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The white noise of the ocean washed over the shore and reached for the cloudless sky. Wave after w…

Nathaniel J. Campbell • Oct. 12, 2015

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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

MITATE CLUB

1 In the last 15 minutes of the online auction, the price rose, and the small drawer I was after we…

Miyuki Sato • Oct. 5, 2015

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Death of an Origamist

Chapter Three—Little Black Dress

“Well, how was T-Rex’s class?” Barbara Lu, Sachi Yamane’s roommate at the c…

Naomi Hirahara • Oct. 4, 2015

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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Kazuo Alone

Kazuo embraced Mondays like no other, and that was because of its silence. Mondays were sweet, a sw…

Linda Toch • Sept. 28, 2015

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Journal Entry #9/27/15-10/3/15: "Ideas Are Incombustible..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 26, 2015

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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Hotel Man

The area is designated as a historical preservation area, and old buildings cannot be demolished or…

Michie Wakabayashi • Sept. 21, 2015

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Episode 24: The Diary of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Japanese - Part 5

Read Part 4 >> July 30, 2011 My dear Diario. I'm back! I had a lot of fun during the wint…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Sept. 17, 2015

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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Masao and the Bronze Nightingale

Boyle Heights, 1940 “Hey Masao, where did you score those fine drapes, ese?” “O…

Rubén “Funkahuatl” Guevara • Sept. 14, 2015

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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

The Queen of Manzanar

In a museum in Little Tokyo there is a small space segregated by room dividers, and each of these a…

Hans Weidman • Sept. 7, 2015

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Death of an Origamist

Chapter Two—Doctor Death

“So what we will be folding is…” Sachi felt her heart pound hard. Was her lanya…

Naomi Hirahara • Sept. 4, 2015

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Fish Market In Little Tokyo

MITATE CLUB

Chapter Three—Little Black Dress

Kazuo Alone

Journal Entry #9/27/15-10/3/15: "Ideas Are Incombustible..."

Hotel Man

Episode 24: The Diary of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Japanese - Part 5

Masao and the Bronze Nightingale

The Queen of Manzanar

Chapter Two—Doctor Death