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“Hole Hole Bushi Girl”: Interview with Allison Arakawa

INTRODUCTIONOn February 27, 2010, the Japanese American National Museum opened its exhibition Textu…

Sojin Kim • June 29, 2010

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Tango no Sekku - Part 2

>> Part 1Unlike the elegant, orderly, and colorful setting for Hina Matsuri, the exhibit for …

Edward Moreno • May 5, 2010

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Children's Day festivals holidays matsuri Tango no Sekku (exhibition) traditions

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Tango no Sekku - Part 1

In 1948, during the McArthur shogunate and Tatsu Katayama’s premiership, the Japanese governm…

Edward Moreno • May 4, 2010

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Mochi Food of the Kami

* * *Editor’s note:One of the traditions that many immigrants keep that ties them to their ho…

Edward Moreno • Dec. 31, 2009

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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

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Koden (and den and den and den)

“As for the matter of practicing the Dharma, there are rich people who consider themselves go…

Mayumi Kodani • April 8, 2009

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A Yonsei's Reflections...

on Mixed Holidays

Growing up, every year on the evening of March 16th, I would always make sure to wear something gre…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • March 20, 2009

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My Involvement in the Kenjinkai

I had my eye on the prize…a cute white wicker purse with bright red plastic cherries decorat…

Arlene Nakamura • March 18, 2009

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Am I Unstable? Or am I just a Hapa?

I have an early memory of a “bowing war” that occurred between my Japanese grandmother …

Leah Nanako Winkler • March 6, 2009

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Over 500 Years: "Gimme that ondo beat..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 20, 2008

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