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Uka Sake: Closing the Circle on a Trans-Pacific Rice-Growing Legacy

Rice farmer Ross Koda’s immigrant grandfather Keisaburo was larger-than-life, a pioneering rice farmer known throughout the California agricultural community in the early 1900s as “The …

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A Sansei Selective Service Story

In my 73rd year, I began to gather memories of 1973 and the moments leading up to that time. Fifty years have passed since the …

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日本時間 ～日本語ラジオ放送史～ 《ロサンゼルス編》

第10回 尾座本導のサンデー毎日放送とラジオ小東京

1940年2月8日に加州毎日放送（第５回参照）での最終放送に臨んだ尾座本導は、番組降板とほぼ同時にガーデナ平原日本人会の幹事に就任した。しかし、ラジ…

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10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

The Last Days of The Dandy Lion

On the second floor above a rowdy sushi bar and a brightly lit omiyage shop, The Dandy Lion was easy to miss. The only marker …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Size 42-44: "Casual Commentary..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “More T-shirts I'd like to see” Check back every weekend …

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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Journey in Japan

Chapter 2—Role Reversal

Yujin’s was the first familiar face I saw after arriving in Tokyo. Our reunion was on a street lined with stores selling Buddhist merchandise. I …

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日系（ニッケイ）—をめぐって

第30回 ３ヵ国語で落語を〜日系・女性落語家　らむ音

元気はつらつ 英語で落語をきかせるという試みは、数は多くないとはいえ、日本人や外国人によって定着した感があるが、日本語、英語、ポルトガルで落語…

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Tokita Tales

Mom Was Young Once, Too!

The North AmericaN Post Editor’s note: Tokita’s present-day recounting of Issei and Nisei life is rare today. It is possible largely because his mother arrived as …

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10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Color

I moved to a town covered in orange carpet that glistened in the sunlight. “That’s the California poppy. It’s beautiful like gold, isn’t it?” Dad …

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Experience Okinawa!

Many Hawai‘i Uchinānchu (Okinawan persons) have visited their ancestral homeland, but relatively few are fortunate to stay for an extended period of time to experience …