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Mesmerized by Sakurajima, a majestic symmetrical-shaped volcano whose seductive plume obscures the …

Troy Ishikawa • Dec. 8, 2009

genealogy Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma

From the perspective of two countries

フィリップ・カン・ゴタンダ～人間の絆を描く劇作家ーその4

＞＞その3 今回のコラムで私が取り上げたゴタンダの戯曲は、すべて『Fish Head Soup and Other Plays』と『No More Cherry Blossoms（桜の花はもういらな…

Tatsuya Sudo • Dec. 7, 2009

authors filmmakers Philip Kan Gotanda playwrights

American Burakumin – an untold story

This Thanksgiving, I broached a topic with my Japanese American cousins about a heritage issue they…

Pat Kitano • Dec. 7, 2009

Buraku people discrimination interpersonal relations

Journal Entry #3x2(9YZ)4A=Quick!: "Real Annoyances..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 5, 2009

cartoons comics generations identity Yonsei

ピアニストの「笑い」－平田真希子さん－

仕事柄、これまでに多くの方々と話をさせていただく機会に恵まれてきました。文字通り、老若男女、さまざまな職業や経歴、さまざまな人種や国籍、そして、さまざまな性格と、実に多様です。その中で、今回話をする…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Dec. 4, 2009

music musicians pianists pianos TV Fan (magazine)

"Two Other Solitudes": Historical Encounters between Japanese Canadians and French Canadians - Part 1

Les Canadiens à qui on demande en quoi leur pays se distingue des États-Unis devraien…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 4, 2009

Canada World War II

Reflexiones acerca de la identidad de los hijos de inmigrantes

Comentarios al artículo de Augusto Higa “Dos visiones sobre los nisei: Watanabe y Mata…

Giovanni Bonfiglio • Dec. 3, 2009

José Watanabe literature Nicolás Matayoshi Peru

In praise of San Jose’s Japantown — the JA Mayberry

Unlike the many Chinatowns that serve as ethnic cultural enclaves in many American cities from coas…

Gil Asakawa • Dec. 3, 2009

California Japantowns San Jose United States

Crazy about Japanese Culture: A series in which we ask "gaijin" (foreigners) who are experts in traditional Japanese culture about their fascination with the culture

第８回　「茶の心が集中を教えてくれた」 - ブルース・シャーノフさん

半世紀以上にわたってロサンゼルスを拠点にアメリカにお茶を広めてきた裏千家の名誉師範、松本宗静（そうせい）さんには、３０００人を超す弟子がいる。医療関連の福祉団体を運営する医師、ブルース・シャーノフさ…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 2, 2009

culture tea ceremony traditions U.S. FrontLine (magazine)

Ono Family during World War II

A Sunday Drive - Mommy’s Birthday

I imagine it was a beautifully clear December morning, our Mommy’s birthday, a “day of …

Gary T. Ono • Dec. 2, 2009

families World War II

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Retracing Part of My Family’s Roots in the Shadow of Sakurajima: Part 1