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The Ultimate Good: Grace Pastries

“Weddings are the most superstitious of holidays. And the cake? Well it’s like any marriage, right? I won’t say the cake is human ...

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ニッケイがいた街

第2回 ベニス

かつてはロサンゼルス日系社会の中心であったにもかかわらず、ワッツ暴動の後に潮が引くように日系人の人口が激減してしまった西南地区。続いて訪れたベニスは、この西南地区とはかなり様相が異なる。なぜなら ...

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From museum gardener, seeds of change

Editor’s note: This article was written by a member of Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s staff and was published on his website ...

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THROUGH THE FIRE: Louise Suski

Before the advent of the offset printing process, The Rafu Shimpo handset every word, every comma, every dingbat and ornamental header, utilizing drawers of lead ...

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ニッケイがいた街

第1回（後編） ロサンゼルス西南地区（クレンショー・ディストリクト）

前編を読む＞＞ 一体、西南地区の日系人はどうしてどこに消えてしまったのか？　その問いに、西南シニアセンターのプレジデントである柴邦雄さんが答えてくれた ...

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ニッケイがいた街

第1回（前編） ロサンゼルス西南地区（クレンショー・ディストリクト）

ある時、友人からデジタルカメラに残った写真を見せられた。海辺の陽光を背にして建つ鳥居。「これ、どこだと思う ...

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An Interview with Lament in the Night translator Andrew Leong

Last week, Patricia Wakida wrote a profile on translator Andrew Leong on his upcoming book, Lament in the Night, a collection of two novellas by ...

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Lament in the Night, translated by Andrew Leong

The Tale of Osato is an astonishing fable of pre-war Los Angeles, whose protagonist is a determined young Issei who works herself to the point ...

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Two Urban Subcultures Meet in the Art of Gajin Fujita

Five Japanese courtesans, their kimono sliding unashamedly off their shoulders in the heat, look on in alarm at their companion who has collapsed on the ...

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Common Grains

Common Grains is a Japanese food and culture project that started in my home kitchen a couple of years ago, and until this year, it ...