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Mochitsuki—A Long-Standing Tradition for Yakima Valley’s Japanese Community
The dense aroma of steaming rice filled the narrow stairway leading to the basement of the Bussei K…
Tammy Ayer • Jan. 22, 2018
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Japanese-American community continues a Yakima Valley tradition
Irene Goto stood in the sunlight at Tahoma Cemetery as members of the Yakima Valley’s Japanes…
Tammy Ayer • June 23, 2017
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Little remains of Yakima's once-vibrant Japan Town
Growing up at the Empire Hotel in downtown Yakima, Fukiko Takano enjoyed hunting for coins in the l…
Tammy Ayer • June 12, 2017
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Yakima Buddhist Church Endures
Even now we are separated here and there. In front of the Amida Buddha we are always close and li…
Tammy Ayer • May 10, 2017
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Yakima Family’s Heart Mountain Softball Illustrates Japanese Incarceration Story at Smithsonian
Seventy three years ago, a contingent of 1,018 Japanese and Japanese Americans left the Yakima Vall…
Yakima Valley Museum • Aug. 17, 2015