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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 31, 2022

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Ohitori-sama Osechi Table

From Delta to Omicron. The year 2021, too, passed by like a flash in the midst of the Covid-19 pand…

Yusuke Tanaka • Feb. 10, 2022

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Tropical Oshougatsu

Another year is starting! Usually, it is time to reflect on how the year went, on everything we've …

Antonio Kotaro Hayata • Jan. 5, 2022

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Journal Entry #1/1/2022: "May It Be a Happier Year..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 1, 2022

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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

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Auld Lang Syne in the Desert and Swamp: New Year’s in Camp

The holidays are a special time of unity, with the end of each year bringing senses of joy and refl…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 1, 2021

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Mochitsuki

One of my fondest memories is of the annual mochi making party that was held at our house in the we…

Susan Yamamura • July 13, 2020

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Journal Entry #2020!!!: "May this Year be Less Stupid..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 4, 2020

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1946: New Year’s at the Crystal City Concentration Camp

The end of the war between Japan and the United States in August 1945 did not bring peace and freed…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Jan. 3, 2020

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Journal Entry #Adopted in 1582: "Auld Lang Syne..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 28, 2019

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Ohitori-sama Osechi Table

Tropical Oshougatsu

Journal Entry #1/1/2022: "May It Be a Happier Year..."

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

Auld Lang Syne in the Desert and Swamp: New Year’s in Camp

Mochitsuki

Journal Entry #2020!!!: "May this Year be Less Stupid..."

1946: New Year’s at the Crystal City Concentration Camp

Journal Entry #Adopted in 1582: "Auld Lang Syne..."