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One summer in the early 1950s, a small group of young Nikkei women from the Sawtelle neighborhood o…

Oliver Wang • Nov. 6, 2023

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San Francisco J-Town’s redevelopment-era transformation

My first visit to San Francisco’s Japantown occurred in May 1974. It came about when I, alo…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Feb. 8, 2021

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J-town Beat: A Bowl Of Katsudon

There are some annoyances to spending most days in Little Tokyo: the traffic, the constant construc…

Gwen Muranaka • April 8, 2019

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Location

For the column’s inaugural post, we wanted to begin with the theme of place, location, and co…

Amy Uyematsu +2 • Dec. 15, 2016

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If you’ve heard about a thing called “Tuesday Night Cafe” you might have heard th…

traci kato-kiriyama • Aug. 16, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Elsie Kikuchi’s J-Town

I’ve been driven by food all my life. My chubbiness, which I’ve never been able to shak…

Janice D. Tanaka • Aug. 29, 2012

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The town where Nikkei lived

第3回（後編）ターミナル・アイランド

前編＞＞ターミナル・アイランド生まれ、サンペドロ育ち、和歌山にルーツを持つ日系二世の藤内稔さんは13歳から16歳まで収容所で過ごした。サンタアニータを経由し、コロラド州アマチで終戦を迎えた一家は、…

Keiko Fukuda • June 26, 2013

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The town where Nikkei lived

第3回（前編）ターミナル・アイランド

ある土曜日の午後、私はサンペドロ方面に車を走らせていた。ハーバー・フリーウェイの終点の少し手前の分岐点で、緑色のヴィンセントトマス橋の方へと進む。昨年の夏に有名な映画監督が飛び降り自殺をしたこの橋は…

Keiko Fukuda • June 7, 2013

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Mi experiencia Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

Siempre un viaje es emocionante porque los lugares nuevos son motivadores por muchísimas raz…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Dec. 6, 2012

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アメリカで最も成功した日系スーパー日本食材を広めたシアトル・宇和島屋ファミリーその2

その１＞＞顧客は日系、アジア系、非アジア系というバランス一方、品揃えについては、日系人・日本人を対象にスタートしながら徐々に日本食の広まりをとらえて変化させていった柔軟さが業績を伸ばした。宇和島…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 22, 2012

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