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5th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Writing lessons for the 77th birthday
On that day in mid-January, three days before the seventh anniversary of her husband's death, B…

Akira Tsurukame • April 24, 2019

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2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California death fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Skype tea ceremony United States
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California death fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Skype tea ceremony United States
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Dawn I Frazier’s Hidden Place to Relax her Soul: Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena
Every Thursday morning, Dawn Ishimaru Frazier (82) looks forward to driving down the street of Pasa…

Makiko Nakasone • March 20, 2019

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agriculture British Columbia Burnaby Canada gardening gardens Japanese gardens Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Taste of Japan (event) volunteerism
agriculture British Columbia Burnaby Canada gardening gardens Japanese gardens Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Taste of Japan (event) volunteerism
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Graphic Novel Recalls Experiences of 442nd RCT
Against the contemporary backdrop of the immigration debate and family separation, of nationality-b…

The Rafu Shimpo • March 13, 2019

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442nd Regimental Combat Team graphic novels United States Army World War II
442nd Regimental Combat Team graphic novels United States Army World War II
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Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV) Role in Activation of 442nd RCT
One of the least known Nisei military units in World War II was the Varsity Victory Volunteers, pop…

Ted Tsukiyama • Feb. 28, 2019

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Hawaii Territorial Guard United States Army Varsity Victory Volunteers
442nd Regimental Combat Team Hawaii Territorial Guard United States Army Varsity Victory Volunteers
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If you make Brazil your "hometown," plant cherry trees - Nostalgia and Japanese immigrants to Brazil - Part 1
"It looks just like the tea fields in Shizuoka." When I went to cover the tea fields in R…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Dec. 20, 2018

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Brazil cherry blossoms farms hanami (flower viewing) immigrants immigration Katsumi Sugano migration Registro São Paulo tea farms
Brazil cherry blossoms farms hanami (flower viewing) immigrants immigration Katsumi Sugano migration Registro São Paulo tea farms
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
The Tea of Soul from Aizuwakamatsu Revived After 150 Years
History of Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm About 150 years ago in 1869, the first group of approximate…

Nao Magami • Sept. 7, 2018

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California El Dorado County farms Fukushima Prefecture generations Gold Hill immigrants immigration Issei Jackrabbit Farm (Napa, Calif.) Japan migration napa cabbage Okei tea tea farms Tohoku United States Wakamatsu Colony
California El Dorado County farms Fukushima Prefecture generations Gold Hill immigrants immigration Issei Jackrabbit Farm (Napa, Calif.) Japan migration napa cabbage Okei tea tea farms Tohoku United States Wakamatsu Colony
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Sansei Japanese American Educator and Community Activist — Kitty Sanke
Transfer to a school in a poor area was a turning point in my career as a teacher Kitty Sanki is a…

Keiko Fukuda • Jan. 22, 2018

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communities education Kitty Sankey lawyers teachers teaching
communities education Kitty Sankey lawyers teachers teaching
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Tessaku
Tadashi Tsufura - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Why do you think the parents and most Niseis never spoke about camp? When …

Emiko Tsuchida • July 13, 2017

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Arizona concentration camps education Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp teaching United States World War II camps
Arizona concentration camps education Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp teaching United States World War II camps
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Tessaku
Tadashi Tsufura - Part 1
In the morning you take off, and you don’t come back or see your parents until you go to be…

Emiko Tsuchida • July 12, 2017

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Arizona concentration camps education Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp teaching United States World War II camps
Arizona concentration camps education Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp teaching United States World War II camps
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Nisei
A little over two years ago, at a cafe in Burbank, CA, I sat down with Richard Allen and Taran Gr…

Eliot John Hagen • May 19, 2017

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442nd Regimental Combat Team acting actors artists California concentration camps diversity entertainers Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Nisei (TV) postwar resettlements San Francisco Tule Lake concentration camp TV shows United States United States Army World War II World War II camps
442nd Regimental Combat Team acting actors artists California concentration camps diversity entertainers Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Nisei (TV) postwar resettlements San Francisco Tule Lake concentration camp TV shows United States United States Army World War II World War II camps
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