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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 2
Read Part 1 >>  GOING BEYOND DEREK’S TOHOKU WORK Your work at The Hidden Japan…

Japanese American National Museum • March 11, 2023

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2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan athletics California cultural identity Derek Yamashita generations group identity identity Japan JPquake2011 Olympic Games (1964, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Southern California sports The Hidden Japan (firm) tourism United States Yonsei
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan athletics California cultural identity Derek Yamashita generations group identity identity Japan JPquake2011 Olympic Games (1964, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Southern California sports The Hidden Japan (firm) tourism United States Yonsei
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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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Ten Days of Cleanup
Chapter Eleven—Sparkling Sea
I stood in front of the open storage unit, my hands on my hips. I felt like I was an Olympic athlet…

Naomi Hirahara • Oct. 4, 2021

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fiction Kenji C. Liu literature Morio Hayashida Naomi Hirahara poetry
fiction Kenji C. Liu literature Morio Hayashida Naomi Hirahara poetry
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A Cultural and Community Center in Little Tokyo
In the 1970s, the debates around who and what the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (…

Samuel Mori • Nov. 9, 2016

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culture generations heritage identity Nisei Sansei traditions
culture generations heritage identity Nisei Sansei traditions
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Catching Up With Tad Nakamura
I had a chance to sit down and talk with filmmaker Tad Nakamura about his newest documentary Mele M…

Alison De La Cruz • Sept. 6, 2016

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arts communities culture documentaries filmmakers films graphic arts Hawaii hip hop music languages Mele Murals murals painting Tadashi Nakamura United States
arts communities culture documentaries filmmakers films graphic arts Hawaii hip hop music languages Mele Murals murals painting Tadashi Nakamura United States
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The Evolution of FandangObon
FandangObon is a project that brings together the Japanese, Mexican, and African-American communi…

Nobuko Miyamoto • Jan. 21, 2016

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African Americans Buddhism California communities dance FandangObon (event) fandango (dance) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mexican Americans multiculturalism multiethnicity music Nobuko Miyamoto Obon Quetzal (musical group) religions Southern California United States
African Americans Buddhism California communities dance FandangObon (event) fandango (dance) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mexican Americans multiculturalism multiethnicity music Nobuko Miyamoto Obon Quetzal (musical group) religions Southern California United States
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Nikkei Detective
Chapter Six—Noguchi Verses
Read Chapter Five >> As I make my way to the Koban Visitors Center, First Street in Litt…

Naomi Hirahara • Jan. 4, 2015

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California Discover Nikkei fiction Isamu Noguchi Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Koban (Little Tokyo) Little Tokyo Los Angeles mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara Nikkei Detective (series) Noguchi Plaza San Pedro Firm Building United States
California Discover Nikkei fiction Isamu Noguchi Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Koban (Little Tokyo) Little Tokyo Los Angeles mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara Nikkei Detective (series) Noguchi Plaza San Pedro Firm Building United States
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Little Tokyo Gets Loud this Summer
This summer, taiko players from all over the world will come together in Little Tokyo for the inaug…

Elizabeth Ishida • June 11, 2014

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Australia Brazil Bryan Yamami California drum Ishindaiko (Brazail) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Kagemusha Taiko Kodo (musical group) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Masato Baba music taiko TAIKOPROJECT TaikOz United States World Taiko Gathering (event)
Australia Brazil Bryan Yamami California drum Ishindaiko (Brazail) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Kagemusha Taiko Kodo (musical group) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Masato Baba music taiko TAIKOPROJECT TaikOz United States World Taiko Gathering (event)
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Stone Bridges of Understanding
On February 11, 2014, at a meeting of the Rotary Club of East Los Angeles, Stonebridge Entertainmen…

Jesse Torres • Feb. 27, 2014

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Aratani Theatre California Chicanos culture Imperial Valley Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mexican Americans multiculturalism music Southern California Stonebridge Entertainment (firm) theaters (building) United States
Aratani Theatre California Chicanos culture Imperial Valley Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mexican Americans multiculturalism music Southern California Stonebridge Entertainment (firm) theaters (building) United States
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Buried But Not to be Forgotten – Little Tokyo’s Time Capsule
Almost twenty years ago, on January 15, 1985, a steel container, 4 feet high and 18 inches in diame…

Harry K. Honda • Sept. 23, 2013

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California City View Hospital communities community history festivals Frank Omatsu generations Harry Honda Hawaii history Isamu Noguchi Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California Japanese Americans Japanese hospitals Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nanaka Nikkei Voices (series) Nikkei Nisei Nisei Week (event) Noguchi Plaza time capsules United States
California City View Hospital communities community history festivals Frank Omatsu generations Harry Honda Hawaii history Isamu Noguchi Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California Japanese Americans Japanese hospitals Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nanaka Nikkei Voices (series) Nikkei Nisei Nisei Week (event) Noguchi Plaza time capsules United States
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