Discover Nikkei

https://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/article/

Journal Search

en
ja
es
pt
I Want to Spread Traditional Tattoos: Horitomo – The Japanese Tattooist in America - Part 1
I have a book here. It’s an English book titled Monmon Cats. Readers can find pictures of c…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Oct. 22, 2015

en
ja
es
pt
California generations Horitaka Horitomo immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Monmon Cats (book) postwar Ryudaibori San Jose Shin-Issei Takahiro Kitamura tattooing tattoos United States World War II
California generations Horitaka Horitomo immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Monmon Cats (book) postwar Ryudaibori San Jose Shin-Issei Takahiro Kitamura tattooing tattoos United States World War II
en
ja
es
pt
2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Masao and the Bronze Nightingale
Boyle Heights, 1940 “Hey Masao, where did you score those fine drapes, ese?” “O…

Rubén “Funkahuatl” Guevara • Sept. 14, 2015

en
ja
es
pt
Boyle Heights Bronzeville California concentration camps fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) jazz Jive Bombers (swing band) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Manzanar concentration camp music short stories swing bands United States World War II World War II camps zoot suiters
Boyle Heights Bronzeville California concentration camps fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) jazz Jive Bombers (swing band) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Manzanar concentration camp music short stories swing bands United States World War II World War II camps zoot suiters
en
ja
es
pt
Lessons from the Lost Battalion Mission
“We were in a number of dangerous situations. But the five days that I spent with ‘I&…

Lily Anne Y. Welty Tamai • Aug. 27, 2015

en
ja
es
pt
1940s 442nd Regimental Combat Team 522nd Field Artillery Battalion armed forces Bruyères France photography retired military personnel United States Army veterans World War II
1940s 442nd Regimental Combat Team 522nd Field Artillery Battalion armed forces Bruyères France photography retired military personnel United States Army veterans World War II
en
ja
es
pt
Carlos Yushimito: The germs of a philosophical writing
The work of the Peruvian writer Carlos Yushimito Valle (Lima, 1977) is as peculiar as it is captiv…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Aug. 26, 2015

en
ja
es
pt
authors Carlos Yushimito del Valle literature Peru writers
authors Carlos Yushimito del Valle literature Peru writers
en
ja
es
pt
One of Thousands
“Abunai tokoro niwa ikanaide ne.” (Don’t go any where dangerous.)    …

Lily Anne Y. Welty Tamai • June 26, 2015

en
ja
es
pt
100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team 522nd Field Artillery Battalion armed forces Before They Were Heroes (exhibition) exhibitions generations Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans military Nisei photographers photographs photography retired military personnel soldiers United States Army veterans World War II
100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team 522nd Field Artillery Battalion armed forces Before They Were Heroes (exhibition) exhibitions generations Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans military Nisei photographers photographs photography retired military personnel soldiers United States Army veterans World War II
en
ja
es
pt
Canadian Nikkei Series
Hamilton Fashion Designer HITOKOO - Part 2
Read Part 1 >>  Can you describe your work as a designer? Are there particular aspects …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 28, 2015

en
ja
es
pt
artists arts Canada design fashion generations Hawaii Hitoko Okada identity immigration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei postwar racism Shin-Nisei United States World War II Yumi Eto
artists arts Canada design fashion generations Hawaii Hitoko Okada identity immigration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei postwar racism Shin-Nisei United States World War II Yumi Eto
en
ja
es
pt
Canadian Nikkei Series
Hamilton Fashion Designer HITOKOO - Part 1
“My craft practise connects me through lineage, to my ancestors. As I make, I think about h…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 27, 2015

en
ja
es
pt
artists Canada design fashion generations Hamilton (Ontario) Hawaii HITOKOO (firm) Hitoko Okada identity immigration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei Ontario postwar Shin-Nisei United States World War II
artists Canada design fashion generations Hamilton (Ontario) Hawaii HITOKOO (firm) Hitoko Okada identity immigration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei Ontario postwar Shin-Nisei United States World War II
en
ja
es
pt
Nanka Nikkei Voices
VC – A Quarter Century in Little Tokyo
Twenty-five years have passed in what seems only a few moments: the Little Tokyo years of VC. Its f…

John Esaki +1 • May 8, 2014

en
ja
es
pt
1970s 1980s Amy Kato arts Asian Americans buildings California churches communities East West Players (organization) films Hito Hata (film) Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California John Esaki Little Tokyo Los Angeles media Nanaka Nikkei Voices (series) Redress movement Robert Nakamura Steve Tatsukawa Union Church of Los Angeles United States videography videos Visual Communications (organization)
1970s 1980s Amy Kato arts Asian Americans buildings California churches communities East West Players (organization) films Hito Hata (film) Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California John Esaki Little Tokyo Los Angeles media Nanaka Nikkei Voices (series) Redress movement Robert Nakamura Steve Tatsukawa Union Church of Los Angeles United States videography videos Visual Communications (organization)
en
ja
es
pt
Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Interview with Yoshihito Yonezawa the President of the Nanka Miyagi Kenjin Kai - Part 2
Read part 1 >> Stood speechless at the sight of disaster areas: We will keep doing what …

Keiko Fukuda • March 10, 2014

en
ja
es
pt
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California Japanese prefectural associations JPquake2011 Los Angeles Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai Tanabata United States Yoshihito Yonezawa
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California Japanese prefectural associations JPquake2011 Los Angeles Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai Tanabata United States Yoshihito Yonezawa
en
ja
es
pt
Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Interview with Yoshihito Yonezawa the President of the Nanka Miyagi Kenjin Kai - Part 1
“I was so touched by people’s kindness I wanted to do all that I could to help others&r…

Keiko Fukuda • March 3, 2014

en
ja
es
pt
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California Japanese prefectural associations JPquake2011 Los Angeles Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai Tanabata United States Yoshihito Yonezawa
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California Japanese prefectural associations JPquake2011 Los Angeles Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai Tanabata United States Yoshihito Yonezawa
We’re looking for stories like yours! Submit your article, essay, fiction, or poetry to be included in our archive of global Nikkei stories. Learn More
New Site Design See exciting new changes to Discover Nikkei. Find out what’s new and what’s coming soon! Learn More
Newsletter Sign Up Sign up for our newsletter and get exclusive content.
Support This Project To continue to grow this project, we need your help! Ways To Help