Behind the Tadaima! Scenes with Kimiko Marr of Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages

I met Yonsei Kimiko Marr through social media and an online network of Japanese American activists and pilgrimage organizers. The network has become so active that over the last few years, I forget that we’ve never met in person. So perhaps it’s perfect that this virtual connection led me to this conversation with Kimiko over e-mail, as she’s in the middle of a massive online undertaking in Summer 2020: Tadaima! an online series of events (both live and prerecorded) intended as a virtual pilgrimage for the Japanese American community.
According to the website, Tadaima! is “a collaborative ...