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All parents ruminate on what to name their child. They go through baby-naming books. Suggestions f…

David Toyoshima • Nov. 14, 2014

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OCHAZUKE: New Year, Same Old Name

A little belated, but shinnen akemashite omedeto! Of course, here in the JA community, January 1 is…

Gwen Muranaka • Jan. 14, 2014

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Journal Entry #2 'Toons in 1: "I Resolve...Again...and Again..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 4, 2014

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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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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

Gohan & Good Fortune -- Adopting a New Year and New Traditions

Akemashita Omedetou. Xin Nian Kuai Le. Happy New Year & Auld Lang Syne. This is …

Jeri Okamoto Tanaka • Nov. 26, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

4-Sei What? That’s Mixed Up

At home, I speak Japanese. At school, I speak English. And at times, I speak both. The two language…

Sean Hamamoto • July 19, 2013

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Waking slowly

Waking slowly. I can still remember the exquisitely warm feeling of waking up at home in my bed ups…

Barbara Nishimoto • Feb. 5, 2013

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Mochitsuki: Taking the (Rice) Cake

As I walk with my four kids into the U-M Center for Japanese Studies, we are heartened by the thump…

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang • Jan. 2, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

My Log Cabin Sukiyaki Song*

1.The comment on my blog begins, “I have found you and your sister at last.” The commen…

Tamiko Nimura • Oct. 16, 2012

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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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