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Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History—Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Sharing stories, photos, and gifts Junichi-sama brought us to a room he&rsqu…

Shey Dimon • Dec. 20, 2023

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Australia family histories genealogy Japan migration reunions Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture
Australia family histories genealogy Japan migration reunions Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture
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Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History—Part 1
*The below is an update of Shey's family history, which was written in 2021.  The email heade…

Shey Dimon • Dec. 19, 2023

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Australia family histories genealogy Japan migration reunions Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture
Australia family histories genealogy Japan migration reunions Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture
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Relearning our culture
This past May my senior prom was held at the Santa Anita Park race track. I dressed up, took pictur…

Alicia Tsuyako Tan • Nov. 21, 2023

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California family histories genealogy identity racetracks (horse racing) Santa Anita Park United States World War II World War II camps
California family histories genealogy identity racetracks (horse racing) Santa Anita Park United States World War II World War II camps
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A Journey of Self-Discovery: My “Japaneseness” — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Chance Encounter in Tokyo At age 16, I traveled to Japan with a group of Haw…

Vince Takemi Ebata • July 31, 2023

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family histories genealogy Hawaii Japan Niigata Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture United States
family histories genealogy Hawaii Japan Niigata Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture United States
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Love and Reckoning: A Meditation On Family Photos
In my childhood home in Roseville, California, we had a room we called “the den.” It wa…

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 6, 2022

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families family histories genealogy memory World War II camps
families family histories genealogy memory World War II camps
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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds
My grandfather, Wakaji Matsumoto, traveled across the Pacific Ocean to help his father in a forei…

Karen Matsumoto • Sept. 20, 2022

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agriculture atomic bomb brides California families family histories farming genealogy generations Hawaii Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture household employees immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration photographers photography picture brides postwar prewar Southern California Toyo Miyatake United States Wakaji Matsumoto wives World War II
agriculture atomic bomb brides California families family histories farming genealogy generations Hawaii Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture household employees immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration photographers photography picture brides postwar prewar Southern California Toyo Miyatake United States Wakaji Matsumoto wives World War II
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Asian American Studies 101: How I Learned Grandpa Was a Badass!
For whatever “academic inadequacies” the fledgling ethnic studies was accused of back i…

Mary Uyematsu Kao • Sept. 14, 2022

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Asian American studies family histories genealogy Jiro Morita
Asian American studies family histories genealogy Jiro Morita
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Mitch Homma: Preserving and Sharing Family History
Mitch Homma, a 3rd generation Japanese American, grew up and still lives in Southern California. He…

Karen Kawaguchi • Aug. 9, 2022

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Amache Alliance (organization) Amache concentration camp American Baptist Churches USA Baptists buildings California churches Colorado concentration camps family histories Gardena Gardena Valley Baptist Church genealogy Japan migration missionaries Mitch Homma religion Southern California United States World War II World War II camps
Amache Alliance (organization) Amache concentration camp American Baptist Churches USA Baptists buildings California churches Colorado concentration camps family histories Gardena Gardena Valley Baptist Church genealogy Japan migration missionaries Mitch Homma religion Southern California United States World War II World War II camps
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Kingi’s Kajukenbo: A multigenerational, multiracial family legacy in Inglewood, Calif.
This article is a follow-up to the writer’s original “Living in South Los Angeles &mdas…

Athena Mari Asklipiadis • Jan. 31, 2020

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California combat diversity family histories genealogy Inglewood Kajukenbo Kinji Inomata martial arts Rick Kingi United States
California combat diversity family histories genealogy Inglewood Kajukenbo Kinji Inomata martial arts Rick Kingi United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Hidden Memory: A Family History Journey
In my family, we never told stories about the past. No one talked about what it was like to come to…

Anne Shimojima • Sept. 18, 2018

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California concentration camps Discover Nikkei family histories genealogy JACL Chicago Chapter Kansha Project Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps
California concentration camps Discover Nikkei family histories genealogy JACL Chicago Chapter Kansha Project Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps
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