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Read Part 1 >>>When the women finally arrived in Fowler, they found a thriving Japanese co…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • Nov. 25, 2010

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Children of Dekasegi, Bilingual and Educated in Japan: The New Generation of Nikkei - Part 2

Part 1 >> How difficult was it to return to your lives in Peru? Was it a shock, …

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Nov. 24, 2010

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From Densho's Archives

International Internees: The Family Camp at Crystal City

"The bitterness of the incarceration was there, but they were able to circumvent it somehow and liv…

Denshō • Nov. 24, 2010

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History in the Northwest

11:00 a.m.Here I sit in my rental car, mere yards from the water. I’m waiting for the Bainbri…

Gil Asakawa • Nov. 23, 2010

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第５回　マンザナー二日目

マンザナーにきて二日目、わたしは寒くて朝早くに目が覚めてしまいました。時計を見るとまだ６時でした。寒くて目が覚めてしまった経験は、実に数年ぶりでした。わたしは熱いシャワーを浴びたあと、果物の缶詰…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • Nov. 22, 2010

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Kokeshi

Everybody has a favorite Japanese doll, but the luxurious kimekomi seem the most popular, with the …

Edward Moreno • Nov. 22, 2010

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Journal Entry #Title VII: "Accent-Free Zone..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 20, 2010

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Japan in the World and the World

フロリダと天橋立～ヤマトコロニー先導者と丹後ちりめん－その３

＞＞その２沖家と酒井家沖氏のおかげでいくつかの謎が解けたというか、コロニーがどういう歴史的な経緯で誕生したかが浮かび上がってきたが、さらに沖氏の姉である長屋光子さんからは、沖家やコロニーについてのエ…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 19, 2010

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Phyla, etcetera - Part 2

>> Part 1Outside of school we of course played games. The summer heat was a challenge so outd…

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey • Nov. 19, 2010

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Mukashi Banashi - Part 1

In the summer of 1981, I drove through the Tehachapi Pass from Los Angeles and descended onto the f…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • Nov. 18, 2010