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Maneki Bartender Fu-chan Has Seen it All
Maneki celebrating its 115th anniversary in 2019 Fusae Yokoyama, a bartender and hostess at Maneki…

Bruce Rutledge • Feb. 19, 2019

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concentration camps food service hostess Fusae Yokoyama Idaho Japantowns Maneki restaurant Minidoka concentration camp restaurants Seattle United States Washington World War II camps
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Jack and Grace Fujimoto - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> It is because now that so much time has passed I think even. The people I spe…

Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 26, 2018

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Arizona California concentration camps generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japantowns Los Angeles migration Nisei Poston concentration camp Sawtelle Sawtelle Japantown United States World War II camps
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Jack and Grace Fujimoto - Part 1
“My mom just about died in camp that first year because it was so damn hot. And I remember …

Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 25, 2018

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Arizona California concentration camps generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japantowns Los Angeles migration Nisei Poston concentration camp Sawtelle Sawtelle Japantown United States World War II camps
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Notes from a Hallway: Learning from the History of the Tacoma Buddhist Temple
You could say it really started with a hallway. Next to the hondo (shrine) at the Tacoma Buddhist …

Tamiko Nimura • Nov. 16, 2018

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Buddhism imprisonment incarceration Japantowns religions Tacoma Tacoma Buddhist Temple Tacoma Japantown United States Washington World War II camps
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On "Giving Back"
On October 7th, I was asked to share a story on “what inspires me to give back” to a pu…

Tamiko Nimura • Oct. 16, 2018

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Day of Remembrance Japantowns Tacoma United States Washington WILLO Women’s Intergenerational Living Legacy Organization
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Getting to Know Seattle's Japantown: During and After the War
Prewar Edition >> A symbol of Seattle's minority culture The International District is lo…

Megumi Matsuzaki +2 • July 19, 2018

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African Americans Asian Americans central business districts Chinese Americans communities downtown International District Japantowns postwar Seattle United States war Washington World War II
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Getting to Know Seattle's Japantown - Prewar Edition
There are festivals, public baths, kabuki, and "little Japan" The International District …

Megumi Matsuzaki +2 • July 18, 2018

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central business districts communities downtown International District Japantowns prewar Seattle United States Washington
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Yakima’s Japan Town no longer there, but rich history remains
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Karen Lee has lived in Yakima since 1973. In that time, she never heard of Yakima&…

Tammy Ayer • March 29, 2018

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Japantowns tours United States Washington Yakima
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Taking Tacoma's Japantown Online
“I live on the edge of Tacoma’s historic Nihonmachi and as I crossed it on my way to …

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 12, 2017

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Day of Remembrance Japantowns mobile apps Tacoma tours United States walking tours Washington
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Sawtelle Stories: On the Naming of “Sawtelle Japantown”
The Rise and Fall of Kobayakawa Boarding House—Mr. Ishioka Recognizes the Value in the Naming of Japantown
Today, in the open area on the east side of Sawtelle Boulevard, from La Grange Avenue to Missouri A…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Nov. 7, 2017

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agriculture boardinghouses California Colorado gardeners gardening generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japantowns Kobayakawa Boarding House Los Angeles migration Riichi Ishioka Sawtelle Toshio Ishioka United States voluntary resettlement
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