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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #About 3 Pounds of Dumb: "Homo Stultus..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “The Cacophony in My Brain...” Check back every weekend ...

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Wakako Yamauchi - Japanese American Soul

Part 6: The Final Years

Yamauchi for the most part left playwriting behind her in the last decades of her life, devoting most of her efforts to writing a series ...

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「ちからもち」、再建への道：和菓子職人の技、兄から妹へ － その２

その１を読む ＞＞ 銀行残高、わずか１ドル。借金「歯を食いしばって返済 ...

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Drumming for History: The Annual Minidoka Pilgrimage Day of Remembrance Taiko Fundraiser

Around the country, Japanese American Days of Remembrance are commemorated with keynote speakers, with candle lighting, with marches, and even (this year) with bystander training ...

food ja

「ちからもち」、再建への道：和菓子職人の技、兄から妹へ － その１

1985年、熊本出身の職人がロサンゼルスに和菓子屋を開店した。日本各地で鳴らした和菓子職人の率いるこの店が、地元の茶の湯で信頼される存在となるのに時間はかからなかった。順調だった店にやがて最初の不幸が訪れ店は窮地に立たされる ...

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In Company with the Happy Old Age

I went to visit a very dear aunt who lives on the coast of Sao Paulo. I am proud of her, for even in her ...

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Author Andrea Tsurumi on kindness and the role of uncertainty in art and cultural identity - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Monnier: How do you describe your identity when you describe yourself? What words do you like? Tsurumi: Well, it depends on who ...

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サンバの国でキバランバ！ ～ブラジル奄美移民100年の軌跡～

第２回 60歳超えて踊りの「先生」 ～ 島田シズエさん（宇検村出身）

2017年11月に刊行された『宇検村誌　自然・通史編』によると ...

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Author Andrea Tsurumi on kindness and the role of uncertainty in art and cultural identity - Part 1

In the undersea world of Andrea Tsurumi’s new picture book, Crab Cake, the community has a steady rhythm: “ Seahorse pretends to be seaweed…Parrotfish ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #11 Grams of Sugar Per Cup: "Gr-r-r-reat!..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “More Weird Trivia! - or 'Stuff I Didn't Really ...