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Little interaction with parents
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
When you ask me about my connections with my parents, at first, you know, when …
Lack of language skills
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
At that time, I think Japan was still used to “Foreigners just cannot speak Japanese.” …
Acculturation
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
Moving here, looking like a Japanese and not speaking it really felt strange. I think …
Preserving traditional Japanese culture
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
At the same time, the culture that the Japanese have is something that we really …
Japanese are more accustomed to foreigners
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
Because we look Japanese, but we really didn’t know the Japanese customs, the Japanese language…the …
Food growing up
Wayne Shigeto Yokoyama November 13, 2003
My parents spoke Japanese to each other. My mother would speak English sentences with Japanese …
Being on the outside
Wayne Shigeto Yokoyama November 13, 2003
It was interesting to be in a place where all these Japanese were because all …
Difficulties understanding different Japanese dialects
Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003
I am familiar with Hiroshima because everybody talked like that and I grew up with …
Understanding Sansei taiko (Japanese)
Seiichi Tanaka January 27, 2005
(Japanese) As I remember, when we were kids in Japan it was sort of expected …
Rediscovery of Japanese culture through taiko (Japanese)
Nosuke Akiyama January 26, 2005
(Japanese) I guess you could say that I rediscovered Japanese culture as I began playing …