Albums

From Newsprint to New Media: The Evolving Role of Nikkei Newspapers, April 2, 2011

editor

Discover Nikkei presented the public program, "From Newsprint to New Media: The Evolving Role of Nikkei Newspaper," on April 2, 2011 at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum of the Japanese American …

Discover Nikkei program
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Letters From Camp

garyono

This album contains some of the actual images from the National Archive Record Administration, College Park, Maryland that are referred to in the Discover Nikkei journal article, Letters From Camp.

family history
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Nikkei Generals and Admirals Book Signing

Spanky

A biography of 38 Japanese American Generals and Admirals in the US Military by authors Ansho Mas Uchima and Minoru Shinmoto with guest speaker former California State Assemblyman George Nakano.  …

community history
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Fortune Cookie Production at Benkyodo, San Francisco - ca 1914-1941 - WWII - 1946-1958

garyono

This Album contains illustrations, photographs and explaination of what I remember of Benkyodo's production of fortune cookies after WWII.

This is a supplement to the two-part essay,  "Japanese American Fortune Cookie," I wrote …

Japanese American business history
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Nihon Ganbare!: Tsurus de la esperanza

APJ

Tradicionalmente, la grulla es considerada un ave sagrada en Japón y símbolo de larga vida. Las grullas de origami son usadas por los japoneses como objetos simbólicos para conceder deseos, …

community history
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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil (Embrace the ordinary and nurture a spirit of gratitude)

sfsmithphoto

Yama Project is a documentary of a Japanese farming and arts community in Brazil known as Comunidade Yuba. The farm is located in a rural agricultural region in the western …

online exhibition
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  • ja

Roberto´s breakfast (desayuno) in Chile

CD_Nikkei_Chile

 Soy un nikkei (nisei) de post guerra y en esta oportunidad me gustaría presentarles cómo ha influido la cultura japonesa en mi diario vivir.  La comida es un aspecto interesante …

online exhibition
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  • es

Baptist Churches in Pre-WWII Imperial Japan

mhomma

This album highlights the Wada family Christian missionary work in Japan before 1930. The Wada family started and served at several churches in Northern Japan as well as the Tokyo …

online exhibition
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The Portuguese Sushi Chef

DMo

A Portuguese chef, Chef Paulo, married to a Hapa-Japanese American woman, learns to become a master sushi chef and opens a new restaurant that artfully combines Portuguese and Japanese cuisine. …

contemporary culture
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American Tapestry: 25 Stories from the Collection

chanami

American Tapestry presents an intimate look into an ethnic community. At the same time, it celebrates the lives of everyday individual Americans who embody the “We” in “We the People” …

online exhibition
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