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Candies Falling from the Sky
I was drafted into the U. S. Army in June 1945 from Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. After basic training i…

Kenichi “Ken” Sato • Jan. 15, 2023

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) families Fukushima Prefecture Hawaii Japan Maui postwar Tohoku United States World War II
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Tokita Tales
Parental Responsibilities
The phrase “parental responsibilities,” as stated, is quite obvious and doesn’t n…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Jan. 10, 2023

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aquatic sports Chinatowns families fishing Seattle United States Washington
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Eating Together Again for the Holidays
It’s been a long, sometimes lonely three years since COVID-19 arrived in the world and change…

Gil Asakawa • Jan. 3, 2023

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cooking cuisine families food holidays Japanese cuisine Japanese food New Year osechi cooking ozoni sashimi shabu-shabu
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Haruko (Mom), A Football Fan
Haruko (Mom), a football fan? Yes, a football fan. How so? Well, three of her youngest sons, Yuzo,…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Dec. 30, 2022

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families football Nisei Veteran’s Committee (organization) Seattle sports United States universities University of Washington Washington
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Dear Sosobo
Dear Sosobo, Let me begin with an apology. I didn’t know what to call you; I had to look it …

Amanda Mei Kim • Dec. 14, 2022

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families great-grandparents Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan parents United States
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No Christmas Like an Inouye Family Christmas
Christmas in the 1950s-60s was a time of great anticipation for the Inouye Family. Even though the …

Geraldine Shu • Dec. 13, 2022

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Christmas families
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Generational Pies: The Hori family’s continued passion for baking
In 1932, Yoshio and Miyako Hori brought two babies into the world: their son, Richard Yasuo Hori, a…

Jackie Kojima • Dec. 8, 2022

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business economics families family-owned businesses Hawaii Hawaiian Pie Company Hori family management United States
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Love and Reckoning: A Meditation On Family Photos
In my childhood home in Roseville, California, we had a room we called “the den.” It wa…

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 6, 2022

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families family histories genealogy memory World War II camps
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Katherine Birkinshaw writes about her mother's experiences as a survivor of the atomic bombing
Daughter's illness and mother's confession There is a novel called "Last Cherry Bloss…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 28, 2022

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atomic bomb survivors families fiction hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Kathleen Burkinshaw The Last Cherry Blossom (book)
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An Interview with Katie Yamasaki on Her New Book Shapes, Lines, and Light — Part 1
Within our families we have stories that we wish to tell the world to encourage others, share the…

Taylor Wilson • Nov. 20, 2022

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architects families Katie Yamasaki Minoru Yamasaki Seattle Shapes, Lines, and Light (book) United States Washington
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