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My Grandmother's Ozoni
“She’s making soup!” That was my mother’s and my aunts’ hint to us c…

Hudson Okada • Jan. 5, 2018

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Brazil families food grandmothers grandparents Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni parents soccer sports
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The Nikkei woman, the foundation of the family
In every home, the role of the mother is little recognized, that is where she becomes a superwoman…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Dec. 21, 2017

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families mothers women
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Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture
Palate
Even though I was still a child, I easily came to this conclusion: my maternal grandparents' ho…

Hudson Okada • Oct. 2, 2017

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Brazil Discover Nikkei families food grandmothers grandparents Itadakimasu 2 (series) Nikkei Chronicles (series) parents
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Mothers—affection, lost & found
This month, we take a somewhat different turn, in presenting some prose from longtime community org…

Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka +2 • Sept. 21, 2017

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communities families Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka Kurt Yokoyama-Ikeda literature mothers poetry poets Traci Akemi Kato-Kiriyama
communities families Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka Kurt Yokoyama-Ikeda literature mothers poetry poets Traci Akemi Kato-Kiriyama
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Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture
Matsutake Sukiyaki
In Seattle, my family’s mushroom hunting season would begin with discussions around the big t…

Susan Yamamura • June 1, 2017

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Discover Nikkei families food Itadakimasu 2 (series) Japanese food matsutake mushrooms mothers mushrooms Nikkei Chronicles (series) Pacific Northwest Seattle sukiyaki United States Washington
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A Tale of Two Baa-chans
For better or worse, marriage can change your life. The arranged marriages of my Issei baa-chans (f…

Raymond Nakamura • Oct. 10, 2016

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brides British Columbia Canada families generations grandmothers grandparents immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians migration parents picture brides Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) streets Vancouver (B.C.) wives women
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Sewing Lessons
My mom and I discovered the Japanese fabric store together two years ago. Under a blue awning, in a…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Sept. 21, 2016

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crafts families migration mothers sewing
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #54 Billion Sent a Day: UBE Crazy..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 7, 2016

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artists cartoonists cartoons humor mothers
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Goliath vs. David's Angry Obaachan
Japanese Village Plaza and the Japanese American National Museum were jam-packed on Saturday and Su…

Ellen Endo • Jan. 18, 2016

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California communities families gentrification grandmothers grandparents Japanese Village Plaza Japantowns Little Tokyo Los Angeles Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority merchants Metro (Los Angeles) parents United States urban renewal
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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values
How I Remet my Mother
When thinking of the journal theme of Nikkei families, I thought of how much my family has shaped m…

Chanda Ishisaka • Oct. 15, 2015

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concentration camps Discover Nikkei families hapa Idaho identity Japanese Americans Mexican Americans Minidoka concentration camp Minidoka Pilgrimage (event) mothers Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Family (series) pilgrimages racially mixed people United States World War II camps
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