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The main reason why Seattle and Tacoma in Washington state flourished as towns for Japanese immigra…

Ryusuke Kawai • May 11, 2018

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Taking Tacoma's Japantown Online

“I live on the edge of Tacoma’s historic Nihonmachi and as I crossed it on my way to …

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 12, 2017

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A Remarkable Nisei Love Story: Tacoma’s Kimi and George Tanbara

In past columns for Discover Nikkei, I’ve written about the challenges of finding Japanese Am…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 7, 2017

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Following the Path, Listening to Footsteps: A Day of Remembrance for Tacoma

I am thinking about paths, footsteps, gravel, listening, memory. When I visited the Bainbridge Isl…

Tamiko Nimura • May 8, 2017

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An Inclusive Legacy of Peace: The Nikkei History of Jean's House of Prayer

Next to a Philly cheesesteak drive-up booth in downtown Tacoma, there’s a wood-frame two-st…

Tamiko Nimura • April 24, 2017

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What Remains: A Tour of Tacoma's Japantown

“Well, if we get about ten or fifteen people,” said my colleague Michael Sullivan, &ldq…

Tamiko Nimura • March 21, 2017

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The Story of One Tacoma Issei, Shuichi Fukui: Journalist, Historian, WWI Veteran

As I’m writing this essay, I have moved between the despair I mentioned last month and the ho…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 14, 2017

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Tacoma Nihonmachi, ca. 1920

And here is an extraordinary document from an exceptionally rare source. This hand drawn …

Michael Sullivan • Sept. 26, 2016

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Gone To Market in Tacoma, WA

The most painful hole in downtown Tacoma has to be at the corners of 11th and Market where once Tac…

Michael Sullivan • Sept. 15, 2016

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Tacoma’s Nihonmachi Is in the Heart

“What are you working on now?” my hairdresser asks me. We’ve seen each other for …

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 2, 2016

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