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Japanese American Name Culture - Part 2
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Cultural Heritage and Assimilation
The names that immigrant parents select f…
Tim Asamen • May 12, 2017
Japanese American Name Culture - Part 1
Is it Eisenhauer or Eisenhower? Gonzalez or Gonzales? Yasuzo or Yasudo? Whether they are misspellin…
Tim Asamen • May 11, 2017
Homeland
This month we feature Suma Yagi, an 89-year-old Nisei based in Seattle whose family was sent to Min…
Toshi Washizu +2 • Feb. 16, 2017
Why I Changed My Name
I was born with a white man’s name. When I looked in the mirror, I never found a white person…
Akira Imai • Nov. 28, 2016
George – The Iconic Name of the Second Generation
7. You have Nisei relatives named Tak, Tad, George, Harry or Shig.
— From 101 Ways To Tell…
Tim Asamen • April 20, 2016
Cumberland Chow Mein, Denbazuke, Karinto? It's Canadian Nisei Food!
How can you tell a Nisei by looking at the food they eat? Have you heard of Cumberland chow mein, d…
Chuck Tasaka • March 29, 2016
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Greenwood (B.C.)
Hawaii
Japanese American Chinese food
Japanese Americans
Japanese Canadian cuisine
Japanese food
Nikkei
Nikkei cuisine
Nisei
pickles
tsukemono
United States
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Canada
Canadians
Chinameshi
communities
cooking
cuisine
Cumberland
denbazuke
food
fusion cuisine
generations
Greenwood (B.C.)
Hawaii
Japanese American Chinese food
Japanese Americans
Japanese Canadian cuisine
Japanese food
Nikkei
Nikkei cuisine
Nisei
pickles
tsukemono
United States
Vancouver Island
Far East Memories
Few places truly define the Japanese American experience in Southern California than “Chiname…
David Toyoshima • Nov. 12, 2015
In Search of “Chinameshi”
We call it “Old School Chinameshi,” this Cantonese version of Chinese food that Japanes…
Soji Kashiwagi • June 24, 2015
Discovering my origin
Peru is a multiethnic, multiracial and multicultural country, so the Nikkei community in the countr…
Santos Ikeda Yoshikawa • April 23, 2015
