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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #1/1/2015: "Food Frenzies..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 1, 2015

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cartoonists cartoons food holidays humor Japanese food mochi New Year Oshogatsu ozoni
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Happy New Year! Reminiscing about Oshogatsu with Mochi
“On Christmas Day, we’ll have Brazilian dishes, and on Oshogatsu1 we’ll have the …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Jan. 1, 2014

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families food holidays Japanese food mochi mochitsuki natto New Year Oshogatsu ozoni
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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture
Food for New Year
“I can do better than that with one hand tied behind my back,” my father complained, ch…

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey • July 3, 2012

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agriculture Amache concentration camp Colorado concentration camps Discover Nikkei farming food Itadakimasu (series) Japanese food mochi mochitsuki New Year Nikkei Chronicles (series) osechi cooking Oshogatsu ozoni United States World War II camps
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Oh! Oshogatsu! Missing Japanese New Year’s Day–Adventures in Multicultural Living
The doorbell rings. The dog barks. I turn on the porch light, open the front door, and… No …

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang • Jan. 10, 2012

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food holidays Japanese food Koda Farms mochi New Year Oshogatsu ozoni racially mixed people rice
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Nikkei Heritage
Oshogatsu - A Japanese Tradition in America
When I met Julie, we shared a desire to keep our house open to our friends and community as much as…

Tamio Spiegel • Jan. 3, 2012

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communities food holidays Japanese food New Year New York (state) Oshogatsu ozoni traditions United States
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Mochitsuki Tradition: Mochi Making the Old School Way
Like turkey on Thanksgiving for Americans, a “must have” for Japanese and Nikkei around…

Soji Kashiwagi • Jan. 7, 2011

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California Center for Japanese American Studies, University of San Francisco communities food holidays Japanese food mochi mochitsuki mortars (receptacle) New Year Oshogatsu ozoni San Francisco traditions United States usu
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Nikkei View
Happy New Year, Japanese-style
Unlike other Asian cultures, the Japanese don’t celebrate Lunar New Year. Instead, they celeb…

Gil Asakawa • Jan. 1, 2011

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Colorado Denver families food Gil Asakawa holidays Japanese food mochi mochitsuki New Year Nikkei View (blog) (series) osechi cooking Oshogatsu ozoni traditions United States
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New Year's Lore
It was the middle of the night, literally; I was sound asleep recovering from the hassles of the Ne…

Edward Moreno • Dec. 31, 2010

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food holidays Japanese food mochi mochitsuki New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu ozoni
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A Yonsei's Reflections...
on a New Year and New Beginnings
Shinnen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! Happy New Year!It’s a new year and a time for new begi…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Jan. 5, 2007

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families food holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni traditions
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half enough
Second grade identity
Being “half” came to my attention at seven years old. I remember in my second grade cla…

Victoria Kraus • Oct. 28, 2006

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Christmas food hapa holidays Japanese food multiculturalism New Year Oshogatsu ozoni racially mixed people
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