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Diamonds Separated by Oceans: Baseball, Japanese Americans, and Southern California's Pacific Rim - Part 2

Read part 1 >>As the Japanese and Japanese American population grew, generational differences…

Ryan Reft • Feb. 13, 2014

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Buried But Not to be Forgotten – Little Tokyo’s Time Capsule

Almost twenty years ago, on January 15, 1985, a steel container, 4 feet high and 18 inches in diame…

Harry K. Honda • Sept. 23, 2013

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Helen H. Ota, Artistic Director, Cold Tofu

Helen H. Ota is the Artistic Director of COLD TOFU, the nation’s premier Asian American comed…

Koji Steven Sakai • Oct. 13, 2011

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From Sendai to LA--Workshop Support Arrives in LA from the Home of the Tanabata Festival

A genuine love for Japan, felt in Los AngelesThe Tanabata Festival became the new talk of the town …

Keiko Fukuda • June 3, 2010

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Los Angeles Tanabata Matsuri - Part 1: The Meeting of Two Dreams

For the very first time, Tanabata Matsuri was featured alongside the customary events and exhibitio…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Sept. 17, 2009

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Tanabata Workshop: A Pre-Nisei Week Celebration by Japanese American National Museum

The Japanese American National Museum will host a tanabata ornament-making workshop on June 20, 200…

Yukikazu Nagashima • May 13, 2009

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My Nisei Week, Our Nisei Week

Saturday, August 16On Saturday morning I arrived early at the Japanese American National Museum. Yo…

Bobby Okinaka • Aug. 28, 2008

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Stories from Little Tokyo: The Woman in the Picture

A chance encounter in the Japanese American National Museum’s store led to a surprising disco…

Darryl Mori • Jan. 4, 2008

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A Yonsei's Reflections...

on J-Town Memories

Growing up, we would come into Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district to visit my Murakami Ba-cha…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • April 27, 2007

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「二世ウィーク・クィーン」は南カリフォルニアの日系団体をまとめるきずな

1930年代、約3万人の日本人が住んでいたロサンゼルス・リトル･トーキョー（小東京）で、日本人商店主たちが始めた「二世ウィーク」（二世週祭）イベントは、戦争時の中断を乗り越えて、今年で80周年を迎え…

Shigeharu Higashi • June 23, 2014

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