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Finding Joy in Cuba
It’s hard to imagine anyone traveling to Cuba and coming back unchanged. It’s a place t…

Sharon Yamato • Jan. 11, 2024

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Cuba governments justice law politics Sharon Yamato travel United States
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Tokita Tales
The Seattle Area
In my eighty-plus years on this planet, I’ve had the opportunity to look at and live in vario…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Jan. 5, 2024

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Seattle travel United States United States Air Force Washington
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My Life within the Nikkei Community
My life is not finished yet. I turned eighty last year. I have been out of Japan for more than 50 y…

Sam Takahashi • April 24, 2022

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emotions generations gratitude immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Montana postwar Seattle Shin-Issei travel United States Washington World War II
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #1,000 Years Later: "Sheldon Cooper's Wish..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 5, 2022

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cartoonists cartoons fiction future humor science fiction time time travel
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Keiro Superstar: Yosh Arima
At 91 years old, Yosh Arima has lived a full life of teaching, traveling, playing sports, and surro…

Keiro • June 22, 2021

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basketball Belmont High School (Los Angeles, Calif.) coaches Discover Nikkei docents families golf Japan Keiro (organization) Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Generations (series) sports travel Yosh Arima
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The puzzle piece
"Nice to meet you! “My name is Narumi Akita.” "As?" “Na – ru – mi” “Aaah, and where …

Narumi Akita • March 15, 2021

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identity Japan Latin American Nikkei scholarship Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Paraguay scholarships student aid travel
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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dreaming of travel to Japan
During the last week of October, there was a lot on my mind, including Covid-19 and the ongoing pan…

Gil Asakawa • Jan. 3, 2021

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COVID-19 culture food Japan travel
COVID-19 culture food Japan travel
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Hometowns
I wanted to walk where my grandparents, Hikosaburo Okamura and Tsuru Uyeta, walked. In the ea…

Dean Okamura • Oct. 22, 2018

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Discover Nikkei families grandparents hometowns Japan Japanese Americans Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) parents travel
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JAPAN AND SWITZERLAND: Similar in their differences
The poet Mário Quintana once said: “ traveling is changing the clothes of the soul! “ Traveling is …

Katsuo Higuchi • Sept. 26, 2018

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Brazil Japan society Switzerland travel
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Nikkei View
Traveling to Japan With a Loved One Who Has Dementia
My mom has suffered from worsening dementia for years, and when my brothers and I saw increasing si…

Gil Asakawa • Aug. 7, 2018

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dementia families Japan travel
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