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For the past two days, Okei’s teeth chattered, all day and all night. It was as if a spirit h…

Naomi Hirahara • Oct. 4, 2020

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Chapter Nine—Pickles and the Promised Land

Matsugoro Ohto wiped the sweat off of his forehead as he and his fellow carpenter, Kuninosuke &ldqu…

Naomi Hirahara • July 4, 2020

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Chapter Six—Okei: Star Stories

Okei Ito hated mosquitos. In the California inaka, they seemed to swarm everywhere, breeding in wat…

Naomi Hirahara • April 4, 2020

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Chapter Two—Wheelbarrow Wars

Shinshi-san went into her second bedroom, the one filled with mulberry leaves, and checked on the s…

Naomi Hirahara • Dec. 4, 2019

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Chapter One—Jou Schnell: Keeping House

Jou Schnell looked out her window of her small four-room, wood-framed house on Gold Hill. Through t…

Naomi Hirahara • Nov. 4, 2019

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The 150th Anniversary of Wakamatsu Colony, the First Japanese American Settlement on the North American Frontier

Supplement: The Article that Revealed Okei to the World

The Wakamatsu Colony, born of the dreams and labor of the new immigrants, collapsed in only two yea…

Junko Yoshida • May 8, 2019

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The 150th Anniversary of Wakamatsu Colony, the First Japanese American Settlement on the North American Frontier

Part 2: Okei's California Home

Read Part 1 >> The story of the first Japanese woman to be buried in American soil emerges f…

Junko Yoshida • March 25, 2019

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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage

The Tea of Soul from Aizuwakamatsu Revived After 150 Years

History of Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm About 150 years ago in 1869, the first group of approximate…

Nao Magami • Sept. 7, 2018

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カリフォルニア、謎の若松コロニー異国で亡くなった悲運、おけいの墓を訪ねて～その3

その2を読む＞＞日系人たちにはよく知られた墓だった「おけいの墓」の前に話を戻そう。周囲は草木ばかりで、まさに野の中にひっそりと作られた墓碑のあるところは、木陰になってこの日は色鮮やかな花が手向けら…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 16, 2013

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カリフォルニア、謎の若松コロニー異国で亡くなった悲運、おけいの墓を訪ねて～その2

その1を読む＞＞プロシア人に率いられて太平洋を渡る会津が官軍に攻め入られ鶴ヶ城が陥落したのが1868年秋、この翌年の春までに、会津を出てカリフォルニアにわたった一団があった。当時、会津藩にオラ…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 9, 2013

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Chapter Twelve—A Japanese Girl

Chapter Nine—Pickles and the Promised Land

Chapter Six—Okei: Star Stories

Chapter Two—Wheelbarrow Wars

Chapter One—Jou Schnell: Keeping House

Supplement: The Article that Revealed Okei to the World

Part 2: Okei's California Home

The Tea of Soul from Aizuwakamatsu Revived After 150 Years

カリフォルニア、謎の若松コロニー異国で亡くなった悲運、おけいの墓を訪ねて～その3

カリフォルニア、謎の若松コロニー異国で亡くなった悲運、おけいの墓を訪ねて～その2