パトリシア･タカヤマ

(Patricia Takayama)

Patricia Takayama is a writer of fiction. Her first short story collection is titled, “The Winter of Melancholy.” Her second collection is due out in 2019. Both are works of historical fiction based on the lives of real people.

Patricia was raised in California. She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and Hastings College of the Law. She lived in Tokyo for three years where she taught English at a business college while she studied the Japanese language. After law school she received a fellowship to continue her language studies at the Inter-University Center in Tokyo.

Updated December 2018

culture en

ニッケイを見いだす：詩のコラム

Sansei

  • ジャニス・イワナガ・イェン,  パトリシア･タカヤマ,  トレイシー・カトウ=キリヤマ
  • 2018年12月20日

As a younger Sansei/older Yonsei, I've been reflecting a lot on the big sisters and cousins of the Sansei generation who have raised or influenced many of us in our activism, community involvement, and understanding of ourselves as connected to others. This month, we feature pieces of generational and personal reflection from two Sansei - writer Patricia Takayama from the San Fernando Valley, and NCRR founding member, Janice Yen, who is based in Los Angeles. Enjoy!

—traci kato-kiriyama

* * * * *

Janice Iwanaga Yen is a retired retailer and long-time community volunteer. She is a founding member of NCRR (National Coalition for ...

続きを読む

community en

ニッケイ物語#3 — ニッケイ人の名前：太郎、ジョン、フアン、ジョアオ？

What's in a Name?

  • パトリシア･タカヤマ
  • 2014年8月12日

My parents named me Gorobei Yoshida. It is an old fashioned name. My mother said I was named after her grandfather, who was a respected man in our village back in Japan, but my uncle says, that was the name of my mother’s favorite movie star as a teen. Most of my friends call me Goro, at least, the ones who can pronounce my name properly. My father’s Mexican helpers have nicknamed me Gordo. My father is a gardener.

My father moved the family here from Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, when I was 12 years old. As he spoke ...

続きを読む

詳細検索

Featured Articles

en ja es pt

identity

ニッケイ物語#5 — ニッケイ語：家族、コミュニティ、文化の言葉

ガイジン

en ja es pt

migration

日本史のミッシングリンク「移民」・ 沖縄県系人の多さの理由とは ～ その1

ja

community

シアトル「日本町」を知る -戦前編-

en ja

migration

アメリカ本土初の日系移民、若松コロニー入植から150周年

第１回 夢と希望胸にカリフォルニアに来た先駆者　

最新記事 ja

ja

identity

ニッケイ物語８ — ニッケイ・ヒーロー：私たちの模範となり、誇りを与えてくれる人

私のルーツ ～大藤松五郎の足跡～

ja

community

孤独な望郷 ～ フロリダ日系移民森上助次の手紙から

第18回 京都へ帰ったときには……

ja

community

創立110周年迎えた北米沖縄県人会 — 全米各地や沖縄から人々が集う

en ja es pt

identity

少し遠のいた日本

ja

community

『移民と日本人―ブラジル移民110年の歴史から―』を読み解く―「ブラジル」日本移民研究への新たな視点―

記事一覧

最新記事 EN ES PT

en

culture

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # $45 on Average for a Get-up: "Costuming..."

en

war

Edison Uno - Redress Hero, a Minority of One

en

culture

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

What spirits whisper...

en

identity

Counteracting 'Invisibility' Within the JA Community

es

community

Nikkei Chronicles #8 — Nikkei Heroes: Trailblazers, Role Models, and Inspirations

Mi oba, ¡qué mejor inspiración!

記事一覧