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Early Sawtelle Stories
Collection
Created by: bokinaka
West Los Angeles is a relatively new urban area. When the UCLA campus in Westwood opened in 1929, the area boomed. Dirt roads and empty fields became newly-paved ...
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Frank Endo - Amache photos
Collection
Created by: bokinaka
These are photos of Amache from the albums of Frank Endo of Gardena, California.
You can read an autobiographical essay of Frank's life on Discover Nikkei.
click here to ...
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2008 National Conference Photo Guestbook
Collection
Created by: bokinaka
A laptop webcam was used to capture lo-res photos of some of the people who stopped by the Discover Nikkei table at the "Whose America? Who's American? Diversity, ...
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2008 Cherry Blossom Festival in Little Tokyo
Collection
Created by: bokinaka
On a beautiful spring Saturday, people from all over Los Angeles came out to Little Tokyo to enjoy live music, shopping and eating at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
This year's ...
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Liberdade - Sao Paulo's Japantown
Collection
Created by: bokinaka
Brazil is home to 1.5 million people of Japanese descent. Sao Paulo has the largest community of Nikkei in Brazil and the heart of the community is a district ...
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James Shigeta
Collection
Created by: bokinaka
This collection takes a look at the film career of James Shigeta.
James Shigeta is not just an Asian American actor, he is a leading man. During a time when ...
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Early Sawtelle Stories
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
left to right:
Cecelia Peck (New Center for Psychoanalysis)
Jack Fujimoto
Ted Tanaka
Dorothy Ikkanda
Tom Ikkanda
Ida Kaisaki
Grace Fujimoto
Kaye Okitsu
Joe Nagano
Yuki Sakurai
Haru Nakata
Randy Sakamoto
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, ...
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 11 of 11, “Sawtelle Pioneers”)
Collected by: bokinaka
left to right:
Cecelia Peck (New Center for Psychoanalysis)
Jack Fujimoto
Ted Tanaka
Dorothy Ikkanda
Tom Ikkanda
Ida Kaisaki
Grace Fujimoto
Kaye Okitsu
Joe Nagano
Yuki Sakurai
Haru Nakata
Randy Sakamoto
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Tom Ikkanda
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Tom Ikkanda
speaker
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 5 of 11, “Tom Ikkanda”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Tom moved to Sawtelle as a boy in 1923. He raced hot rods and became a mechanic.
During the war, because of his mechanic skills, he was let out of ...
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Sharing Sawtelle Stories
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 2 of 11, “New Center for Psychoanalysis”)
Collected by: bokinaka
The New Center for Psychoanalysis is located right on Sawtelle Blvd. They hosted this community event in their beautiful facility.
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Randy Sakamoto
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Randy Sakamoto
speaker
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 10 of 11, “Randy Sakamoto”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Randy shares stories about his father who started the West LA Christian Church. He has collected many photos of his family and the history of Sawtelle.
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Sawtelle pioneers
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Tom Ikkanda, Dorothy Ikkanda and Ida Kaisaki
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 3 of 11, “Memories”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Sawtelle pioneers look over old photos and recall the good ole days.
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Kay
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Kay
speaker
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 9 of 11, “Kay”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Kay's oldest sister earned a degree from UCLA but no one would hire her because she was Japanese. So her father decided to send all the girls to barber ...
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Joe Nagano
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Joe Nagano
speaker
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 4 of 11, “Joe Nagano”)
Collected by: bokinaka
In the 1920s, Joe described Sawtelle as a Japanese ghetto. It had dirt roads and primitive utilities. The UCLA campus was being built and the area was experiencing ...
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Jack Fujimoto
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Jack Fujimoto
speaker
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 1 of 11, “Jack Fujimoto”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Jack Fujimoto authored a history of the Sawtelle community in "West Los Angeles' Japantown" published by Arcadia Publishing (2007)
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Ida Kaisaki
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Ida Kaisaki
speaker
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 6 of 11, “Ida Kaisaki”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Ida remembers when Olympic Blvd. was just a dirt road. She shared stories of studying Japanese dance.
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Haru Nakata
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Uploaded by: bokinaka
Haru Nakata
speaker
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 7 of 11, “Haru Nakata”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Haru shared stories of going to Japanese school. The Issei parents thought it was important for the children to learn Japanese. She talked about the theater that played ...
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Grace Fujimoto
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
Grace Fujimoto
speaker
Early Sawtelle Stories
at New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2008
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Part of these collections:
Early Sawtelle Stories
(Item 8 of 11, “Grace Fujimoto”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Grace is Jack's wife. After the war, the teens belonged to social clubs. She was a member of the Jodies. She met Jack at the gas station ...
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From One Generation to the Next - Part 3
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
From One Generation to the Next:
Families Intersecting with History
An inspiring conversation with Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga and her daughter and son-in-law Lisa and Warren Furutani and their sons Joey and Sei, who ...
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From One Generation to the Next - Part 2
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
From One Generation to the Next:
Families Intersecting with History
An inspiring conversation with Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga and her daughter and son-in-law Lisa and Warren Furutani, and their sons Joey and Sei, who ...
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From One Generation to the Next - Part 1
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: bokinaka
From One Generation to the Next:
Families Intersecting with History
An inspiring conversation with Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga and her daughter and son-in-law Lisa and Warren Furutani and their sons Joey and Sei, who ...
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