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“To spread ‘Ikejime’ not only in the States, but throughout the world is my big dream,” says Shin-Issei Seiichi Yokota. The 43-year-old from Toyama prefecture ...
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The Wakamatsu Colony, born of the dreams and labor of the new immigrants, collapsed in only two years. One of the members of the group ...
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Read Part 2 >> Kuni Takes a Local as His Wife Following the collapse of the Wakamatsu Colony, a settler by the name of Kuninosuke Masumizu ...
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When you first hear G Yamazawa you instantly want to bob your head while carefully listening to his astute observations of the world he inhabits ...
Read Part 1 >> The story of the first Japanese woman to be buried in American soil emerges from history’s shadows. The Wakamatsu Colony had ...
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese American settlement on the North American frontier If not for the relatively fresh flowers and ...
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My Palos Verdes Writing Month experience composed of three parts. I call the first part “The Search.” I explored sources of public information for my ...
Read Part 3 >> Deportation to Japan after the Internment Suejiro and Mitsue were among the Nikkei who agreed to be deported to Japan rather than ...
One Nikkei who opted for deportation to Japan with his young family instead of dispersal to eastern Canada was Suejiro Ibuki. As he is no ...
My family roots are in the British Isles, but one name in my family tree stands out: Jujiro Takenuchi. My grandma, Elizabeth Taylor—no, not ...
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