Interviews
Nikkei Sansei
You know, I just…it’s a…I feel like it’s…you know because I’m considered Nikkei Sansei, you know, third-generation Japanese, and you know, I think it’s…I think it’s a nice term, you know…you know, to embrace one’s own Japanese culture.
Date: March 30, 2010
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Yoko Nishimura
Contributed by: Interview by Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum. Courtesy of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
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