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Japanese American National Museum Store Online
Sakura: Beautiful Flowering Trees of Japan
The cherry blossom, known as sakura, is the national flower of Japan. Different from the fruit-bear…

Leslie Yamaguchi +1 • April 20, 2007

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cherry blossoms culture
cherry blossoms culture
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Being Nikkei in Peru: A mark of identity
Organización geográfica y económica de la comunidad Nikkei en Perú
Las primeras presencias japonesas en Perú se dieron hace 400 años en Lima. Reci&eacut…

Doris Moromisato • April 18, 2007

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Koji's Column
Sticks and Stones
For the last year I have been working on a feature length screenplay that deals with Asian American…

Koji Steven Sakai • April 18, 2007

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identity languages racism
identity languages racism
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Voices of Chicago
Japanese American Redress: A View from the Midwest
Introduction I joined the staff of the JACL as its Midwest Director in October 1978 and I knew im…

William Yoshino • April 13, 2007

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activism Chicago Illinois Japanese American Citizens League Midwest Region (U.S.) Redress movement social action United States William Yoshino World War II
activism Chicago Illinois Japanese American Citizens League Midwest Region (U.S.) Redress movement social action United States William Yoshino World War II
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Japanese American National Museum Magazine
Overcoming Tragedy at Manzanar: The Story of the Sakaguchi Family
After living in this country for thirty-four years and raising seven children, my mother, who was a…

Sharon Yamato • April 13, 2007

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Japanese American National Museum Store Online
Japanese American Baseball
Baseball, the quintessential American sport, has enjoyed immense popularity in Japan, as witnessed …

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • April 11, 2007

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baseball communities concentration camps exhibitions generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kenichi Zenimura migration sports Wally Yonamine World War II World War II camps
baseball communities concentration camps exhibitions generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kenichi Zenimura migration sports Wally Yonamine World War II World War II camps
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Is it an advantage or not to be Nikkei?
La importancia de la asociatividad entre los japoneses, formación de asociaciones, federaciones y entidades de beneficencia y deportivas
Se dice que tres japoneses se reúnen y se forma una asociación. Tal es la necesidad d…

Emi Kasamatsu • April 10, 2007

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half enough
What is a Jewpanese?
Someone recently asked me if I celebrated Passover because of my half Jewish heritage. I said I did…

Victoria Kraus • April 7, 2007

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hapa identity Jews racially mixed people
hapa identity Jews racially mixed people
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The Japantown in Brazil
Chapter 2: The Conde District - Brazil’s First Japantown - 2) The Birth of Taishō Elementary School
Because Japanese community groups and parent’s associations provided the foundation for the m…

Sachio Negawa • April 5, 2007

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Brazil communities Conde de Sarzedas Street education elementary schools Japantowns Liberdade São Paulo schools Taisho Shogakko
Brazil communities Conde de Sarzedas Street education elementary schools Japantowns Liberdade São Paulo schools Taisho Shogakko
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JET Tales from Aomori
California girl discovers life in the blue forest
“I’m turning Japanese, I think I’m turning Japanese.” I’m a Caucasian…

Allison Reed • April 4, 2007

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