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Discover Nikkei readers may know taiko as an originally Japanese art, heard on obon nights as grandmothers encourage the community to join in a circular …
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“Don doro don don, Don doro don don, Don doro don don, Don doro don don….” Nine of us are onstage at the Tacoma Buddhist …
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Conversation with father was in Japanese “I was a timid child and did not like to stand in front of people.” Currently working as a …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “School Yard Hits!!”… Check back every weekend for subsequent entries…
Read Part 1 >> Were you ever drawn to any other traditional Japanese instruments like the taiko? Well, it looks to me that today’s taiko …
While I have never met Takeo Yamashiro in person, he seems familiar to me in a way that good friends are even the first time …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Holiday Songs They Should Play More Often”… Check back every …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “On the First Day of Christmas my true love gave …
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My maternal grandfather was born in Japan, in Nagasaki prefecture. In Brazil, he lived in the countryside, very far away from my home in Sao …
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In Brazil, currently, there are two radio broadcasters dedicated to Eastern culture, especially Japanese. Rádio Nikkey is the oldest of them, operating for more than …
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