Search | Journal | Discover Nikkei

From the trunk my mother packed in Los Angeles, I retrieved my metronome and my set of “The S…

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey • Dec. 3, 2010

Amache concentration camp Christmas Colorado concentration camps pianos United States World War II World War II camps

What Pearl Harbor Wrought

Flo - Part 2

The winter of 1942-43 at Heart Mountain was severe, or maybe all winters there were that severe. At…

Akio Konoshima • Sept. 6, 2010

Christmas concentration camps fiction friendship Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp interpersonal relations love United States World War II World War II camps Wyoming

Journal Entry #24 Hours Later: "Queue Me Up..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 26, 2009

cartoons Christmas comics generations holidays Yonsei

A Yonsei's Reflections...

on Embracing Traditions

The holidays are here! This year, at a time when we usually think about customs passed along throug…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Dec. 25, 2009

Christmas families food holidays multiculturalism Thanksgiving

Journal Entry #12-25-2009: "On the Naughty List..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 19, 2009

cartoons Christmas comics generations holidays Santa Claus (fictitious character) Yonsei

Journal Entry # 12-25-0001: "Caroling the Hard Facts..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 20, 2008

cartoons Christmas comics generations holidays humor identity Yonsei

Journal Entry # 4 Birds, 3 Hens, 2 Doves: "Holiday Complaints..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 13, 2008

cartoons Christmas comics generations holidays humor identity Santa Claus (fictitious character) Yonsei

Tamales for Christmas

Two days before Christmas Eve, I saw a news clip on television about a popular tamale place in East…

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 30, 2006

California Christmas food holidays Los Angeles Mexican food tamales United States

Half Japanese Christmases

Christmas before finding out the truth about Santa My father told me there was no Santa Clause wh…

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 22, 2006

Christmas holidays Santa Claus (fictitious character)

Second grade identity

Being “half” came to my attention at seven years old. I remember in my second grade cla…

Victoria Kraus • Oct. 28, 2006

Christmas food hapa holidays Japanese food multiculturalism New Year Oshogatsu ozoni racially mixed people

Journal Search

Temple 7G - Part 1

Flo - Part 2

Journal Entry #24 Hours Later: "Queue Me Up..."

on Embracing Traditions

Journal Entry #12-25-2009: "On the Naughty List..."

Journal Entry # 12-25-0001: "Caroling the Hard Facts..."

Journal Entry # 4 Birds, 3 Hens, 2 Doves: "Holiday Complaints..."

Tamales for Christmas

Half Japanese Christmases

Second grade identity