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Cynthia: A thousand cranes, a cherry blossom and the transience of life
Since I can remember, like everyone who was born in Peru in the nineties, Japan has been very prese…
Marco Carrasco Villanueva • Oct. 9, 2019
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Promise Me You’ll Remember
5:00PM was when the phone call came, telling me you were gone. Engine failure they said. Explosion …
Cody Uyeda • May 24, 2019
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Twenty Thousand Cranes And More: Stories Behind Washington State's Tsuru For Solidarity and Crystal City, Texas
Twenty thousand, and more.
As I type, twenty-five thousand origami cranes are being gathered in …
Tamiko Nimura • April 23, 2019
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The Gift
My mother died on December 21, 1976. That Christmas was numbing. We already had the tree and gifts …
Grace Morizawa • Oct. 5, 2018
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On “Family Separation” in 2018: One Sansei Atlas of Displacement and Mass Incarceration
As a Sansei, I've been exploring the issue of “family separation,” given the multiple w…
Tamiko Nimura • Aug. 21, 2018
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Weaving
Happy summer, everyone! We’re excited to bring two more new voices to the Discover Nikkei pla…
A’misa Chiu +2 • June 21, 2018
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on Daruma, Dorama, and Hope
Daruma are popular Japanese symbols of perseverance. Often used as good luck charms to fulfill a sp…
Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Dec. 4, 2008