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Ask any Nisei from the south end of the Imperial Valley about their childhood Christmas experiences…

Tim Asamen • Dec. 23, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Made in Japan

This familiar phrase, “made in Japan” (Nihon-sei) reminds me of my mother, Yaeko. She w…

Mary Sunada • Aug. 26, 2016

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Celebrations of the End and Beginning of the Year in the Brazilian Nikkei Community

From mid-November until just before Christmas, gatherings to celebrate the end of the year take pla…

Henrique Minatogawa • Jan. 7, 2016

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Winter Holiday, Nikkei Way

When the Canadian government finally gave the Japanese Canadians the freedom to have equal rights a…

Chuck Tasaka • Jan. 5, 2016

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The Feast that Makes a Family

There’s gravel crackling under our car wheels as we drive up my Auntie Nesan’s driveway…

Tamiko Nimura • Jan. 1, 2016

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Longing for Japan on New Year’s

As the end of the year approaches, the East Asian quarter of São Paolo is lively. Signs in t…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Dec. 31, 2015

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Christmas Memories of the Nikkei

Our memories are filled with sad and happy landscapes that speak to each other. I asked some Nikkei…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 25, 2015

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A New Year in Japan and Japanese New Year in Brazil

Until a year ago, I had an idea of what the New Year tradition is like in Japan ( shogatsu ). The…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Dec. 18, 2015

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Oshogatsu: memories of my childhood

My father came as an immigrant at the age of 16 with the family that adopted him, as he was a minor…

Rosa Tomeno Takada • Jan. 5, 2015

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The New Year’s Holidays Defined by Mother’s Homemade Osechi Dishes

In Japan, I grew up in a so-called “nuclear family”—a family that consisted of a …

Keiko Fukuda • Jan. 1, 2015

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