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ボリビア・サンタクルスの｢慰霊祭｣

南アメリカの地図を開いてみて、ボリビア国が大陸の真ん中に位置することがお分かりいただけるかと思う。南米地図をさらに最北端と最南端を縦線でつ なぎ、ボリビア国を通過するように東西の横線を引いて十字架を作っていただきたい ...

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Voces de Chicago

The Clear Sounds of Tetsuo Matsuda

The first time I heard of Tetsuo Matsuda was in 1992 in Tokyo. I was a violin student at a music conservatory in Tokyo and ...

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My experience with Hiroshima Kenjinkai and Hiroken

My father, Tsukasa, is an Issei from Hiroshima, and came to America in 1960. So, naturally, when he arrived he became a member of Hiroshima ...

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Little Tokyo Community Profiles

The Aoi Restaurant: A Little Tokyo Treasure

Mrs. Hiroko Yamagata and the Aoi Restaurant have a remarkable story. The Aoi Restaurant is located on historic First Street in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # @#(16) - !?: "Doodle-itis..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, analysis of a doodler... Check back every weekend for ...

education ja

「第１回三州（サンパウロ、パラナ、マットグロッソ）・パラグアイ交流お話大会」に参加して！

昨年、11月15・16両日、ブラジル、パラナ州マリンガ市で開催された ...

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Significant Signatures

Most everyone has heard the phrase, “Put your John Hancock right here.” John Hancock, a key signatory of the Declaration of Independence, was remembered for ...

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Publicações sobre nipo-brasileiros: Haine

Escolhi esse tema com uma finalidade muito singela. Minha atividade cotidiana, há muitos anos, está ligada à Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa e de Assistência ...

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I Was Drafted into the Mie Kenjinkai Army

On June 3, 1989, I married Shirley Takigawa and unknowingly, I became a permanent member of the Mie Kenjinkai. My family was originally from Yamaguchi ...

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Little Tokyo Community Profiles

Community Connections: Aihara Insurance’s 61-Year Commitment to Little Tokyo

Upon his return to Little Tokyo after World War II, veteran Luis K. Aihara found the community much changed. Though his own family had been ...