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There now exists a richly diverse number of publications devoted to the World War II concentration …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Sept. 1, 2022

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“War Did Not Break This Family”: Nancy Kyoko Oda and the Tule Lake Stockade Diary

In 2014, I was training to be a discussion leader for the intergenerational dialogues that are an i…

Tamiko Nimura • Nov. 29, 2021

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1942 Vancouver Revisited in Nishihata’s Powell Street Diary

Nisei Jesse Nishihata (1929-2006) was working on a TV series idea in the 1980s about the Japanese…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 27, 2017

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"To Jesse, with Love": Son Publishes Powell Street Diary

And underneath this sheltering bowlWe call the sky,Do not lift up your finger;For It moves as imp…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Aug. 1, 2017

British Columbia Canada Japantowns Jesse Nishihata Powell Street Diary (book) Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) prewar streets Vancouver (B.C.)

‘Signs of Home’: The art, life and wartime diary of Kamekichi Tokita

Artist Kamekichi Tokita came to America from Japan in 1919 and achieved moderate success painting f…

Peter Kelley • March 19, 2012

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

結婚式

先日、友人の長男の結婚式に招かれた。カソリック教会での華麗な披露宴で立派な、気持ちのいい雰囲気であった。この友人とは、仕事を通して知り合い、今でも一緒に仕事をしている。実はこの友人、私の家族と古…

Hidemitsu Miyamura • Oct. 29, 2013

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

父の日記（2）横山家の思い出

81歳で他界した父は、神戸港を1933年2月に出航したありぞな丸で、移民として19歳の時、一人で来伯した。その父の古い日記帳をめくっていたら「船中思い出」と言う題で、1940年11月23日に書かれた…

Hidemitsu Miyamura • April 9, 2013

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

父の日記（1）あの時、私は…

その当時、父はサントスで歯の技工士の仕事をしていた。28歳で独身の身であった。後に、ある白人歯医者の名義を借りて正規ではなかったが、歯医者として開業をした。その頃の苦しい生活や失敗談、お世話になった…

Hidemitsu Miyamura • March 28, 2013

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

ある日系二世ブラジル人の正月の想い

私は元旦生まれである。父母の生涯でもっとも異常な時期であった戦時中、サントス市日本人退去命令のため、田舎町パラガスー・パウリスタの小さな日本人旅館「丸林」の一室に住んでいたときに生まれたと、父の古い…

Hidemitsu Miyamura • Jan. 18, 2013

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Life in the Tule Lake Stockade

“War Did Not Break This Family”: Nancy Kyoko Oda and the Tule Lake Stockade Diary

1942 Vancouver Revisited in Nishihata’s Powell Street Diary

"To Jesse, with Love": Son Publishes Powell Street Diary

‘Signs of Home’: The art, life and wartime diary of Kamekichi Tokita

結婚式

父の日記（2）横山家の思い出

父の日記（1）あの時、私は…

ある日系二世ブラジル人の正月の想い