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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “You Know You’re in Los Angeles When You’re…” Check back …
As an oral historian, I have always been addicted to reading obituaries, especially those relating to the World War II Japanese American experience. For example, …
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Beginning in the late 19th century, boosters of Los Angeles touted the region’s sunshine and mild climate as a place for health-seekers. Yet residents of …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “If Superheroes Had to Drive in Los Angeles Traffic…” Check …
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“I want Caucasians to eat it.” Chinchikurin—Hiroshima okonomiyaki restaurant on Sawtelle Boulevard Finding a parking spot on a street in Sawtelle on a Friday night …
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“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Happy New Year!” It’s a new year. For Americans, it’s their last holiday, but for …
How many nights will we sleep before oshogatsu?Let’s fly a kite and spin a top on oshogatsu...♪♪ This song is called Oshogatsu. It’s composed by …
For the column’s inaugural post, we wanted to begin with the theme of place, location, and community and to highlight two veteran poets—Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Nisei …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Christmas in Los Angeles…” Check back every weekend for subsequent …
Read Part 1 >> When the Sansei went to college, they found a way to understand these contradictions through Ethnic Studies. Their fight for Ethnic …
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