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Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 5
As we continue to pay homage to the great Amy Uyematsu, we wanted to feature a special collective p…
Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka +5 • Oct. 19, 2023
"Bachchan" is a popular word
When I was still little, my mother would show me pictures and tell me about my grandmother, saying,…
Laura Honda-Hasegawa • March 20, 2023
Futon, Shoyu, and More: Japanese Words Incorporated into the Vocabulary of Brazil
It is common, in Brazil, for the descendant of Japanese to mix the Portuguese language with the Jap…
Meiry Mayumi Onohara • March 3, 2023
Journal Entry #4 of the Worst: "Enunciate!!!..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…
Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 3, 2018
The Issei Lexicon
For years I wanted to compile a list of Japanese American words and phrases. I am beginning a list …
Tim Asamen • June 20, 2017
Isaburo Tasaka’s 100-year old Charcoal Kiln Found on Salt Spring Island
What is the old saying? “What is old is now new again.” For thousands of years, the Wak…
Chuck Tasaka • Oct. 13, 2015
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Samurai Spirit In WWII Camps
As a volunteer at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), recent developments there revealed …
Gary T. Ono • Aug. 20, 2015
Artistry in Armor: An Interview with Darin S. Furukawa, Artist, Educator, and Samurai Arts Specialist
Darin S. Furukawa and Mike Yamasaki are co-curators Japanese American National Museum’s new e…
Esther Newman • Aug. 14, 2015
Paying Culture Forward: Passing on the Traditions of Japanese Art Swords
What separates a Japanese art sword from any manufactured metal-bladed weapon? An extraordinary lev…
Esther Newman • July 31, 2015
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