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An Endangered Custom
I am a Sansei Nikkei, 35 years old, born and raised in São Paulo. During childhood and adole…

Henrique Minatogawa • April 29, 2016

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Brazil Chinese characters communities customs (social) families generations identity Japanese Japanese language kanji languages Sansei traditions writing
Brazil Chinese characters communities customs (social) families generations identity Japanese Japanese language kanji languages Sansei traditions writing
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Celebrations of the End and Beginning of the Year in the Brazilian Nikkei Community
From mid-November until just before Christmas, gatherings to celebrate the end of the year take pla…

Henrique Minatogawa • Jan. 7, 2016

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bonenkai Brazil communities entertaining families food holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni parties São Paulo shinnenkai traditions
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Winter Holiday, Nikkei Way
When the Canadian government finally gave the Japanese Canadians the freedom to have equal rights a…

Chuck Tasaka • Jan. 5, 2016

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1950s British Columbia Canada Christmas communities families food Greenwood (B.C.) holidays Japanese Canadians mochi mochitsuki New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu postwar traditions World War II
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The Feast that Makes a Family
There’s gravel crackling under our car wheels as we drive up my Auntie Nesan’s driveway…

Tamiko Nimura • Jan. 1, 2016

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families food Hiroshi Kashiwagi holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni Soji Kashiwagi Tamiko Nimura traditions
families food Hiroshi Kashiwagi holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni Soji Kashiwagi Tamiko Nimura traditions
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Longing for Japan on New Year’s
As the end of the year approaches, the East Asian quarter of São Paolo is lively. Signs in t…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Dec. 31, 2015

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Brazil food holidays Japan mochi New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu traditions
Brazil food holidays Japan mochi New Year osechi cooking Oshogatsu traditions
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Christmas Memories of the Nikkei
Our memories are filled with sad and happy landscapes that speak to each other. I asked some Nikkei…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 25, 2015

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Christmas holidays New Year Oshogatsu Peru traditions
Christmas holidays New Year Oshogatsu Peru traditions
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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values
Grandfather’s Gift
There is something unique about being in the presence of one’s Nisei grandparents. Maybe it i…

Brandon Shindo • June 25, 2015

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aesthetics aquatic sports Brandon Shindo Discover Nikkei families fishing generations grandfathers grandparents Kay Kei Kusumi metaphysics Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Family (series) Nisei parents psychology theory of knowledge traditions values Yonsei
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My Japanese American Families
How well do you know your own family? Specifically, your extended family: uncles, aunts, cousins, s…

Chris Komai • March 3, 2015

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baseball Boyle Heights California cemeteries Chris Komai Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.) families Japanese Americans Japanese language newspapers Japantowns Komai family Los Angeles mochi mochitsuki newspapers Nihonmachi Qris Yamashita Rafu Shimpo (newspaper) reunions Susumu Ito traditions United States
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Who's More Japanese?
One strong characteristic that marks the Japanese culture is the constant striving to name and defi…

Chris Komai • Jan. 8, 2015

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culture identity loyalty questionnaire traditions World War II
culture identity loyalty questionnaire traditions World War II
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What is that?
I was not raised in a family which followed the strict Japanese traditions. When I was a kid, we sp…

Henrique Minatogawa • Dec. 19, 2014

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Brazil culture food languages traditions
Brazil culture food languages traditions
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