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A Mother's Love, My Inspiration
Someday, the voices of the hibakusha will no longer be with us to bear witness. But the memory of…
Kathleen Burkinshaw • July 24, 2017
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Cherry Blossom Petals
An elegant few, pale pink blossoms on the slender limbs of a delicate February Fuji Cherry tree, di…
Susan Yamamura • April 28, 2017
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Sakura: How Cherry Blossom Festivals took root in America
It took two attempts to bring the first gift of cherry trees to the United States from Japan. The…
Mary Adams Urashima • April 14, 2016
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A New Gateway to the Past: The Seward Park Torii Project in Seattle
A Southern friend of mine once told me that she moved to the West Coast because it was a place of d…
Tamiko Nimura • March 18, 2016
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Japanese culture celebrated at festivals
2015 marks the 120th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Navigation and Commerce between Brazi…
Tatiana Maebuchi • Sept. 9, 2015
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A New Home For Japan’s Cherry Blossom Trees In Hawaii?
Japanese Botanist Sees Potential in the Islands
I stare out at the cherry blossomsIn marvel an…
Gwen Battad Ishikawa • May 13, 2015
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From Barbed Wire to Cherry Blossoms: Day of Remembrance 2015 in Washington State
This year’s Day of Remembrance began early for me, and—of all places—on soci…
Tamiko Nimura • March 24, 2015
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If You Have These Things You Must Be JA
All the Japanese Americans I know have all sorts of ways to show their cultural roots. It may not b…
Gil Asakawa • Dec. 10, 2014
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This is What It Means to Say Hanami in Seattle
Each time I’ve tried to write about hanami in Seattle, there’s something that makes me …
Tamiko Nimura • April 30, 2014
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