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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #6 Words Or Less: “Nearly Lyric-Free ...”

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Popular Songs With Almost No Lyrics.” Check back every ...

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What An Ungodly Place To Meet: Tales From Camp Toilets

In stories of the forced removal and incarceration, certain types of stories recur. There is the shock of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent exclusion orders ...

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シアトル・宇和島屋物語 ～ The Uwajimaya Story

第14回 戦後、シアトルで店を再開　　

戦時中、10ヵ所に設けられた日系人収容所のなかで、カリフォルニアのトゥーリレイク（Tule Lake ...

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Weaving

Happy summer, everyone! We’re excited to bring two more new voices to the Discover Nikkei platform - originally from the Midwest and now residing in ...

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Miyoshi Yokota Okamura: Japanese Picture Bride

If you were walking down the street in Pocatello, Idaho on a Saturday in the 1960’s, there is a good chance you would have ...

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《幾山河ここに恋あり命あ里》に込められた想い

《幾山河ここに恋あり命あ里》という川柳を見た覚えがないだろうか――サンパウロ市リベルダーデ区ガルボン・ブエノ街の大阪橋のたもとにある、日本庭園を入ったすぐ左に建てられている句碑の作品だ ...

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Furusato: The Lost Japanese Fishing Village Between Los Angeles’ Ports

Inside her home in Southern California, Mary Izumi sits at her piano flipping through the yellowed pages of her old songbooks. Along with her high ...

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Tessaku

Lily Yuri Tsurumaki - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Oh wow what a beautiful picture. So this is like the office? That was our Japan Airlines office and I was taking ...

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「花嫁のアメリカ」実録

2006年渡米、カリフォルニア州サクラメント近郊在住～順子・クエストさん

横田基地内で偶然の出会い 東京の八王子で生まれ育った順子さんは、「幼稚園の頃から、泣き声も大きくて、先生からも ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #6 Stones, 1 Purpose: "Geek Culture Rules..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “If I possessed the infinity gauntlet.” Check back every ...