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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

From Obon to Kumi Daiko: Big Drum in Hawai`i

The steady beat of a taiko has long provided the accompaniment for Bon-odori celebrations in Hawai`i. The taiko tradition has been passed along from ...

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El guerrero rojo: Identidad étnica en la obra Tilsa Tsuchiya

Siempre he sentido una gran atracción por lo artístico y, si bien durante los años que estudié Antropología pude encontrar textos ...

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コウジのコラム

Are you a true JA?

Since I’m yonsei (fourth generation) and work at the Japanese American National Museum, I’ve been asked on many occasions to explain what it ...

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A Place Where Sunflowers Grow: A Granddaughter’s Tribute to Artist Hisako Hibi

As the granddaughter of prominent Japanese American painter Hisako Hibi, Amy Lee-Tai was exposed to art at an early age—and it was through her ...

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JET Tales from Aomori

Banging those drums and making friends!

It’s August fourth, 2006, two o’clock in the afternoon. My friend’s mother is wrapping my torso with a white cloth called a ...

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Catching Up with the Olivers

At first, the Olivers seemed like an elusive group. For years, as I was doing research in Little Tokyo for my dissertation, I would hear ...

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Elementos formadores do imaginário sobre o japonês no Brasil - Parte 2

>> Parte 1 O Escrutínio Russo-Japonez: "o simphatico nippão" e o colosso russo No início do mês de março de 1904 ...

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Nikkei Heritage

A Spiritual Evolution

There is a spiritual hunger among many Japanese Americans today who, like myself, dropped religious observances when they were in high school or college but ...

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Nuevas perspectivas comerciales entre Perú y Japón

Crece intercambio comercial y posibilidades de inversión En los últimos años, la relación comercial entre Perú y Japón ha ido en ...

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Reinventing Culture - Japanese Style Gardens in America

In cultural creations ranging from outdoor gardens to works of art, music and literature, the question of authenticity often captures the attention of scholars, critics ...