Natto
When I was a child, I wouldn’t eat anything that I thought was too “weird,” at le…

Koji Steven Sakai • Dec. 26, 2007

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culture families food identity Japanese food natto
culture families food identity Japanese food natto
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #15B: "I Y'am What I Y'am II"
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 9, 2007

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cartoons comics culture families food generations identity Japanese food minorities noodles ramen Yonsei
cartoons comics culture families food generations identity Japanese food minorities noodles ramen Yonsei
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Voices of Chicago
Growing Up Sansei in Chicago
Normally, I am a fearless writer, but this commission from the Chicago Japanese American Historical…

Keith Uchima • Dec. 8, 2007

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Chicago communities families Illinois picnics United States
Chicago communities families Illinois picnics United States
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