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My Grandmother's Ozoni

  • By Hudson Okada
  • 5 Jan 2018

“She’s making soup!” That was my mother’s and my aunts’ hint to us children, that it was time for us to get out ...

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OSHOGATSU Brazilian style

  • By Katsuo Higuchi
  • 1 Jan 2018

Oshogatsu (New Year) is the most important celebration in the Japanese calendar. Even here in Brazil, with its eminently Christian culture, the date is celebrated ...

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Nikkei Oshogatsu Stories 2017 - Part 2

  • By John Nishio,  Koreto Yamauchi,  JASC of Chicago
  • 3 Mar 2017

Read Part 1 >> A Nikkei Holiday Story By John Nishio This is the story of the 104th Annual Nishio Mochitsuki. On Tuesday night, we hosted ...

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Nikkei Oshogatsu Stories 2017 - Part 1

  • By Naomi Hirahara,  Laura Honda-Hasegawa
  • 2 Mar 2017

In our January e-newsletter, Discover Nikkei put out a call for Oshogatsu stories. We asked our Nikkei readers from around the world to show us ...

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Oshogatsu and New Year’s Celebration in Nikkei Communities in Los Angeles

  • By Tomomi Kanemaru
  • 8 Feb 2017

“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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Japanese New Year’s Meal

  • By Justin Inahara
  • 18 Jan 2017

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 ...

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Nikkei New Year: A History of Oshogatsu Since the Time of the Issei

  • By Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato,  Asociación Peruano Japonesa
  • 11 Jan 2017

I spent almost all of my childhood with my grandmother. Her customs, which were of course very Japanese, were reflected in her daily life. She ...

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Oshogatsu in LA Nikkei Communities—We Can’t Wait for Oshogatsu

  • By Tomomi Kanemaru
  • 9 Jan 2017

How many nights will we sleep before oshogatsu?Let’s fly a kite and spin a top on oshogatsu...♪♪ This song is called Oshogatsu. It ...

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Celebration and Resistance Among Japanese Immigrants in Mexico: The Festival of Shōgatsu

  • By Sergio Hernández Galindo
  • 1 Jan 2017

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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Happy Holidays in the Imperial Valley

  • By Tim Asamen
  • 23 Dec 2016

Ask any Nisei from the south end of the Imperial Valley about their childhood Christmas experiences, and their fond reminiscences inevitably take them back to ...
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