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Reading Japanese American Literature
13th "Wild Meat and Brie Burger"
Hawaii has the oldest history of Japanese immigration in the United States. The people who live the…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 25, 2017

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generations Hawaii literature Lois-Ann Yamanaka pidgin English pidgin languages Sansei United States Wild Meat and The Bully Burgers (book)
generations Hawaii literature Lois-Ann Yamanaka pidgin English pidgin languages Sansei United States Wild Meat and The Bully Burgers (book)
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Canadian Nikkei Series
Mark Ikeda Interview: Artful Expressions of “Sansei” in Movement and Words - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> As a Sansei storyteller, can you comment on the importance of telling our own…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 19, 2017

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Alberta artists British Columbia Calgary Canada Canadian internment camps Edmonton generations Hawaii identity Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei Sansei Tashme internment camp United States World War II World War II camps
Alberta artists British Columbia Calgary Canada Canadian internment camps Edmonton generations Hawaii identity Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei Sansei Tashme internment camp United States World War II World War II camps
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Canadian Nikkei Series
Mark Ikeda Interview: Artful Expressions of “Sansei” in Movement and Words - Part 1
How do you express your Nikkeiness? I know that when I teach I am able to emphasize human and civi…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 18, 2017

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Alberta artists British Columbia Calgary Canada Canadian internment camps Edmonton generations Hawaii identity Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei Sansei Tashme internment camp United States World War II World War II camps
Alberta artists British Columbia Calgary Canada Canadian internment camps Edmonton generations Hawaii identity Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Nikkei Sansei Tashme internment camp United States World War II World War II camps
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Reading Japanese American Literature
9th "Garden of Kabul"
As we get older, we all start to look back on our past. We wonder where we came from and why we be…

Ryusuke Kawai • June 23, 2017

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fiction Garden of Kabul (book) generations identity Japanese Americans literature Sansei Yusuke Miyauchi
fiction Garden of Kabul (book) generations identity Japanese Americans literature Sansei Yusuke Miyauchi
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Chicago's Sansei Yonsei Athletic Association Basketball Clinic
Prior to WWII, there were roughly four hundred persons of Japanese ancestry living in Chicago. By 1…

Erik Matsunaga • Feb. 15, 2017

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basketball Chicago Chicago Nisei Athletic Association communities generations Illinois Japanese American Service Committee (organization) postwar resettlements Sansei Sansei Yonsei Athletic Association sports Ty Momii United States World War II Yonsei
basketball Chicago Chicago Nisei Athletic Association communities generations Illinois Japanese American Service Committee (organization) postwar resettlements Sansei Sansei Yonsei Athletic Association sports Ty Momii United States World War II Yonsei
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Inaka: Moving from Scorn to Pride
I sometimes refer to the Imperial Valley as my little inaka corner of the world. Literally translat…

Tim Asamen • Feb. 10, 2017

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aesthetics agriculture California David Mas Masumoto farming generations identity immigrants immigration Imperial Valley Issei Japan languages metaphysics migration Nisei psychology Sansei Southern California theory of knowledge Tim Asamen United States values Yonsei
aesthetics agriculture California David Mas Masumoto farming generations identity immigrants immigration Imperial Valley Issei Japan languages metaphysics migration Nisei psychology Sansei Southern California theory of knowledge Tim Asamen United States values Yonsei
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Location
For the column’s inaugural post, we wanted to begin with the theme of place, location, and co…

Amy Uyematsu +2 • Dec. 15, 2016

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Amy Uyematsu California concentration camps Discover Nikkei generations Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Hiroshi Kashiwagi identity Japanese Americans literature Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry poets Sansei Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps Wyoming
Amy Uyematsu California concentration camps Discover Nikkei generations Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Hiroshi Kashiwagi identity Japanese Americans literature Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry poets Sansei Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps Wyoming
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A Cultural and Community Center in Little Tokyo
In the 1970s, the debates around who and what the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (…

Samuel Mori • Nov. 9, 2016

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culture generations heritage identity Nisei Sansei traditions
culture generations heritage identity Nisei Sansei traditions
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The Story Dealer
Rubén Sugano loves talking to older people. Issei or nisei. Listen to their stories. Nurture yourse…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 20, 2016

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families Fukushima Prefecture generations Japan migration music musical instruments musicians Okinawa Prefecture Peru research Rubén Sugano Sansei sanshin Tohoku
families Fukushima Prefecture generations Japan migration music musical instruments musicians Okinawa Prefecture Peru research Rubén Sugano Sansei sanshin Tohoku
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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture
Grasping Grandma’s Japanese Accent—My First Step in Discovering Nikkei-go
I live on a farm in the Imperial Valley, which is located in the southeastern corner of California.…

Tim Asamen • July 6, 2016

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aesthetics agriculture Discover Nikkei families farms gaman (values) generations Japanese Americans Japanese language schools languages language schools metaphysics Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei-go (series) psychology Sansei Santa Monica Gakuen shikata ga nai (phrase) theory of knowledge values
aesthetics agriculture Discover Nikkei families farms gaman (values) generations Japanese Americans Japanese language schools languages language schools metaphysics Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei-go (series) psychology Sansei Santa Monica Gakuen shikata ga nai (phrase) theory of knowledge values
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