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How we celebrate obon at home

TANABATA My memories as a child are of Tanabata Day. Very early, we were preparing with my father a…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Oct. 11, 2017

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Buddhism families food Obon Peru religions

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Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

It All Began at Mrs. Miyoko's Boarding House

Dona Miyoko is my mother, who is currently 93 years old. She was only 29 when my father passed away…

Iraci Megumi Nagoshi • Sept. 27, 2017

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Brazil Discover Nikkei families food Itadakimasu 2 (series) Japanese food karaage Nikkei Chronicles (series)

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Reunion with my roots

It is difficult for me to tell this, I do not know if this scene was repeated in all Okinawan homes…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Sept. 25, 2017

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Mothers—affection, lost & found

This month, we take a somewhat different turn, in presenting some prose from longtime community org…

Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka +2 • Sept. 21, 2017

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communities families Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka Kurt Yokoyama-Ikeda literature mothers poetry poets Traci Akemi Kato-Kiriyama

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4th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

UNSPOKEN

Mama needed eggs. I was happy to walk down First Street to buy a dozen from Golden Nest Market. I p…

Elizabeth Farris • Sept. 11, 2017

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Dekasegi Story

Episode 29: The Song of Dekasegi

Eric and Emily are twin siblings. When they were five years old, their parents divorced and their f…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Aug. 17, 2017

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My mother, a destiny product of Nikkei solidarity

This is my mother's story, her parents came from Okinawa, they were from Yonabaru, actually I d…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Aug. 14, 2017

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Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

Oba Haruko, the best

This story began when my wife and I got married, they were difficult times in Peru, most of us stil…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • July 27, 2017

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Callao Discover Nikkei families food Itadakimasu 2 (series) Japan La Punta Nikkei Chronicles (series) Okinawa Prefecture Peru San Agustín

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Gus Hokama: carnations to excite

—“Grandpa”, why is our face different from that of other Argentines? —Gus, we are Japanese... —Are…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • July 19, 2017

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Argentina families Gus Hokama immigration musicians singing

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Finding Asian American Family Histories: Genealogist Marisa Louie Lee

“I will never forget seeing my great-grandfather’s photograph in his immigration case f…

Darryl Mori • July 17, 2017

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Asian Americans family histories genealogy immigration Marisa Louie Lee

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