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A tour of the Japanese community in Los Angeles with a Japanese social studies teacher

Japanese people don't know about Japanese people I have been in America for 28 years. During th…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 4, 2019

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Vashon Island's Japan Festival

August 2019 marks the sixth year that I’ve been writing regularly for Discover Nikkei, and it…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 10, 2019

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Japan Festival (Vashon Island, Wash.) (event) Mukai Farm & Garden United States Vashon Island Washington

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6th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Promise Me You’ll Remember

5:00PM was when the phone call came, telling me you were gone. Engine failure they said. Explosion …

Cody Uyeda • May 24, 2019

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Dawn I Frazier’s Hidden Place to Relax her Soul: Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena

Every Thursday morning, Dawn Ishimaru Frazier (82) looks forward to driving down the street of Pasa…

Makiko Nakasone • March 20, 2019

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Two Veterans On A Mission

ARLETA — As Nikkei Senior Gardens prepares to mark its 10th anniversary, thoughts are turning…

Ellen Endo • March 5, 2019

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"Chikara Mochi": The road to recovery: The skills of a Japanese confectioner, passed on from brother to sister - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Bank balance is only $1. Debt "Repaying with gritted teeth" "In…

Mie Aso • Feb. 15, 2019

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"Chikara Mochi": The road to recovery: The skills of a Japanese confectioner, passed on from brother to sister - Part 1

In 1985, a craftsman from Kumamoto opened a Japanese confectionery shop in Los Angeles. Led by a co…

Mie Aso • Feb. 14, 2019

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A Good Friend and a Good Neighbor

With the passing of Wakako Yamauchi, we have lost another community icon. In 1995, my late husband…

Iku Kiriyama • Nov. 27, 2018

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California Gardena memories United States Wakako Yamauchi

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Kimiaki Sato, owner of the Hawaiian restaurant Bob's, who came to the United States in 1974

Inside the base is the America I long for Even though I've only been to Hawaii a few times as a…

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 5, 2018

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Warehouse on the Corner of Gardena and Orchard*

At 94 years old, sprightly Ray Harbold has a twinkle in his eye as he sits in front of his treasure…

Sharon Yamato • Aug. 28, 2018

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California Gardena Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (book) Japanese Americans Ray Harbold United States warehouses World War II

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