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Sweeping the Nation with Sweetbread: The Past and Present of the Founders of King’s Hawaiian
Blending deep into the market Ramen, tofu, soy sauce, miso—though there are many types of f…

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 13, 2011

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bakeries bread business California economics families family-owned businesses food Hawaii Japan King's Hawaiian (firm) management Okinawa Prefecture Robert Taira Torrance United States
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Obaachan celebrates her 100th birthday surrounded by her family’s love: Tsuyo Toyama’s 100th Birthday - Part 2 of 2
Part 1 >>Living naturallyEvery Wednesday Tsuyo Toyama goes to the Jinnai Center where she spe…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Sept. 8, 2011

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families Peru Tsuyo Toyama
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Obaachan celebrates her 100th birthday surrounded by her family’s love: Tsuyo Toyama’s 100th Birthday - Part 1 of 2
Making it to your 100th birthday is no small miracle. To turn 100 years old with your memory intact…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Sept. 1, 2011

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families Peru Tsuyo Toyama
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Reflections on a Road Well Traveled
My daughter and I recently took the 180 mile trip from Placer County, California to my hometown, Fr…

Ben Arikawa • Aug. 31, 2011

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Buddhism buildings California churches families Fresno Japantowns Pinedale temporary detention center religions temporary detention centers United States World War II camps
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Don Maeda still making crowns at 86 - Part 4 of 4
Read part 3 >>Raising a familyJanet (Carlson) is the eldest daughter. After she earned a doct…

Tom LaVenture • July 21, 2011

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communities families health Japanese American Citizens League
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A Eulogy for Mom
My mother, Sumiko ‘Sue’ Ibuki (nee Hayashida) passed away suddenly on June 22, 2011. I…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 12, 2011

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Canada families generations Japanese Canadians mothers Nisei
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Excerpts from "Dream of the water children, dream of the water children"
Part 2: The Waters [1 of 2]
Read “Part 1: Preface” >>The Waters“What am I doing here in this endless wi…

Fredrick Cloyd • June 17, 2011

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) brides families hapa identity Japan postwar racially mixed people war brides wives World War II
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Excerpts from "Dream of the water children, dream of the water children"
Part 1: Preface
This is an anthropology of memory, a journal and memoir, a work of creative non-fiction. It combine…

Fredrick Cloyd • June 10, 2011

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) brides families hapa identity Japan postwar racially mixed people war brides wives World War II
Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) brides families hapa identity Japan postwar racially mixed people war brides wives World War II
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PAUL HOWARD TAKEMOTO and ALICE TAKEMOTO: On Resettlement, Revisiting the Past, and Reconnection - Part 2 of 2
Read part 1 >>REVISITING THE PASTIt took a visit to a cemetery in his father’s hometown…

Sojin Kim • May 28, 2011

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Arkansas Baptists California communities conferences enemy aliens families family histories Garden Grove Baptist Church genealogy identity Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Maryland noncitizens persons Terminal Island United States Washington, D.C.
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Jane Aiko Yamano
Growing up, Jane Aiko Yamano never dreamed that she would be the heir to her remarkable grandmother…

Chris Komai • May 26, 2011

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beauty clothing families fashion Jane Aiko Yamano Japanese clothing kimonos Yamano Beauty College Yamano Gakuen
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