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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
The Power of Dance for Social Advocacy
In spring 2017, I decided with the recent political climate that I could no longer wait for someone…

Vanessa Kanamoto • July 16, 2018

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awareness dance Discover Nikkei facial expressions Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) World War II camps Yae Aihara
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Catching Nikkei
Rocking back and forth on top of rolling waves with a cool sea breeze, my arms are burning as I stu…

Kira Matsuno • July 10, 2018

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aquatic sports communities Discover Nikkei fishing Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series)
aquatic sports communities Discover Nikkei fishing Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series)
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Chinese Food
My father arrived from the East to Argentina, in the first decade of the 20th century. At that time…

Marta Marenco • July 2, 2018

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Argentina Chinese Discover Nikkei identity immigrants immigration Japanese migration Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series)
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Giancarlo Shibayama: Tribute to the Japanese grandfather
Memory is everywhere, in the drawer of a family piece of furniture, in a portrait and even in the …

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • June 13, 2018

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books Discover Nikkei families Giancarlo Shibayama Japan library materials Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) Peru photobooks publications The Shibayamas (book)
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Tule Lake Stockade Diary: A Story of Survival
Forty five years ago, my father, Tatsuo Inouye, and I sat in the family kitchen to transcribe his T…

Nancy Kyoko Oda • June 8, 2018

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California combat concentration camps Discover Nikkei imprisonment incarceration judo martial arts Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) pilgrimages Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
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The Uwajimaya Story
Part 6: Roots of Uwajima City and Yawatahama City
The name of Seattle's Uwajiamaya comes from "Uwajima" in Uwajima City, located in the…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 23, 2018

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Ehime Prefecture families Japan Moriguchi family Shikoku Uwajimaya (grocery store)
Ehime Prefecture families Japan Moriguchi family Shikoku Uwajimaya (grocery store)
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North American Okinawan Association Uchināguchi Lecture Series: Preserving the Cultural Heritage of the Ryukyu Kingdom
"Katayabira Okinawan" The North American Okinawan Association (Gardena, a suburb of Los A…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 12, 2017

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Chogi Higa identity Japan languages Okinawan language Okinawa Prefecture Uchinaguchi
Chogi Higa identity Japan languages Okinawan language Okinawa Prefecture Uchinaguchi
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Roots: Shared Stories of Mexican Nikkei
“It is never too late to investigate the roots. Not to live from the longing for the past, but to u…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 3, 2017

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Dahil Melgar documentaries families films history identity Mexico Raíces (film)
Dahil Melgar documentaries families films history identity Mexico Raíces (film)
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Roots
Happy 2017, everyone! With quite the gripping year behind us, I find myself needing to look ahead f…

Sean Miura +2 • Jan. 19, 2017

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identity Japanese Americans literature Mari L'Esperance poetry poets Sean Miura
identity Japanese Americans literature Mari L'Esperance poetry poets Sean Miura
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Bringing Dad Home
Returning home in October 2016 from Japan reminded me of how much my dad, Yoneto Nakata, loved me. …

Mary Sunada • Jan. 17, 2017

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families identity Japan United States
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