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Oshogatsu and New Year’s Celebration in Nikkei Communities in Los Angeles
“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Happy New Year!” It’s a new year. For Americans,…

Tomomi Kanemaru • Feb. 8, 2017

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California communities culture generations hatsuhinode hatsumode holidays immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration New Year Oshogatsu postwar religions Shin-Issei Shinto shrines sunrises traditions United States World War II
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Japanese New Year’s Meal
The migration over to Southeast Portland on the first day of the year is something that I will alwa…

Justin Inahara • Jan. 18, 2017

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confectioneries families food holidays Japanese food Mikado (confectionery store) mochi mochitsuki New Year Oregon Oshogatsu ozoni Pacific Northwest Portland (Or.) traditions United States
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Nikkei New Year: A History of Oshogatsu Since the Time of the Issei
I spent almost all of my childhood with my grandmother. Her customs, which were of course very Japa…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato +1 • Jan. 11, 2017

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celebrations communities holidays New Year Oshogatsu Peru
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Oshogatsu in LA Nikkei Communities—We Can’t Wait for Oshogatsu
How many nights will we sleep before oshogatsu?Let’s fly a kite and spin a top on oshogatsu…

Tomomi Kanemaru • Jan. 9, 2017

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California communities Fugetsu-do Los Angeles mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu United States
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Celebration and Resistance Among Japanese Immigrants in Mexico: The Festival of Shōgatsu
The hundreds of thousands of Japanese immigrants who came to the Americas brought only the bare nec…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Jan. 1, 2017

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communities festivals food holidays Japanese food matsuri Mexico New Year Oshogatsu ozoni toshikoshi soba World War II
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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
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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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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #88% Failure Rate: "Why Fool Myself?..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 2, 2016

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cartoonists cartoons holidays humor New Year New Year resolutions
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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
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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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