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In 1988, when Gene Oishi’s memoir was originally published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, the camps had been closed for more than forty years. …
Read Part 1 >> One Sansei told me when he went to Japan, he was delighted to see that there were all kinds of Japanese: …
I had long thought that I and probably most Japanese Americans of my generation were mental cripples, but I could not define with any precision …
It has been more than three decades since In Search of Hiroshi was published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company. Much has changed since then, …
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She nevah really thought about ‘em, but artist Kris Goto, 36, she been living in Hawai‘i half her life now. She wuz born in Kagoshima, …
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Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto grew up in Lima, Peru, but her connection to traditional eisa dance of Okinawa became more important at a time when she …
“I was a very shy child,” he confesses, preferring to be at the back of the group during sanshin presentations. That’s how John remembers his …
When oral historian Shanna Farrell began interviewing descendants of Japanese Americans incarcerated by the U.S. during World War II, she didn’t make any assumptions. “They …
Artist-in-residence Kanon Shambora used her time at Densho to explore the roots of Japanese American identity. Their culminating Print Garden pays homage to early Issei …
Read Part 1 >> Throughout the making of this podcast series, have you gained more insight into your own identity? Did you find individuals’ stories and …
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