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Understanding Sansei taiko (Japanese)
Seiichi Tanaka January 27, 2005
(Japanese) As I remember, when we were kids in Japan it was sort of expected …
Rediscovery of Japanese culture through taiko (Japanese)
Nosuke Akiyama January 26, 2005
(Japanese) I guess you could say that I rediscovered Japanese culture as I began playing …
Identifies as Japanese, but home is San Francisco
Nosuke Akiyama January 26, 2005
I’m still Japanese. Yeah, I am…I am Japanese. I can’t run away from that. I …
Growing up in Waikiki
Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004
I didn't grow up in a plantation town like many of my brethren did. And …
Depicting issues of ethnic identity through childhood artwork
Roger Shimomura March 18 & 20, 2003
Thirty-five or forty years later, I found these manila envelopes at my mom and dad's …
Japanese American community life
Roger Shimomura March 18 & 20, 2003
I've always said that I think one of the, I call it a curse in …
Starting over after the war: denial of all things Japanese
Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997
One of the notable things was after the war, many Japanese, I think Issei and …
Have compassion for all of humanity
Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997
I think what we talked about a little earlier about having compassion. Being aware that …
Thoughts on post-9/11 atmosphere: what it means to be American
Frank Yamasaki November 5, 2001
This is my personal opinion, but people, majority of people, unfortunately, I don't think understand …
Growing up outside of Portland’s Japanese community
Sam Naito December 8, 2005
One thing is maybe that’s a plus or maybe that’s a minus, but he (My …