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The Other Side of Honolulu: Being Welcomed by Hawaii's Japanese Community
Part 6: What does it mean to "do your best"? - Japanese culture and Japanese-American culture in Hawaii
Let's continue with the elementary school story. Last time (part 5, " Japanese values ​​th…

Seiji Kawasaki • March 18, 2016

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aesthetics culture education Hawaii Japanese Americans metaphysics Nikkei psychology theory of knowledge United States values
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How I Fell in Love with Fresno
My godmother, aka my Auntie Kiyo, was originally from Fresno. But after the war, she ended up in Ne…

Susan Ito • Feb. 29, 2016

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agriculture California childhood families farming Fresno United States
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Canadian Nikkei Series
Following the ‘Wabi Sabi’ Way With Vancouver Artist Haruko Okano - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> What is the value of artists being ‘culturally connected’ to othe…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Feb. 16, 2016

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artists arts British Columbia Canada Canadians communities culture exhibitions Hawaii Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) Redress movement streets United States Vancouver (B.C.)
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Canadian Nikkei Series
Following the ‘Wabi Sabi’ Way With Vancouver Artist Haruko Okano - Part 1
On April 2nd, there will be a national “Japanese Canadian Art and Artists Symposium” at…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Feb. 15, 2016

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artists arts British Columbia Canada Canadians communities culture exhibitions Hawaii Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) Redress movement streets United States Vancouver (B.C.)
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Being a Brazilian Nikkei: yesterday and today
From childhood to adulthood, I can say that as a Brazilian Nikkei I lived and saw some aspects of c…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Feb. 11, 2016

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Brazil communities culture customs (social) languages
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My Life with the Anime Nerds
Last month, I worked at Kinokuniya Bookstore’s booth at Anime Expo for the second year in a r…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Jan. 28, 2016

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culture hapa identity racially mixed people
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The Japanese-American Flower Growers Who Made Phoenix Bloom
When my high school orchestra teacher found out my family owned a Japanese flower garden in Phoenix…

Kathy Nakagawa • Jan. 27, 2016

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agriculture Arizona Baseline Flower Growers business communities economics families farming flowers gardening gardens generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan management migration Nisei Phoenix plants United States
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Jesus and Buddha
I was the youngest of a large family. When I was born, my parents were already old enough to be g…

Marta Marenco • Jan. 15, 2016

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aesthetics Argentina Buddhism Catholicism culture death families hapa metaphysics psychology racially mixed people religion religions rituals theory of knowledge traditions values
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The culture and pleasure of sake
A bottle can contain an ancient tradition to take to any corner of the planet. Sake, the emblematic…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 11, 2015

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alcoholic beverages beverages culture liquors Peru sake
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You Are Canadian Nisei If...
Most Yonsei (4th generation Nikkei) and Gosei (5th) are most likely living very comfortable lives w…

Chuck Tasaka • Dec. 9, 2015

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aesthetics bathing Canada Canadians children communities culture everyday life food games generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan metaphysics migration mottainai (phrase) Nisei psychology theory of knowledge values World War II World War II camps
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