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Every time the Center [East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center] had a big celebration, bu…

Edward Moreno • July 21, 2014

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Growing Up with Stinky, Slimy, Altogether Wonderful Japanese Food

I’m a foodie. Everyone knows this. I write about food, I take photos of food everywhere I din…

Gil Asakawa • July 9, 2014

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

Brazilian Sashimi and Killer Fruit!!

A large part of cross-cultural adaptation involves something as basic as food. And depending on the…

John Katagi • June 26, 2014

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Fumi Torigai: Evolution of a Canadian Nikkei - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Your group was involved in an extraordinary fundraising effort for the 3.11 tsu…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • June 25, 2014

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Stranger in a Strange Land: A Sansei’s First Trip to Japan

I’d never felt a passionate connection to the country of my ancestors. I blamed it on the war…

Sharon Yamato • June 17, 2014

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

The Best Fertilizer is Your Shadow: The Chino Family Farm

“Chino Ranch Chopped Salad” is featured on the menu at Spago, Wolfgang Puck’s Hol…

Japanese American National Museum • May 28, 2014

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Oregon Plan

During the April 7, 1942 Salt Lake City governors’ meeting, George K. Aiken, executive secret…

Morgen Young +1 • May 6, 2014

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Collaging Cultural Identity in the Fabric Art of Sumi Foley

When Claremont-based fabric artist Sumi Foley was a child growing up in Osaka, Japan, she often spe…

Meher McArthur • April 4, 2014

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Recipe for an Improvised Girls’ Day

Girls’ Day at our house this year meant pink and green mochi, a box stand with Emperor and Em…

Tamiko Nimura • March 31, 2014

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Japanese American Sumo in the Continental United States, 1900-1941 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Japanese American Sumo in the New Era: From Issei to Nisei The 1924 Immigration…

Eiichiro Azuma • March 28, 2014

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