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And underneath this sheltering bowlWe call the sky,Do not lift up your finger;For It moves as impotently as you or I. —Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), Persian …
Next to a Philly cheesesteak drive-up booth in downtown Tacoma, there’s a wood-frame two-story house, surrounded by vacant lots on either side, facing a desolate …
“Well, if we get about ten or fifteen people,” said my colleague Michael Sullivan, “that’ll be a good group. And it’s supposed to rain, so …
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Most Japanese language schools in Los Angeles, established by Issei nearly a century ago, have the word gakuen in their names—such as Pasadena Gakuen. However, …
“What are you working on now?” my hairdresser asks me. We’ve seen each other for years, and she knows about my writing projects. “I’m working …
The Sawtelle district is located in West Los Angeles. In 2015, it was officially named “Sawtelle Japantown” by the Los Angeles City Council, and a …
Tomoye “Tami” Takahashi, co-founder and owner of the Takahashi Trading Company, passed away peacefully on June 4, just short of turning 101 years old. Tomoye …
We begin with an odd question. Should the Nakamura family house in Sawtelle (pictured above) be “involuntarily designated” a “historic-cultural monument” (HCM) and join the …
Japanese Village Plaza and the Japanese American National Museum were jam-packed on Saturday and Sunday. It was a sign that business was good in Little …
There had, for decades, been many Japanese signs and Japanese was spoken by local merchant and visitors who came and went on the street. In …
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February 7 • 5 p.m. (PST) |7 p.m. (Mexico City)
Episode 11
Featured Nima: Sergio Hernández Galindo
Guest Host: Alberto Matsumoto
[Language: Spanish]
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