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Seeing New Years with New Eyes

If Japanese Americans have a Norman Rockwell holiday, oshogatsu is it. Instead of someone serving …

Norio Umezu Hall • Jan. 1, 2022

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Zoom & Zoni: How the Nikkei Community Celebrated the New Year

To put it simply, Oshogatsu looked a little bit different this year. Maybe our kitchens lacked the…

Kyra Karatsu • Jan. 29, 2021

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Oshogatsu—Remembering Grandpa Sonny

When my Facebook friend suggested a submission for Discover Nikkei’s Oshogatsu photo activity…

Jane Shohara Matsumoto • Jan. 15, 2021

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Auld Lang Syne in the Desert and Swamp: New Year’s in Camp

The holidays are a special time of unity, with the end of each year bringing senses of joy and refl…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 1, 2021

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7th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Half an Anman

“Akemashite omedetou!” Hideki elbowed his way through a tight crowd of people relentle…

Muslima Gulyamova • Aug. 14, 2020

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Mochitsuki

One of my fondest memories is of the annual mochi making party that was held at our house in the we…

Susan Yamamura • July 13, 2020

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #2020!!!: "May this Year be Less Stupid..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 4, 2020

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1946: New Year’s at the Crystal City Concentration Camp

The end of the war between Japan and the United States in August 1945 did not bring peace and freed…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Jan. 3, 2020

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Traditional Foods and Rituals to Start the New Year

These days, it’s easy to find Japanese or Nikkei food in Lima. Perhaps the day when Japanese …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Jan. 1, 2020

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Journal Entry #Adopted in 1582: "Auld Lang Syne..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 28, 2019

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