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Read Part 1 >> When I arrived at The Plaza, I found Aunt Emiko watching a game show on a large TV in the community …
Author’s note: After my mother had passed and my brothers and I were cleaning out her house, I was overcome with such intense grief—unrelenting waves …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Modern ‘WISEGUY’ Nicknames...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
I was orphaned in my 60’s. I do not have the luxury of that place Robert Frost describes: ‘Home is the place where, when you …
In this day of hi-tech computer with iPhone, iPad, Galaxy, and so forth, whatever happened to the old fashion nicknames? Nowadays, you hear of famous …
Read Part 1 >> Cultural Heritage and Assimilation The names that immigrant parents select for their American-born children say something about culture, customs, hopes, and …
Is it Eisenhauer or Eisenhower? Gonzalez or Gonzales? Yasuzo or Yasudo? Whether they are misspellings, attempts at assimilation, or expressions of individualism, the variations in …
This month we feature Suma Yagi, an 89-year-old Nisei based in Seattle whose family was sent to Minidoka during World War II, and Toshi Washizu, …
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How can you tell a Nisei by looking at the food they eat? Have you heard of Cumberland chow mein, denbazuke, or karinto? In the …
Few places truly define the Japanese American experience in Southern California than “Chinameshi” and the Far East Cafe on First Street in Little Tokyo. “Chinameshi,” …
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