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Histórias sobre o Oshogatsu Nikkei de 2017 - Parte 1

No nosso boletim eletrônico de janeiro, o Discover Nikkei pediu o envio de histórias sobre o Oshogatsu. Convidamos os nossos leitores nikkeis de ...

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Chapter Nine—Pickles and the Promised Land

Ofuji Matsugoro wiped the sweat off of his forehead as he and his fellow carpenter, Kuninosuke “Kuni” Masumizu, took a break from their woodworking project ...

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Chapter Eight—Death of the Mulberry Tree

Keiko Shinshi hadn’t been feeling well for days.  Her husband, Tatsutaro, thought it was because the last mulberry tree in the colony had died ...

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Chapter Seven—A Night in San Francisco

Among the Japan-born Wakamatsu colonists, Makoto and Kuni were the strongest English speakers. As a result, when the colony’s founder, John Henry Schnell, announced ...

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Chapter Six—Okei: Star Stories

Okei Ito hated mosquitos. In the California inaka, they seemed to swarm everywhere, breeding in water collected in surrounding ditches. In these same ditches, old ...

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Chapter Five—Masumizu Kuninosuke: Lightning in a Bottle

“Kuni, place your bet,” the miner said, first in English and then in his native Portuguese. Masumizu Kuninosuke, called Kuni in this nighttime gambling den ...

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Chapter Four—Kintaro and the Magic Koi

Serve the shogun with single-minded devotion.       —Aizu samurai code of conduct Kintaro Ikeda was alone in this world, but that was not always the case ...

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Chapter Three—Neko-chan

Nozomi chased her black cat through the fields of Wakamatsu Colony in Gold Hill. She still was not allowed to bring the cat inside of ...

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Chapter Two—Wheelbarrow Wars

Shinshi-san went into her second bedroom, the one filled with mulberry leaves, and checked on the status of her silkworms. Hundreds of white skinny caterpillars ...

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Chapter One—Jou Schnell: Keeping House

Jou Schnell looked out her window of her small four-room, wood-framed house on Gold Hill. Through the walnut trees, dappled light streamed onto the dew-covered ...