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Yakima Buddhist Church Endures

Even now we are separated here and there. In front of the Amida Buddha we are always close and live together. - Jack M. Iwata, Tule ...

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Tessaku

Fusae Yoshida - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> [To Fusae] Do you remember a conversation that your parents had with you over moving to the camps? They went with the ...

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Tessaku

Fusae Yoshida - Part 1

“When he came back to Tule Lake where we were, he got off the bus, and he was an old man. To this day I ...

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Japanese Section Beautification Project at Brawley Cemetery

Shake & Bake—that is how we characterize the Imperial Valley. The temperature was almost 110 degrees on the afternoon of August 26, 2012, when a ...

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Master Artisans of San Jose: The Nishiura Brothers

If you’ve ever visited San Jose’s Japantown, odds are you’ve stepped in a building constructed by the Nishiura brothers. Born in Nara ...

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Reflections on a Road Well Traveled

My daughter and I recently took the 180 mile trip from Placer County, California to my hometown, Fresno. Most of the trip is made on ...

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ロサンゼルス日系社会に大きな影響を与えた仏教会－1930年代の浄土真宗の開教使の記録から

南カリフォルニア地区における浄土真宗西本願時派の拠点といえるのがロサンゼルス・リトル東京にある西本願寺ロサンゼルス別院だ。このお寺では、45年以上にわたって１月初旬に「米国版紅白合戦 ...