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Ten Days of Cleanup
Chapter Seven—No-knead Bread
“Do you think this Ryan Stone is a real person?” my daughter Sycamore asked me as we to…

Naomi Hirahara • June 4, 2021

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Arthur A. Hansen Brian Niiya fiction Nancy Ito Naomi Hirahara softball
Arthur A. Hansen Brian Niiya fiction Nancy Ito Naomi Hirahara softball
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8th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
A Walk Down Memory Lane
I’ve always thought that I was in touch with my community, and with the people that belong to…

Casey Murase • May 31, 2021

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California fiction Fugetsu-do Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles United States
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8th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Little Tokyo: City of Regeneration
22nd Century, Little Tokyo. Looking up at the falling snowflakes, I put my coat collar up and brea…

ShoRei • May 26, 2021

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California fiction future Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles time United States
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8th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
If You Can See the Watchtower
It’s a shame to rush through these streets. With its cozy plazas and meandering pathways, its…

Jacob Laux • May 24, 2021

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California fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles towers United States watchtowers
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Ten Days of Cleanup
Chapter Six—Mikasa Man
My ten-year-old daughter, Sycamore, had officially become my wing woman. Or should I say wing girl.…

Naomi Hirahara • May 4, 2021

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fiction George Aratani Mikasa (firm) Naomi Hirahara
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Ten Days of Cleanup
Chapter Five—Smell of Water
I only had seven days to get rid of everything in my client’s storage locker. So far, I had d…

Naomi Hirahara • April 4, 2021

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fiction Issey Miyake Naomi Hirahara perfumes
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Dekasegi Story
Episode 37 We won't let Corona defeat us!
In 1998, when I was five years old, my parents took me to Japan. Until then, my father worked at a …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • April 1, 2021

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Brazil COVID-19 dekasegi fiction foreign workers Japan Nikkei in Japan
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Ten Days of Cleanup
Chapter Four—Great Balls of Fire
Now that all the miscellaneous orange packages were out of my client’s storage container, I s…

Naomi Hirahara • March 4, 2021

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automobiles customizing automobiles fiction Hirohata Mercury motor vehicles Naomi Hirahara
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Dekasegi Story
Episode 36: Masatoshi's New Departure
Masatoshi and Rosana were childhood friends. They were always together, doing their homework and pl…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Feb. 22, 2021

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Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers Nikkei in Japan
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Ten Days of Cleanup
Chapter Three—The Curse of Mottainai II
Clement of the Japanese American museum called me back an hour later. His hunch was right: the phot…

Naomi Hirahara • Feb. 4, 2021

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Amache concentration camp Colorado concentration camps fiction Naomi Hirahara United States World War II camps
Amache concentration camp Colorado concentration camps fiction Naomi Hirahara United States World War II camps
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