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Happy Holidays in the Imperial Valley
Ask any Nisei from the south end of the Imperial Valley about their childhood Christmas experiences…

Tim Asamen • Dec. 23, 2016

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Calexico California Christmas clergy El Centro festivals food generations holidays immigrants immigration Imperial Valley Issei Japan Jingoro Kokubun Kamiya Company migration missionaries mochi mochitsuki New Year Nisei Oshogatsu prewar Religious leaders Southern California United States
Calexico California Christmas clergy El Centro festivals food generations holidays immigrants immigration Imperial Valley Issei Japan Jingoro Kokubun Kamiya Company migration missionaries mochi mochitsuki New Year Nisei Oshogatsu prewar Religious leaders Southern California United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture
Made in Japan
This familiar phrase, “made in Japan” (Nihon-sei) reminds me of my mother, Yaeko. She w…

Mary Sunada • Aug. 26, 2016

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brides California culture Discover Nikkei families Girl's Day holidays languages language schools Los Angeles New Year Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei-go (series) Oshogatsu United States war brides wives
brides California culture Discover Nikkei families Girl's Day holidays languages language schools Los Angeles New Year Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei-go (series) Oshogatsu United States war brides wives
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Celebrations of the End and Beginning of the Year in the Brazilian Nikkei Community
From mid-November until just before Christmas, gatherings to celebrate the end of the year take pla…

Henrique Minatogawa • Jan. 7, 2016

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bonenkai Brazil communities entertaining families food holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni parties São Paulo shinnenkai traditions
bonenkai Brazil communities entertaining families food holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni parties São Paulo shinnenkai traditions
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Winter Holiday, Nikkei Way
When the Canadian government finally gave the Japanese Canadians the freedom to have equal rights a…

Chuck Tasaka • Jan. 5, 2016

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1950s British Columbia Canada Christmas communities families food Greenwood (B.C.) holidays Japanese Canadians mochi mochitsuki New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu postwar traditions World War II
1950s British Columbia Canada Christmas communities families food Greenwood (B.C.) holidays Japanese Canadians mochi mochitsuki New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu postwar traditions World War II
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The Feast that Makes a Family
There’s gravel crackling under our car wheels as we drive up my Auntie Nesan’s driveway…

Tamiko Nimura • Jan. 1, 2016

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families food Hiroshi Kashiwagi holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni Soji Kashiwagi Tamiko Nimura traditions
families food Hiroshi Kashiwagi holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni Soji Kashiwagi Tamiko Nimura traditions
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Longing for Japan on New Year’s
As the end of the year approaches, the East Asian quarter of São Paolo is lively. Signs in t…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Dec. 31, 2015

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Brazil food holidays Japan mochi New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu traditions
Brazil food holidays Japan mochi New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu traditions
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Christmas Memories of the Nikkei
Our memories are filled with sad and happy landscapes that speak to each other. I asked some Nikkei…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 25, 2015

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Christmas holidays New Year Oshogatsu Peru traditions
Christmas holidays New Year Oshogatsu Peru traditions
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A New Year in Japan and Japanese New Year in Brazil
Until a year ago, I had an idea of ​​what the New Year tradition is like in Japan ( shogatsu ). The…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Dec. 18, 2015

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bonenkai entertaining holidays New Year Oshogatsu parties shinnenkai
bonenkai entertaining holidays New Year Oshogatsu parties shinnenkai
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Oshogatsu: memories of my childhood
My father came as an immigrant at the age of 16 with the family that adopted him, as he was a minor…

Rosa Tomeno Takada • Jan. 5, 2015

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Brazil families food Japanese food mochi mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu ozoni
Brazil families food Japanese food mochi mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu ozoni
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The New Year’s Holidays Defined by Mother’s Homemade Osechi Dishes
In Japan, I grew up in a so-called “nuclear family”—a family that consisted of a …

Keiko Fukuda • Jan. 1, 2015

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food hatsumode holidays Japanese food mochi New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu ozoni religions Shinto traditions
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