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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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Mochitsuki
One of my fondest memories is of the annual mochi making party that was held at our house in the we…
Susan Yamamura • July 13, 2020
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Pictures and Poetry: Deepening the Connection to my Japanese Roots
Growing up Sansei in my part of California’s San Gabriel Valley meant you didn’t have t…
Nancy Matsumoto • Oct. 26, 2018
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Discover Nikkei
families
fathers
generations
grandparents
immigrants
immigration
Issei
Japan
journalism
journalists
literature
Los Angeles
Manzanar concentration camp
migration
Nikkei Chronicles (series)
Nikkei Roots (series)
parents
photographers
photography
poetry
San Gabriel Valley
Sansei
tanka
translations
United States
World War II
World War II camps
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Hometowns
I wanted to walk where my grandparents, Hikosaburo Okamura and Tsuru Uyeta, walked.
In the ea…
Dean Okamura • Oct. 22, 2018
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Grandfather’s Gift
There is something unique about being in the presence of one’s Nisei grandparents. Maybe it i…
Brandon Shindo • June 25, 2015
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Saying Goodbye
Gaining early educational release from incarceration at Gila River War Relocation Center in 1943, m…
Erik Matsunaga • March 13, 2015
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The Child of a Thousand Generations
The story of my middle name brought pride and also pressure to me at a young age. My middle name is…
Chanda Ishisaka • Nov. 24, 2014
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TV With Grandpa
My maternal grandfather was born in Japan, in Nagasaki prefecture. In Brazil, he lived in the count…
Henrique Minatogawa • Oct. 17, 2014
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The Minidoka Pilgrimage and Continuing the Legacy
Today I received the news that my friend and fellow Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee member p…
Chanda Ishisaka • March 25, 2014
