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10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
One Thousand Cranes
The gentle breeze carrying the scent of freshly made mochi from the next-door shop greeted me as I …

Jocelyn Doan • May 21, 2023

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California fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles origami paper cranes United States
California fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles origami paper cranes United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #8—Nikkei Heroes: Trailblazers, Role Models, and Inspirations
Cynthia: A thousand cranes, a cherry blossom and the transience of life
Since I can remember, like everyone who was born in Peru in the nineties, Japan has been very prese…

Marco Carrasco Villanueva • Oct. 9, 2019

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cherry blossoms Discover Nikkei heroes loss Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Heroes (series) origami paper cranes Peru tsuru
cherry blossoms Discover Nikkei heroes loss Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Heroes (series) origami paper cranes Peru tsuru
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Twenty Thousand Cranes And More: Stories Behind Washington State's Tsuru For Solidarity and Crystal City, Texas
Twenty thousand, and more. As I type, twenty-five thousand origami cranes are being gathered in …

Tamiko Nimura • April 23, 2019

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Crystal City internment camp Crystal City Pilgrimage (event) Department of Justice camps imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations loss origami paper cranes pilgrimages separation Texas United States Washington World War II camps
Crystal City internment camp Crystal City Pilgrimage (event) Department of Justice camps imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations loss origami paper cranes pilgrimages separation Texas United States Washington World War II camps
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Toyomi Tsuruta, teacher who opens new worlds
In 2013, the Tsuru Japanese Language Center opened its doors, the entrepreneurial dream of a Japane…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 2, 2016

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada Chile Costa Rica generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese language schools languages language schools migration Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre origami paper cranes Peru postwar Shin-Issei Spaniards tsuru United States volunteerism World War II
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Paper and Peace: Seeing Hiroshima's Origami Cranes Through Japanese American Eyes
“I always like to tell my friends that every little thing in Japanese culture has some symbol…

Darryl Mori • July 5, 2016

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atomic bomb generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) origami paper cranes peace Richard Watanabe Sadako Sasaki Yonsei
atomic bomb generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) origami paper cranes peace Richard Watanabe Sadako Sasaki Yonsei
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The Real Lives of Origami Figures
Paper Fortune Teller
Although it may not be a traditional figure like the tsuru (crane), the paper fortune teller we use…

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • Nov. 5, 2014

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cartoonists cartoons fortune tellers humor origami paper cranes tsuru
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The Real Lives of Origami Figures
Dare to Dream
I wish I could fold an origami crane that can actually fly. *This cartoon was originally publish…

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • Oct. 22, 2014

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cartoonists cartoons flight humor origami paper cranes tsuru
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The Real Lives of Origami Figures
Tough Questions
Some questions in life are tougher to answer than others. At least some of them have real answers. …

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • Sept. 24, 2014

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babies cartoonists cartoons children humor origami paper cranes tsuru
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The Real Lives of Origami Figures
A Thousand Cranes
Another installment of The Real Lives of Origami Figures. It’s a hard balancing act: my need …

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • Aug. 13, 2014

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cartoonists cartoons humor origami paper cranes tsuru
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The Real Lives of Origami Figures
It’s All How You Look at It
I recently got an iPad for traveling abroad. I wanted to be able to write and draw without lugging …

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • July 16, 2014

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basketball cartoons comics humor origami paper cranes perception snowballs sports tsuru
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