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Notes on Hoarding
My mom tells me that when my oldest Nisei auntie died in 2016, there were so many boxes in the shed…

Tamiko Nimura • June 7, 2023

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aesthetics metaphysics mottainai (phrase) psychology theory of knowledge values
aesthetics metaphysics mottainai (phrase) psychology theory of knowledge values
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Life Lessons of Mottainai
Like many Sansei, I heard the admonishment “mottainai” countless times in my childhood.…

Alden M. Hayashi • April 21, 2023

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aesthetics families generations learning metaphysics mottainai (phrase) Nisei psychology theory of knowledge values
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Ten Days of Cleanup
Chapter Two—The Curse of Mottainai I
While many post-World War II Japanese families were all about discarding old tansu and kimono, my m…

Naomi Hirahara • Jan. 4, 2021

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Amache concentration camp artifacts business cleaning Colorado concentration camps economics fiction management mottainai (phrase) Naomi Hirahara pandemics United States World War II camps
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Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture
Hard Times for Mother, Good Memories for Me
“Eat it all, mottainai to throw it away.” Although two years have passed, I still miss …

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Aug. 24, 2017

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aesthetics food metaphysics mottainai (phrase) Peru psychology theory of knowledge values
aesthetics food metaphysics mottainai (phrase) Peru psychology theory of knowledge values
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #100 Billion Neurons: "The Intrinsic Asian..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 1, 2016

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aesthetics cartoonists cartoons enryo (values) food humor identity Japanese food metaphysics mottainai (phrase) noodles psychology ramen theory of knowledge values
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Nisei Saves! Mottainai
I read on the Discover Nikkei website about a Japanese American granddaughter having to clear out…

Chuck Tasaka • July 28, 2016

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aesthetics British Columbia Canada containers culture gaman (values) generations Greenwood (B.C.) hoarding immigrants immigration Issei Japan metaphysics migration mottainai (phrase) Nisei psychology recycling shikata ga nai (phrase) theory of knowledge tofu values World War II camps
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Nisei: Internment Camp Life
Greenwood was the first “internment centre” and Tashme was the last. In-between, there …

Chuck Tasaka • July 22, 2016

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bathing British Columbia Canada children families generations imprisonment incarceration Japanese Canadians mottainai (phrase) Nisei public toilets Slocan Valley World War II World War II camps
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You Are Canadian Nisei If...
Most Yonsei (4th generation Nikkei) and Gosei (5th) are most likely living very comfortable lives w…

Chuck Tasaka • Dec. 9, 2015

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aesthetics bathing Canada Canadians children communities culture everyday life food games generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan metaphysics migration mottainai (phrase) Nisei psychology theory of knowledge values World War II World War II camps
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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values
Until the last grain of rice
In 1995, after finishing college and a one-year internship in Japan, I started working at a large m…

Claudio Sampei • Oct. 8, 2015

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aesthetics Brazil Discover Nikkei families metaphysics mottainai (phrase) Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Family (series) psychology theory of knowledge values
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Nanka Nikkei Voices
Legacies
For Japanese Americans of my generation (second generation Nisei over 60), the source of our moral …

Iku Kiriyama • June 19, 2015

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aesthetics California culture education families fathers gaman (values) Gardena generations giri (values) horticulture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California Kato Nursery metaphysics migration mottainai (phrase) Nanaka Nikkei Voices (series) Nisei nurseries (horticulture) on (values) parents psychology publications schools Southern California theory of knowledge Torrance United States values World War II
aesthetics California culture education families fathers gaman (values) Gardena generations giri (values) horticulture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California Kato Nursery metaphysics migration mottainai (phrase) Nanaka Nikkei Voices (series) Nisei nurseries (horticulture) on (values) parents psychology publications schools Southern California theory of knowledge Torrance United States values World War II
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