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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 3
Read Part 2 >> In a 1933 double wedding, Joe married Jean Nakata, and his sister Paul…

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 19, 2023

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Bainbridge Island California concentration camps families farms forced removal grocery stores Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland stores Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
Bainbridge Island California concentration camps families farms forced removal grocery stores Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland stores Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> At some point, Kaichi found an abandoned homestead next to Lake Leland t…

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 12, 2023

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agriculture families farms Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland United States Washington
agriculture families farms Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland United States Washington
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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
In Remembrance of the Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami: An Interview with The Hidden Japan’s Derek Yamashita — Part 1
Since 2011, March 11 has become a day of remembrance for the hundreds of thousands of Japanese li…

Japanese American National Museum • March 10, 2023

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2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California Derek Yamashita disaster relief Doug Erber emergency management farms fundraising Honshu Irvine Japan Japan America Society of Southern California JPquake2011 Orange Coast Optimist Club Tanaka Farms The Hidden Japan (firm) Tohoku Region (Japan) United States Walk The Farm project Yamagata Prefecture
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California Derek Yamashita disaster relief Doug Erber emergency management farms fundraising Honshu Irvine Japan Japan America Society of Southern California JPquake2011 Orange Coast Optimist Club Tanaka Farms The Hidden Japan (firm) Tohoku Region (Japan) United States Walk The Farm project Yamagata Prefecture
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The Times of Tulelake
Located near the Oregon-California border, the ghost of what once was one of California’s two…

Kyra Karatsu • May 10, 2022

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California farms Michael Wells postwar Tule Lake (Calif.) United States World War II
California farms Michael Wells postwar Tule Lake (Calif.) United States World War II
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Jun Yoneda, working to promote Japanese vegetables in the United States
The Great East Japan Earthquake was a turning point Jun Yoneda is the CEO of Food's Style USA, …

Keiko Fukuda • March 22, 2021

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farms food Jun Yoneda Santouka (restaurant) vegetables
farms food Jun Yoneda Santouka (restaurant) vegetables
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The Undiscovered History of Japanese Americans and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> As mentioned, throughout the prewar years Japanese Americans, especially thos…

Greg Robinson +1 • Jan. 31, 2019

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farms Hawaii Idaho Japanese American Citizens League Japanese Americans Mike Masaoka religion seasonal labor sugar beets United States Utah World War II
farms Hawaii Idaho Japanese American Citizens League Japanese Americans Mike Masaoka religion seasonal labor sugar beets United States Utah World War II
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Ode to Mi Madre and Other Nisei Moms
You could call this a belated birthday message to my mother, Elsie Osajima, who turned 93 this past…

Mary Uyematsu Kao • Jan. 28, 2019

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activism Asian American movement Asian Americans for Action (organization) farms generations mothers New Jersey Nisei Seabrook Farms social action United States women
activism Asian American movement Asian Americans for Action (organization) farms generations mothers New Jersey Nisei Seabrook Farms social action United States women
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If you make Brazil your "hometown," plant cherry trees - Nostalgia and Japanese immigrants to Brazil - Part 1
"It looks just like the tea fields in Shizuoka." When I went to cover the tea fields in R…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Dec. 20, 2018

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Brazil cherry blossoms farms hanami (flower viewing) immigrants immigration Katsumi Sugano migration Registro São Paulo tea farms
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
The Tea of Soul from Aizuwakamatsu Revived After 150 Years
History of Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm About 150 years ago in 1869, the first group of approximate…

Nao Magami • Sept. 7, 2018

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California El Dorado County farms Fukushima Prefecture generations Gold Hill immigrants immigration Issei Jackrabbit Farm (Napa, Calif.) Japan migration napa cabbage Okei tea tea farms Tohoku United States Wakamatsu Colony
California El Dorado County farms Fukushima Prefecture generations Gold Hill immigrants immigration Issei Jackrabbit Farm (Napa, Calif.) Japan migration napa cabbage Okei tea tea farms Tohoku United States Wakamatsu Colony
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Hatsumi Imagawa’s Return to America
I was surrounded by thousands of passengers; many were Japanese immigrants just like me. But amid…

Jennifer Chen • June 6, 2018

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agriculture Angel Island (Calif.) brides California families farming farms generations Japanese Americans Kibei migration Nisei picture brides United States wives
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