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My participation in this workshop, which deals with the transformation of the Nikkei community in P…

Luis Hirata Mishima • Dec. 22, 2009

Conventions of the Association of Pan American Nikkei COPANI 2009 history Peru

Los Angeles “Tanabata Matsuri”: Part 3 - Aiming for a New Tradition: “Otakiage” for the Tanabata ornaments

Among the many events held by the Los Angeles Nikkei community in 2009, perhaps one of the most hig…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Dec. 21, 2009

festivals matsuri Tanabata traditions

Journal Entry #12-25-2009: "On the Naughty List..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 19, 2009

cartoons Christmas comics generations holidays Santa Claus (fictitious character) Yonsei

第３回　「運命の扉」が開いた瞬間

生まれて初めてマンザナーを訪れてから約１年が経ちました。私はオレンジ・コースト大学を卒業後、カリフォルニア州フラトン市にあるにあるカリフォルニア州立大学に転学し、本格的に日系史の勉強を始めることにな…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • Dec. 18, 2009

California concentration camps internships Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps

The Artistry of Kimiko Koyanagi

Even long after I’ve seen them, some of the sculptured figures that artist Kimiko Koyanagi ha…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Dec. 18, 2009

artists Canada generations identity immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration sculptures

Discover Nikkei at COPANI XV - Uruguay 2009

Development of the Nikkei Community in Chile

The first Japanese arrived in Chile at the end of the nineteenth century. The development of the Ni…

Roberto Hirose • Dec. 17, 2009

Chile communities Conventions of the Association of Pan American Nikkei COPANI 2009

アメリカに移住した被爆日本人女性の記録—カリフォルニア州マリナデルレイ在住の笹森恵子さん—その１

1945年８月６日、13歳の少女に何が起こったのか日系三世の映画監督スティーブン・オカザキによる2007年製作のドキュメンタリー「White Light, Black Rain（白い光、黒い…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 16, 2009

atomic bomb survivors hibakusha

Masaru Funai Chicago Lawyer

I am a transplant in Chicago, having arrived from Hawaii with my wife, Carolyn, in 1954 to attend N…

Masaru Funai • Dec. 16, 2009

attorneys Chicago Illinois United States

Vacas Limeñas

Como sombra en el garage –por gris e inmutable-, estuvo más de 6 semanas allí, …

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Dec. 15, 2009

arts exhibitions Peru

Retracing Part of my Family’s Roots in the Shadow of Sakurajima: Part 2

>>> Read Part 1 We drive around to a remodeled housing track where once quaint one-story…

Troy Ishikawa • Dec. 15, 2009

genealogy Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma

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Transformation of the Nikkei Community in Peru - Part 1