Discover Nikkei

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Hirabayashi,Roy

Defining a Taiko player

(b.1951) Co-founder and managing director of San Jose Taiko.

Hattori,Paula Hoyos

The importance of learning cultural diversity (Spanish)

Sansei Argentinean

Tanaka,Seiichi

Soukou Bayashi: Dedicated to the Issei (Japanese)

(b.1943) Shin-issei grand master of taiko; founded San Francisco Taiko Dojo in 1968.

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

First Impressions of the US

(b. 1938) Philipines-born hikiagesha who later migrated to the United States.

Hirano,Paulo Issamu

Change of identity (Japanese)

(b. 1979) Sansei Nikkei Brazilian who lives in Oizumi-machi in Gunma prefecture. He runs his own design studio.

Okasaki,Robert (Bob) Kiyoshi

Buddhism in America and Japan

(b.1942) Japanese American ceramist, who has lived in Japan for over 30 years.

Amano,Miyoko

Yoshitaro Amano, who Attempted to Smuggle himself into South America after the War (Japanese)

(b. 1929) President of Amano Museum

Shimomura,Roger

Receiving a negative reaction from father upon asking about World War II experience

(b. 1939) Japanese American painter, printmaker & professor

Naganuma,George Kazuharu

Kids activities in Crystal City

(b. 1938) Japanese Peruvian incarcerated in Crystal City

Real People on Video Listen to the stories of Nikkei from around the world through life history video interviews. An Issei pioneer from Brazil, a woman incarcerated in Canada during World War II, a professional taiko performer, a former U.S. state governor ...these are some of the real people who share their life experiences from the Nikkei perspective.
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