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Read Part 1 >> At some point, Kaichi found an abandoned homestead next to Lake Leland that he wanted to buy. But under the state alien …
Read Part 2 >> With Yone, Misaki Shimazu founded Haha No Kai (Mother’s Home) in 1913 to supervise and take care of children. The home …
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One of the most interesting aspects of the book, Signs of Home, which elaborates on my father Kamekichi Tokita’s art history and accomplishments, is that …
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Read Part 1 >> James Ewen Edmiston, Jr., who would take his father’s name at birth, and later on his closeness to Japanese Americans, was …
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STRATFORD — In artist Kellen Hatanaka‘s installation SAFE | HOME at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre is sculptures of sports memorabilia for the legendary …
In Kerwin Berk’s short film, Kikan: The Homecoming the most dramatic moments occur around a dining room table when no one is speaking. The Ito family, …
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Anyone who knows me knows that I love to eat. I’m a foodie. I love restaurants (I’m opinionated about them, too). And, I love to …
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I wanted to walk where my grandparents, Hikosaburo Okamura and Tsuru Uyeta, walked. In the early 1900s, they left Japan and came to America. I did …
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This month we feature Suma Yagi, an 89-year-old Nisei based in Seattle whose family was sent to Minidoka during World War II, and Toshi Washizu, …
Each July during Obon, Japanese Americans gather in the Nishi Hongwanji Temple gym to buy udon. Under the basketball hoops, they slurp noodles out of …
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