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Oshogatsu (New Year’s) was when our family learned the most about Japanese culture. The week …

Geraldine Shu • Dec. 31, 2023

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Oshōgatsu in the Pandemic…Again

Nima-kai Traditions: Oshogatsu Foods 2022 After another long, trying year, Nikkei around the world…

Kimiko Medlock • Feb. 3, 2022

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Seeing New Years with New Eyes

If Japanese Americans have a Norman Rockwell holiday, oshogatsu is it. Instead of someone serving …

Norio Umezu Hall • Jan. 1, 2022

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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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Top 5 Favorite Things About Japanese New Years

Besides Groundhog Day, my favorite holiday is New Years. I look forward to it every year. I always …

Koji Steven Sakai • Jan. 2, 2012

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Tradition: Osechi

Japanese Americans welcome the New Year with a special feast that can take weeks to prepare.In the …

Nancy Matsumoto • Dec. 27, 2011

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Journal Entry # 01/01/2008: "Anti-Resolutions..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 28, 2007

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