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I had a chance to sit down and talk with filmmaker Tad Nakamura about his newest documentary Mele M…

Alison De La Cruz • Sept. 6, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Bastos' Nikkei-go

Koná goroshono tyomém shensheiga kawashita – would any Nikkei understand this sentence? It is a mix…

Rosa Tomeno Takada • Sept. 5, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

How I Found Out I Was Uchinānchu (Okinawan)

I lived a peaceful life with my grandparents on the 11th block of Arnaldo Márquez street i…

Javier Takara • Aug. 31, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Made in Japan

This familiar phrase, “made in Japan” (Nihon-sei) reminds me of my mother, Yaeko. She w…

Mary Sunada • Aug. 26, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Hai!

Every other week, I stop by a Japanese grocery store that's just down the block from my house, …

Hudson Okada • Aug. 23, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Yokoso Y’all

Thirty years ago, much to my delight, two events occurred which served to encapsulate my bicultural…

Linda Cooper • Aug. 17, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Mango

"Mango? Mango? Mango?" The scene that took place in front of me was quite unusual. It too…

Hudson Okada • Aug. 11, 2016

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That Hapa Kid—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> In June a friend invited me to join her and other members of the Japanese S…

Nicholas Turner • July 27, 2016

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That Hapa Kid—Part 1

Hapa, in Hawaiian, means “part” or “mixed.” It’s typically used to de…

Nicholas Turner • July 20, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Nihongo comes and goes

Tadatoshi and Setsuko, my parents, arrived in the capital of São Paulo, coming from Vera Cruz, in t…

Jorge Nagao • July 20, 2016

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Catching Up With Tad Nakamura

Bastos' Nikkei-go

How I Found Out I Was Uchinānchu (Okinawan)

Made in Japan

Hai!

Yokoso Y’all

Mango

That Hapa Kid—Part 2

That Hapa Kid—Part 1

Nihongo comes and goes