Seiji Kawasaki
@skawa2440kuhioBorn in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture in 1965. Graduated from the University of Tsukuba, College of Social Sciences, with a major in Law. Completed a Master's degree at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tsukuba. Withdrew from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tsukuba, withdrew with sufficient credits. After working as a full-time lecturer, assistant professor, and associate professor at the Faculty of Education at Tokyo Gakugei University, and a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Education at the University of Hawaii (2001-2002, 2008), he is currently a professor at the Faculty of Education at Tokyo Gakugei University and holds a PhD in Education (University of Tsukuba). His areas of expertise are social studies education, multicultural education, Hawaiian studies, and lesson research methodology. His publications include Multicultural Education and Intercultural Understanding Learning in Hawaii: How is "Fairness" Perceived? (single author, Nakanishiya Publishing, 2011) and others.
(Updated July 2014)
Stories from This Author
4th Garage Party
June 10, 2015 • Seiji Kawasaki
I met Mr. and Mrs. M. L., a third-generation Japanese-American couple who have now become like parents to me in Hawaii, in August 2001, about two weeks before the September 11 attacks. Shortly after, the terrorist attacks occurred. As I was planning to stay until the following year, the temporary suspension of flights had no effect on me, but the tourists gradually left and new tourists stopped coming. The lights of Waikiki faded and it became a ghost town, and …
3rd "T-shirt"
Jan. 14, 2015 • Seiji Kawasaki
If we think of the letter "T" in the alphabet, it is of course a "T-shirt." In fashion magazines, it is even expressed as a "T" as it is. My father, who is in his 70s, does not wear T-shirts, and of course my grandfather, who would be nearly 110 years old if he were alive, would not wear one either. What they wear is an undershirt that is similar in shape to a T-shirt, but has a crew neck …
Part 2: Is dressing fashionable not stylish?
Oct. 31, 2014 • Seiji Kawasaki
"Japanese people in Hawaii are diverse. You can't generalize them all as 'Japanese people in Hawaii.'" When I agreed to write this essay, Ms. M, a third-generation Japanese-American, gave me serious advice. She then spoke in her usual polite tone about diversity and diversification. As the second generation of Japanese Americans grew older, the leading figures in Hawaii's Japanese community, such as Daniel Inouye and George Ariyoshi, retired from the forefront, and the central role was gradually handed over to …
第1回 祖母と私のハワイへの野望
July 21, 2014 • Seiji Kawasaki
祖母は大正２年の生まれで、戦前にはハワイ移民を希望したらしい。幼いころに父親を亡くし、兄２人、姉１人の末っ子だったからだとか、活発で大変進歩的な性格だったからだとか、私は両親や叔母たちと祖母について話すことがよくある。祖母の生家は愛媛県松山市の比較的豊かな家であり、移民をしないでも食べていけるからと周りはみな強く反対したため、結局その野望は果たせぬまま終わったようである。 瀬戸内の海岸から彼方に目をやれば山口県の周防大島の影が横たわっている。この島からは大勢の日本人がハワ…
