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Julio Mizzumi Guerrero Kojima: A Jarocho Nikkei Searching for His Many Roots - Part 1
Julio Mizzumi Guerrero Kojima is a folk musician and preschool teacher of Nikkei origin, who was bo…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • April 2, 2019

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fandango (dance) Mexico musicians son jarocho (music) Veracruz
fandango (dance) Mexico musicians son jarocho (music) Veracruz
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On a Soul-Searching Journey with Kishi Bashi
Kishi Bashi at the Skirball Cultural Center on August 23, 2018. Striding onto the Skirball Cultura…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 8, 2018

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generations identity immigration imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Kishi Bashi music musicians Omoiyari (song) postwar Shin-Nisei United States violins World War II World War II camps
generations identity immigration imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Kishi Bashi music musicians Omoiyari (song) postwar Shin-Nisei United States violins World War II World War II camps
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Exploring race and identity at the Hapa Half Heritage forum
What does it mean to be hapa? Interdisciplinary artist Paul Kikuchi has been thinking about that qu…

Bruce Rutledge • April 18, 2018

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artists arts cherry blossom festivals cherry blossoms festivals filmmakers hapa identity musicians Paul Kikuchi race racially mixed people Seattle United States Washington
artists arts cherry blossom festivals cherry blossoms festivals filmmakers hapa identity musicians Paul Kikuchi race racially mixed people Seattle United States Washington
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Semi-Immersion
ON THURSDAY NIGHT, Nov. 16, 2017, I had a date with my cousin, Diane, to see Kuniko Fukushim…

David Yamaguchi • Feb. 7, 2018

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2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan earthquakes identity Japan Japanese Americans jazz Kuniko Fukushima languages music musicians Seattle Tohoku Region (Japan) United States Washington
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan earthquakes identity Japan Japanese Americans jazz Kuniko Fukushima languages music musicians Seattle Tohoku Region (Japan) United States Washington
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Tsuyoshi Matsumoto—A Different Wartime Story
The Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 had immediate repercussions for Japanese America…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 12, 2017

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artists Christianity Christians generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans migration musicians racism World War II
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Gus Hokama: carnations to excite
—“Grandpa”, why is our face different from that of other Argentines? —Gus, we are Japanese... —Are…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • July 19, 2017

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Argentina families Gus Hokama immigration musicians singing
Argentina families Gus Hokama immigration musicians singing
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Beto Shiroma, lifelong musician. More than 25 years dribbling
Beto Shiroma shakes his hand tightly. He seems to be full of energy, as if the day had just begun, …

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • May 10, 2017

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Beto Shiroma dekasegi foreign workers Japan music musicians Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Peru
Beto Shiroma dekasegi foreign workers Japan music musicians Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Peru
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3rd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
“MERRY CHRISTMAS, MARIO-SAN”
Little Tokyo, 1989 One night, Mario Martinez, a struggling musician from Boyle Heights, was sittin…

Rubén “Funkahuatl” Guevara • Oct. 3, 2016

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Atomic Cafe California Christmas fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles music musicians restaurants short stories Suehiro Cafe (restaurant) United States
Atomic Cafe California Christmas fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles music musicians restaurants short stories Suehiro Cafe (restaurant) United States
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The Story Dealer
Rubén Sugano loves talking to older people. Issei or nisei. Listen to their stories. Nurture yourse…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 20, 2016

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families Fukushima Prefecture generations Japan migration music musical instruments musicians Okinawa Prefecture Peru research Rubén Sugano Sansei sanshin Tohoku
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Drummer Immersed the World of Jazz – Bernie Arai Is Steadfast in His Pursuit
Is Japanese Canadian Bernie Arai a pioneering jazz drummer? Answering this question during a rece…

Masaki Watanabe • Aug. 2, 2016

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Bernie Arai British Columbia Canada drummers generations immigration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians jazz music musicians postwar Shin-Nisei United States Vancouver (B.C.) World War II
Bernie Arai British Columbia Canada drummers generations immigration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians jazz music musicians postwar Shin-Nisei United States Vancouver (B.C.) World War II
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