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Crazy about Japanese Culture: A series in which we ask "gaijin" (foreigners) who are experts in traditional Japanese culture about their fascination with the culture

第８回　「茶の心が集中を教えてくれた」 - ブルース・シャーノフさん

半世紀以上にわたってロサンゼルスを拠点にアメリカにお茶を広めてきた裏千家の名誉師範、松本宗静（そうせい）さんには、３０００人を超す弟子がいる。医療関連の福祉団体を運営する医師、ブルース・シャーノフさ…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 2, 2009

culture tea ceremony traditions U.S. FrontLine (magazine)

Ono Family during World War II

A Sunday Drive - Mommy’s Birthday

I imagine it was a beautifully clear December morning, our Mommy’s birthday, a “day of …

Gary T. Ono • Dec. 2, 2009

families World War II

The year of a Brazilian across the world

Capítulo 7: As estações do ano no Japão

O clima no Japão varia muito conforme as estações, possibilitando caracterizar…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • Dec. 1, 2009

Japanese Brazilians Japanese Brazilians in Japan Nikkei in Japan

Pictures Worth a 1000 Words

The “street photography” of Yasuhiro Ishimoto, all shot in Chicago, is nothing short of…

Paul Yamada • Dec. 1, 2009

Chicago generations Illinois Japanese Americans Kibei Nisei photographers photography United States

From the perspective of two countries

フィリップ・カン・ゴタンダ～人間の絆を描く劇作家ーその３

＞＞その２家族関係から民族問題まで、縦横に広がる作品世界日系１世から3世まで描くゴタンダの戯曲の世界は、年代でいうと、1910年代から現在までをカバーしている。特に年代が特定できない作品もあるが…

Tatsuya Sudo • Nov. 30, 2009

authors filmmakers Philip Kan Gotanda playwrights

Intertwining a People's History and a People's Identity: An Intern's Reflections

When I first applied for the George and Sakaye Community Internship through the UCLA Asian American…

Yoshimi Kawashima • Nov. 30, 2009

Discover Nikkei internships students

Journal Entry #40 Million Lotto Win: "Brain Farts..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 28, 2009

cartoons comics generations identity Yonsei

Tadaima Sendai!

It had been about three years and I was really itching to get back to Japan this past summer. I fi…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Nov. 27, 2009

Honshu Japan Japanese Canadians Miyagi Prefecture Sendai travel

The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

日本でも、日系人いやラティーノの特徴を活かして共存を

日系人だけではなく、移民したものとその子孫、特に二世は、二つの文化を持つことからそのメリットがよく注目される。しかし、出身国の文化や習慣、伝統等をどのように移民先の社会で表現し、プラス要素として評価…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Nov. 26, 2009

dekasegi foreign workers Nikkei in Japan

An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

Wheee!

My first night in São Paulo, Brazil was like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride at Disneyland. [inl…

John Katagi • Nov. 25, 2009

Brazil culture São Paulo South America travel

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