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Author Jamie Ford: From Eating Scones to Writing a Bestseller

“On the side of the trunk was the name Shimizu, hand-painted in large white letters. It was opened for the curious crowd. … The new hotel ...

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FELIZ NATAL! — MERRY CHRISTMAS!: The Brazilian Connection - Part 2

>> Part 1Early the next morning, Cousin Hiroshi, who spoke fairly good English, Mandarin and Cantonese, Portuguese, and of course, Japanese, led us on a fascinating ...

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FELIZ NATAL! — MERRY CHRISTMAS!: The Brazilian Connection - Part 1

It wasn’t until the samba beat of the tune “Brazil” roused me from a semi-stupor that I realized our Varig flight was finally approaching ...

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The Remembering Tree III - part 2

>> Part 1Japan CruiseThis past April, my husband and I joined several of our close Hawai‘i friends on a 10-day cruise around Japan. From Yokohama ...

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What Pearl Harbor Wrought

Epilogue

Life: …the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual…from Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary. Father would have ...

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What Pearl Harbor Wrought

A Soldier is a Soldier - Part 5

As he sat alone, Jo scanned the room. In the dim light of the room's lone bulb, he could see a scroll with Chinese ...

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What Pearl Harbor Wrought

A Soldier is a Soldier - Part 4

The hon-ke (family home) stood on a rise at the start of a small vale. In the twilight, Jo could make out rice paddies; flat ...

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What Pearl Harbor Wrought

A Soldier is a Soldier - Part 3

The flat wooden deck of the river ferry was small. Jo, his duffle bag and small back pack, and Isamu and his mo-ped, took up ...

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What Pearl Harbor Wrought

A Soldier is a Soldier - Part 1

June 25, 1950: North Korea invades South Korea. The United States was convinced that the Korean War made an early peace treaty with Japan imperative ...

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What Pearl Harbor Wrought

Flo - Part 3

It was not until the initial block meeting was ending that Jo noticed Flo and Hideo at one of the front tables, talking to Flo ...