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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
The Japan Inside Me
It was the most anticipated time of the year--summer vacation--and she was happy she didn’t h…

Akemi Figueredo Imamura • Oct. 16, 2018

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Cuba Discover Nikkei families identity Nikkei Chronicles (series)
Cuba Discover Nikkei families identity Nikkei Chronicles (series)
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Finding Nikkei Roots Around the World
Travel uproots daily routines for new places and new discoveries. But, somehow, my own discoveries …

Ariel Okamoto • Oct. 15, 2018

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California Discover Nikkei England families Hawaii Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Japanese Americans Nikkei Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) Scotland Terminal Island United Kingdom United States World War II
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Natsukashii Moments
Natsukashii. That is the Japanese word that best expresses the feeling I get whenever I hear a son…

Judith Ichisaka • Oct. 12, 2018

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Discover Nikkei Japan J-pop (music) languages music Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) popular music
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Japanese music and me
When I was eight years old, I attended Japanese language school for a while and the only memory I h…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 11, 2018

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Brazil communication Discover Nikkei enka karaoke music Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) radio sociology telecommunication
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Obāchan
“I wish you had shared more about your Japanese-American grandmother’s story.” &n…

Jessica Huey • Oct. 10, 2018

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Arkansas concentration camps Discover Nikkei families grandmothers grandparents identity Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) parents Rohwer concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
Arkansas concentration camps Discover Nikkei families grandmothers grandparents identity Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) parents Rohwer concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Of Food and Identity: My Grandmother’s New Years
Japanese New Years was one of the few traditions that made the jump when my great grandparents, lik…

Cody Uyeda • Oct. 8, 2018

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culture Discover Nikkei families food grandmothers grandparents identity New Year Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) parents traditions
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
The Gift
My mother died on December 21, 1976. That Christmas was numbing. We already had the tree and gifts …

Grace Morizawa • Oct. 5, 2018

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cancer Christmas Discover Nikkei families loss mothers Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series)
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War, Coffee and hope took Ryo Mizuno to Brazil
With the strength of a samurai who was fearless, determined, and convinced, Ryo Mizumo brought the …

Luci Júdice Yizima • Oct. 4, 2018

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Brazil coffee Discover Nikkei immigrants immigration migration Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series)
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Visiting the Former Family Temple
I had not expected to ever touch the temple entrance gate from the 1939 photo of my great-grandfath…

Edna Horiuchi • Oct. 3, 2018

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Discover Nikkei families Japan Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) photographs photography religious architecture religious institutions temples
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
“Hey, Chinese.” I am not Chinese
My family lived in Barrios Altos, a populous neighborhood in Lima, Peru. We liked being in the stor…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Oct. 2, 2018

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Discover Nikkei Hawaii identity Japanese Americans Japanese Peruvians Nikkei Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) Peru United States
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