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PechaKucha Nite: Innovative Nikkei Projects

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Discover Nikkei presents "PechaKucha Nite: Innovative Nikkei Project" on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum. The program featured six presentations -- Craig …

Discover Nikkei program
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The 21st Century Museum: Significant artifacts selected by Japanese American National Museum Volunteers

JANM

Japanese American National Museum staff and interns worked with volunteers to create a series of 30-second digital video shorts sharing the volunteer’s personal stories related to artifacts from the exhibition …

community history
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Takamichi "Taka" Go Collection

myvisittomanzanar

Photos taken in Manzanar, California

online exhibition
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American in a Foreign Motherland

miam

This album documents my first meeting as an adult with my Japanese uncle, as well as our "pilgrimage" back to our family's furusato in Wakayama. Though my mother is Japanese, I was …

family history
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The Heart Mountain Barracks Project

gkkyamaguchi

In 1942, hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans, living on the West Coast were forced to live in internment camps due to Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066.  After the …

community history
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Tanabata at JANM 2010

gkkyamaguchi

Tanabata, a Japanese star festival usually celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month, is based on the love story between Orihime and Hikoboshi.  Separated by the Milky Way …

Community Event
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Venice Japanese Community Center Obon

gkkyamaguchi

The Venice Japanese Community Center held their annual Obon Festival, helping bring the entire community together.  There was a huge selection of good food, games, exhibits, and entertainment!  

community event
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Japanese Hospital: Caring for the Pre-War Nikkei Community Program

editor

Presented Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum.  For the early Issei immigrants, access to medical care was limited. Five Issei doctors …

online exhibition
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Frying Fish: Little Tokyo Los Angeles

minguez

The Frying Fish, America's first kaiten-sushi restaurant, is also one of the first businesses established in the Little Tokyo shopping mall complex. It's owners, the Akimotos, have a long history …

community history
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A Look at the Rafu Shimpo

Vedette

This collection of photos gives a look into the place that keeps Little Tokyo's newspaper running. Though it may look like an ordinary office, the Rafu Shimpo has over 100 …

community history
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