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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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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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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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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #2015!!: "The Definition of Insanity..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 3, 2015

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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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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #1/1/2015: "Food Frenzies..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 1, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?

What’s In a Name? For Me, Someone Liked Ike

All parents ruminate on what to name their child. They go through baby-naming books. Suggestions f…

David Toyoshima • Nov. 14, 2014

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OCHAZUKE: New Year, Same Old Name

A little belated, but shinnen akemashite omedeto! Of course, here in the JA community, January 1 is…

Gwen Muranaka • Jan. 14, 2014

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Journal Entry #2 'Toons in 1: "I Resolve...Again...and Again..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 4, 2014

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Happy New Year! Reminiscing about Oshogatsu with Mochi

“On Christmas Day, we’ll have Brazilian dishes, and on Oshogatsu1 we’ll have the …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Jan. 1, 2014

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