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Barely coming from the mushroom of 1945, my maternal and paternal grandparents. Dreaming of new adv…

Tereza Yamashita • Nov. 15, 2023

Brazil families names São Paulo surnames

10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Ba-chan

When I was in elementary, it was just me, my baa-chan, and my mom in a cramped, but comfortable apa…

Zoe Lerdworatawee • June 9, 2023

California Little Tokyo Los Angeles memory United States

Love and Reckoning: A Meditation On Family Photos

In my childhood home in Roseville, California, we had a room we called “the den.” It wa…

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 6, 2022

families family histories genealogy memory World War II camps

The blue of the sky

Whenever the sky surprises me with its blue tone, it fills me with nostalgia. Color envy produces …

Luis Iguchi Iguchi • Aug. 8, 2022

Jauja memory Peru

A Good Friend and a Good Neighbor

With the passing of Wakako Yamauchi, we have lost another community icon. In 1995, my late husband…

Iku Kiriyama • Nov. 27, 2018

California Gardena memories United States Wakako Yamauchi

What We Save, How We Save, How We Love: On Family and Community Archives

I’ve been thinking about what we save. I’ve been looking through one of my old…

Tamiko Nimura • June 26, 2018

archives community history families family histories genealogy generations history Japanese Americans memory preservation

Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

Natto: A Love Story

I love natto. But it wasn’t always that way. My mom gave me my first taste when I was aroun…

Marsha Takeda-Morrison • Oct. 10, 2017

Discover Nikkei food Itadakimasu 2 (series) Japanese food memories natto Nikkei Chronicles (series)

Treasure Hunters: Takachizu on Los Angeles Street seeks to record community memories and mementos.

Walking into the Vida Group Building on South Los Angeles Street, I couldn’t help but sense t…

Gwen Muranaka • Nov. 10, 2016

California Little Tokyo Los Angeles mementos memory souvenirs (keepsakes) United States Vida Group Building

Memories of a Colleague and Friend: Karin Higa

On the afternoon of Wednesday, October 30, 2013, four current Japanese American National Museum (JA…

Arthur A. Hansen • Nov. 22, 2013

art history Arthur A. Hansen arts Asian American art curators ethnic art historians Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Karin Higa Laura Kina Lloyd Inui memory museums tributes United States

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