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Nisei: Immigration To Canada
Manzo Nagano is credited for being the first Japanese settler in Canada in 1877, though he was not …
Chuck Tasaka • March 24, 2017
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British Columbia
Canada
gardening
gardens
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Ichitaro Miki
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immigration
Isaburo Kishida
Issei
Japan
Japanese gardens
labor
languages
migration
picture brides
pidgin English
pidgin languages
Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.)
Steveston
streets
Vancouver (B.C.)
Victoria (B.C.)
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This month, we feature a visual artist based in New York, Mari Nakano, and a poet based in Los Ange…
Mari Nakano +2 • March 16, 2017
In Brazil I was always “the Japanese”, but in Portugal I became “the Brazilian”!
The other day I read “ Astro ”, written by Hudson Okada and published on this website and, at the s…
Laura Honda-Hasegawa • March 13, 2017
Star
The first time I visited the city of Rio de Janeiro, I realized that there was something a little d…
Hudson Okada • March 6, 2017
Inaka: Moving from Scorn to Pride
I sometimes refer to the Imperial Valley as my little inaka corner of the world. Literally translat…
Tim Asamen • Feb. 10, 2017
Mio-Steveston Fishermen Dialect
Whenever you hear of Mio, a poor, small fishing village south-east of Osaka in Wakayama-ken, the na…
Chuck Tasaka • Feb. 7, 2017
Is "immigrant" a discriminatory term? Expressions related to identity - Part 1
This should be read as a sequel to my previous article, "South America's Japanese Creole L…
Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 31, 2017
The Japanese version of South American Creole "Colonia" and the insular feeling of the word "overseas" - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Even the spelling of the president's name is different Naturally, there ar…
Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 5, 2017