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Resources about Nikkei in Illinois

Chicago

The report provides data of those of Japanese descent by geography, gender, and median age for the entire state of Illinois, based on the census 2000.
Collection of images from the Japanese American community in Chicago. Festival & celebration; business; picnic, wedding & personal events.
Chicago Japanese American Historical Society, the Discover Nikkei affiliate, created an online version of its first travel exhibit "Japanese American Team Spirit: the Chicago Nisei Athletic Association" and contributed it via link from the Discover Nikkei web site.
Alec Yoshio MacDonald, Sports, Community, and History: Reflections on Recording the Japanese American Experience in Chicago (Voice of Chicago)
  • Charlotte Brooks, Japanese (Encyclopedia of Chicago)
Brief history of Japanese Americans in Chicago.
"This book of more than 200 vintage images reveals for the first time aspects of Japanese-American life in Chicago over four generations, through the eyes of those who lived it."
  • Lesson Plan-- UNIT III: American Pluralistic Society, Pacific Crossings: Japanese Americans in Chicago
Created by By Diane Deckert, Baker Demonstration School, National-Louis University, Evanston, Illinois.

Arts & Designs

INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS

  • Aiko Nakane, Japanese paper expert and the founder of Aiko's Art Materials (1908-2004)

ARTIST GROUPS

Home page of Asian American comedy group, which was founded in 1995 by Quincy Wong and Keith Uchima in Chicago.

MUSICIANS

See also Taiko Database

THEATER

"Artistic director Allen Hope Sermonia and managing director Mitch Schneider have high hopes for their emergent theater company, dueEast Theatre Company. Dedicated to Asian-American plays and educational outreach, dueEast is this year presenting its second season, showcasing the play "Seven Out" by Chicago playwright Keith Uchima, in its Midwest premiere. Last year, dueEast presented the Midwest premiere of a play called "The Theory of Everything," by Chris Gomolvilas."

ANIME

Anime Sound & Vision was established by Joe Palermo and Sen Yamanaka for the purpose of spreading Japanese culthre through the power of Anime.

Business

Individuals

  • Aiko Nakane, Japanese paper expert and the founder of Aiko's Art Materials (1908-2004)

Religion

  • Paul D. Numrich, Buddhists (Encyclopedia of Chicago)
Brief history of the developmenet of Buddhism in Chicago.
A program to deepen individual spirituality and help establish an everyday practice.
"The Heartland Sangha was founded in 1989 and is affiliated with the American Buddhist Association. It is interested in American Buddhism as developed by the Venerable Rev. Gyomay Kubose."

War

A native of Sacramento, Morimitsu received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley in 1936. He was a state civil service employee when he was interned at the Tule Lake Relocation Center with family members in 1942 in the wartime evacuation program. A year later; he volunteered from Tule Lake for the military intelligence service, and after Japanese language training at Camp Savage, he was assigned to the Mars Task Force, a commando organization operating in North Burma. After a stintwith the Office of Strategic Services in India, he was assigned to the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. He won the Bronze Star for his military services. Honorably discharged in late1945, Morimitsu settled in Chicago and founded the Aladdin Carpet Company, from which he retired after 34 years in1981."

Reference

Nikkei organizations

Art organizations

Ikebana

Bonsai

Landscape

Educational institutions

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

-- Asian American Resource and Cultural Center, UIC

JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL

Religious organizations

Sports

AIKIDO

KENDO

KARATE

MARTIAL ARTS

JUDO

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