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My Japanese Canadian New Year
When Lunar New Year celebrations are underway, I often get asked if I celebrate Lunar New Year. I l…

Lorene Oikawa • Feb. 19, 2024

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families food genealogy Japanese Canadians Japanese food New Year traditions
families food genealogy Japanese Canadians Japanese food New Year traditions
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Tea ceremony: When everyday life becomes art
Every time I look at Japan, something always surprises me, from the aesthetic shape of its geograph…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Nov. 1, 2023

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aesthetics metaphysics Peru psychology tea ceremony theory of knowledge traditions Urasenke (school of tea) values
aesthetics metaphysics Peru psychology tea ceremony theory of knowledge traditions Urasenke (school of tea) values
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How Do Nikkei Living in Japan Spend Their New Year?
In Japan, there are old traditions that go back hundreds of years, such as hanami1 in the spring, u…

Mike Omoto • Jan. 1, 2023

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dekasegi foreign workers Japanese Americans Japanese Brazilians Japanese Paraguayans New Year Nikkei in Japan Oshogatsu traditions
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Douglas Mitsuyuki Ito is the Creator of a Network that Connects Young Nikkei from All Over Brazil
On the paternal side, his great-grandfather’s parents came from the Hokkaido Prefecture and h…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Aug. 30, 2022

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aesthetics Bragança Paulista Brazil Douglas Mitsuyuki Ito generations metaphysics psychology theory of knowledge traditions values Yonsei youth
aesthetics Bragança Paulista Brazil Douglas Mitsuyuki Ito generations metaphysics psychology theory of knowledge traditions values Yonsei youth
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Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community
Umeshu: Drinking Past and Present
Every summer I drive to the local Japanese markets to look for them—the small, green ume that…

Cody Uyeda • July 11, 2022

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alcoholic beverages beverages liquors plum wines traditions umeshu
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Seeing New Years with New Eyes
If Japanese Americans have a Norman Rockwell holiday, oshogatsu is it. Instead of someone serving …

Norio Umezu Hall • Jan. 1, 2022

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identity New Year Oshogatsu traditions
identity New Year Oshogatsu traditions
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Geta, giri and going to Japan
My mother, Naomi Boese (née Taguchi), grew up in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan. Her mother was…

Joanna Boese • Oct. 11, 2021

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culture Iwakuni Japan languages New Zealand traditions Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Baachan’s Beloved Gyoza
I don’t have many vivid memories of my childhood, but I remember that day well. I don’t…

Marina Yukawa • Oct. 4, 2021

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Brazil dumplings families food Japanese food traditions
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Life with Grandpa Toyoji & Grandma Kii Imai - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Grandmother Kii Imai (1873-1964) displayed her humbleness, respect for all fo…

Akinori Imai • Sept. 21, 2021

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families generations Hawaii immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration religion traditions United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Life with Grandpa Toyoji & Grandma Kii Imai - Part 1
PartGrandpa Toyoji (1869-1953--from Niigata, Japan) was unquestionably a unique person, exercising …

Akinori Imai • Sept. 20, 2021

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business economics families generations Hawaii Imai Shoten (store) immigrants immigration Issei Japan management migration New Mexico Santa Fe traditions United States World War II
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