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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Hometowns
I wanted to walk where my grandparents, Hikosaburo Okamura and Tsuru Uyeta, walked. In the ea…

Dean Okamura • Oct. 22, 2018

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Discover Nikkei families grandparents hometowns Japan Japanese Americans Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) parents travel
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Meeting the Kumamoto Relatives
My first trip to Japan was in the summer of 2016. I was very nervous about meeting my recently-disc…

Edna Horiuchi • Oct. 19, 2018

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Discover Nikkei families Japan Kumamoto Prefecture Nikkei Chronicles (series)
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The Japan Inside Me
It was the most anticipated time of the year--summer vacation--and she was happy she didn’t h…

Akemi Figueredo Imamura • Oct. 16, 2018

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Cuba Discover Nikkei families identity Nikkei Chronicles (series)
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Finding Nikkei Roots Around the World
Travel uproots daily routines for new places and new discoveries. But, somehow, my own discoveries …

Ariel Okamoto • Oct. 15, 2018

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California Discover Nikkei England families Hawaii Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Japanese Americans Nikkei Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) Scotland Terminal Island United Kingdom United States World War II
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Natsukashii Moments
Natsukashii. That is the Japanese word that best expresses the feeling I get whenever I hear a son…

Judith Ichisaka • Oct. 12, 2018

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Japanese music and me
When I was eight years old, I attended Japanese language school for a while and the only memory I h…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 11, 2018

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Brazil communication Discover Nikkei enka karaoke music Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) radio sociology telecommunication
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Obāchan
“I wish you had shared more about your Japanese-American grandmother’s story.” &n…

Jessica Huey • Oct. 10, 2018

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Arkansas concentration camps Discover Nikkei families grandmothers grandparents identity Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) parents Rohwer concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
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Of Food and Identity: My Grandmother’s New Years
Japanese New Years was one of the few traditions that made the jump when my great grandparents, lik…

Cody Uyeda • Oct. 8, 2018

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culture Discover Nikkei families food grandmothers grandparents identity New Year Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) parents traditions
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The Gift
My mother died on December 21, 1976. That Christmas was numbing. We already had the tree and gifts …

Grace Morizawa • Oct. 5, 2018

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cancer Christmas Discover Nikkei families loss mothers Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series)
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War, Coffee and hope took Ryo Mizuno to Brazil
With the strength of a samurai who was fearless, determined, and convinced, Ryo Mizumo brought the …

Luci Júdice Yizima • Oct. 4, 2018

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Brazil coffee Discover Nikkei immigrants immigration migration Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series)
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