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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Vampire Trivia” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
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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 ...
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The migration over to Southeast Portland on the first day of the year is something that I will always remember. There were the times when ...
The hundreds of thousands of Japanese immigrants who came to the Americas brought only the bare necessities: some clothing, perhaps a few photographs to remind ...
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From mid-November until just before Christmas, gatherings to celebrate the end of the year take place in Brazil. In general, corporate parties take place earlier ...
There’s gravel crackling under our car wheels as we drive up my Auntie Nesan’s driveway. After we come to a stop, my husband ...
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Our memories are filled with sad and happy landscapes that speak to each other. I asked some Nikkei to share their childhood memories, Christmas holiday ...
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“It’s 1935. A Japanese family making their start in Canada receives a special gift from the country they left behind—a beautiful set of ...
In Japan, I grew up in a so-called “nuclear family”—a family that consisted of a father and a mother and me, their only child ...
Girls’ Day at our house this year meant pink and green mochi, a box stand with Emperor and Empress origami dolls, and a stack of ...
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