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Tokita Tales
Papa Was a Samurai Warrior!
What’s this about your papa being a samurai warrior? Your dad was a samurai? Whatever gave yo…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Nov. 7, 2023

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archery combat families Japanese archery martial arts samurai shooting
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Arigatai!!!
Hiro-chan, asagohan yo! – that’s how my mother would call me for breakfast, as I p…

Edna Hiromi Ogihara Cardoso • Nov. 7, 2023

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aesthetics Alta Paulista Brazil customs (social) families metaphysics Osvaldo Cruz psychology São Paulo theory of knowledge values
aesthetics Alta Paulista Brazil customs (social) families metaphysics Osvaldo Cruz psychology São Paulo theory of knowledge values
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
An Albuquerque Childhood
I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico during the 1960’s. My parents had grown up in Hawaii, co…

Edna Horiuchi • Nov. 3, 2023

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Albuquerque childhood identity New Mexico United States
Albuquerque childhood identity New Mexico United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Tea ceremony: When everyday life becomes art
Every time I look at Japan, something always surprises me, from the aesthetic shape of its geograph…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Nov. 1, 2023

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aesthetics metaphysics Peru psychology tea ceremony theory of knowledge traditions Urasenke (school of tea) values
aesthetics metaphysics Peru psychology tea ceremony theory of knowledge traditions Urasenke (school of tea) values
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 7—Home Leaver
I once met a travelling monk from Japan. After a full career and family life, he retired from both …

Lon Kurashige • Oct. 27, 2023

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Buddhism Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism) Japan meditation religions zazen (meditation) Zen Buddhism
Buddhism Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism) Japan meditation religions zazen (meditation) Zen Buddhism
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Between Two Kanji
“Nikkei” means Japanese descendants born outside Japan. Once I taught a Japanese stude…

Liana Nakamura • Oct. 25, 2023

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Brazil dekasegi foreign workers Japan Japanese Brazilians Nikkei in Japan
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Embracing Imperfection: A Journey of Self-Exploration in Japan
In the early spring of 2023, I arrived in Tokyo, Japan along with my mom and two older sisters. It …

Lauren Rise Masuda • Oct. 24, 2023

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identity Japan
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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 6
Read Part 5 >> As Dean of the School of Education at Nagoya University what are your re…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 22, 2023

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Aichi Prefecture bicultural identity biculturalism California identity Japan Nagoya Nagoya University Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States
Aichi Prefecture bicultural identity biculturalism California identity Japan Nagoya Nagoya University Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States
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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 5
Read Part 4 >> I remember well when I first went to Japan in the '90s and how that chan…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 15, 2023

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Aichi Prefecture bicultural identity biculturalism California identity Japan Nagoya Nagoya University Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States
Aichi Prefecture bicultural identity biculturalism California identity Japan Nagoya Nagoya University Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Shared Memories
I can hear the words that Mom would repeat again before she drifted into her moments of Alzheimer. …

Mary Sunada • Oct. 12, 2023

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