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Taking Root in Communities - Eighty-five Years of History at Rainier Ginsha

A haiku association in Seattle, Rainier Ginsha will begin its 85th year in 2019. Nineteen members of the association bring their haiku once a month ...

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Sansei

As a younger Sansei/older Yonsei, I've been reflecting a lot on the big sisters and cousins of the Sansei generation who have raised ...

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Short Form - Haiku and Senryu

This month I thought we’d have a little fun with short form and featuring two creative community members who are dear to the Japanese ...

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Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Yuriko & Carlos

Little Tokyo, 1941 As I walked toward Little Tokyo over the First Street Bridge from Boyle Heights, I felt the bracing power of the fiery ...

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Language and Silence—The Poetry of Asano Miyata Saijo (1891-1966)

In July 1932, on the occasion of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, The Kashu Mainichi ran an article welcoming the Japanese athletes, written by an ...

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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil - Part 3

Read part 2 >>  In 1990 I made my first trip to Community Yuba pregnant with hope. The offshoot of Yuba’s legacy had propagated and ...

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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil - Part 2

Read part 1 >>  At Yama, where farming, daily reverence, and art converge, the idea of work can mean most anything. The people grow fruits and ...

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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil - Part 1

Read the introduction to the Yama Project > YAMA: Embrace the ordinary and nurture a spirit of gratitude          誰の墓と　聞いて子供等　手を合わす                   whose grave is it?                   ask ...

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The Yama Project

Introduction to the Yama ProjectThis project is a documentary of a Japanese farming and arts community in Brazil known as Comunidade Yuba. The farm is ...

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Exploring Japanese Traditions From Behind the Redwood Curtain

A recent trip to Los Angeles to present at the Japanese American National Museum afforded me a glimpse into a culture in which I’m ...