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No. 38 The Florida Emigrants made into a TV movie
Kotaro Sudo in Miami Beach Writing a non-fiction book and receiving letters from readers with their…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 27, 2023

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Florida immigrants immigration Kotaro Sudo Miami Beach migration United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 7): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Japanese Gardener, Susumu Kobayashi, and Cook Junji George Matsumoto at Riverbank
Read Chapter 1 (Part 6) >> After Taro Otsuka left Riverbank, another Japanese gardener named…

Takako Day • July 17, 2022

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agriculture cooks gardeners gardening gardens Illinois Japanese gardens Junji George Matsumoto Riverbank estate Susumu Kobayashi United States
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Part 5: Searching for Roots - Florida and Hyogo
When I interview Japanese Americans, I always want to ask them questions like, "Do you know wh…

Ryusuke Kawai • April 8, 2022

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families Florida Kim Kobayashi United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida
Final Episode: Dreams, Solitude and Nostalgia - The Life of Morikami Sukeji
It is not widely known that at the beginning of the 20th century, there was a Japanese settlement p…

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 25, 2020

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Florida Sukeji Morikami United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida
No. 39: My Uncle Sukeji was an amazing man
Morikami Sukeji, who traveled to America as a member of the Yamato Colony in South Florida and rema…

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 11, 2020

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Akiko Mihama families Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Sukeji Morikami United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida
Episode 37: Saved from the Gates of Hell
Morikami Sukeji came to America as a member of the Yamato Colony in South Florida, and remained the…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 24, 2020

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farmers Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Sukeji Morikami United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida
Episode 36: I'm the last survivor
Morikami Sukeji, who came to the United States as a member of the Yamato Colony in South Florida an…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 10, 2020

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farmers Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Sukeji Morikami United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida
No. 35: Donating land to become a park in the future
Morikami Sukeji, who traveled to the United States as a member of the Yamato Colony in South Florid…

Ryusuke Kawai • June 26, 2020

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farmers Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Sukeji Morikami United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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Yamato Colony: A Japanese Village in Southern Florida
When asked to review Yamato Colony: The Pioneers Who Brought Japan to Florida for the Discov…

Arthur A. Hansen • June 22, 2020

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Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Jo Sakai migration South Florida United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida
#34 Rapid development, want to move to the countryside
Morikami Sukeji, who came to America as a member of the Yamato Colony in South Florida and stayed t…

Ryusuke Kawai • June 12, 2020

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farmers Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Sukeji Morikami United States Yamato Colony (Florida)
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