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Don do kon ko don do kon ko do ko do ko su ko su ko don. The beats of the taiko woke me from the sl…

Isabella Ikeda Leite • Nov. 14, 2023

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Yoshito Yonezawa, the driving force behind the Los Angeles Tanabata Festival

Wants to continue but problem is lack of manpower The Tanabata decorations of the Los Angeles Tanab…

Keiko Fukuda • July 26, 2023

festivals Japanese prefectural associations Los Angeles Tanabata Festival Miyagi Kenjinkai Yoshihito Yonezawa

Japanese Canadian Culture Through a Japanese Lens

MISSISAUGA — My name is Mimi, and I am an exchange student from Japan currently living in Can…

Mirui Kiuchi • Dec. 27, 2022

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A Nisei and Yonsei: The Power of Art & Isshoni - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Life After Internment in Edmonton “At age 14, I had no ambitions but o…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Aug. 24, 2022

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Brenda Kamino Shares Grandmother's Incredible 100-year Life at Toronto Fringe Festival

TORONTO — In a 23-minute play, actress Brenda Kamino explores the incredible 100-year life …

Kelly Fleck • Aug. 11, 2021

At the End of the Day (film) Brenda Kamino families generations Hina Yoshida immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians migration Toronto Fringe Festival

Carnival, carnival!

“Let's all laugh and enjoy, let's all enjoy the carnival, mascaritas let's dance with a…

Luis Iguchi Iguchi • April 19, 2021

carnivals festivals Jauja matsuri Peru

Zoom & Zoni: How the Nikkei Community Celebrated the New Year

To put it simply, Oshogatsu looked a little bit different this year. Maybe our kitchens lacked the…

Kyra Karatsu • Jan. 29, 2021

culture Discover Nikkei families family festivals festivals food mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu traditions

Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Virtual Bunka no Hi 2020

Located in Seattle, the Japanese Cultural & and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) offers m…

Japanese Cultural ＆ Community Center of Washington • Dec. 29, 2020

culture festivals Japanese Culture Day (event) matsuri virtual events

Way Down in Egypt Land: Tamio Wakayama, Civil Rights Photographer - Part 1

In the column I wrote some time ago on the Nisei photographer Yoichi Okamoto, who served as officia…

Greg Robinson • March 11, 2020

activism Black Freedom movement British Columbia Canada civil rights civil rights demonstrations civil rights movement festivals Freedom Rides Japanese Canadians photographers photography Powell Street Festival social action Tamio Wakayama United States Vancouver (B.C.)

Vashon Island's Japan Festival

August 2019 marks the sixth year that I’ve been writing regularly for Discover Nikkei, and it…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 10, 2019

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