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Read Part 2 >> AUTUMN: Labour Day celebration marked the end of summer in Greenwood and the beginning of a new school year. This was the …
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Ask any Nisei from the south end of the Imperial Valley about their childhood Christmas experiences, and their fond reminiscences inevitably take them back to …
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A Southern friend of mine once told me that she moved to the West Coast because it was a place of destiny-making, a place where …
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Prelude I am thinking about what it means to be seen. Entrance Every October, the foyer and the main entrance to the Tacoma Art Museum …
Kenji saw her, or at least, he thought he saw her shoes cross East Second Street. They were silver Oxfords that looked like they had …
Today [May 10, 2014] was the third annual Sakura Matsuri at Brookline High School. For the past two years, The Genki Spark and the Brookline …
Although I am not Buddhist, the circles of Bon Odori have always spoken to me. All the circles of dancers, all of their arms even …
Obon season is a time when communities gather together to celebrate life and death through food and dance. Like the beat of the taiko drum, …
Gwen Muranaka’s weekly cartoon “Noodles” appears in The Japan Times, and occasionally in The Rafu Shimpo. The cartoons feature a Japanese American woman and her dog, presenting …
My youngest daughter and I are holding a brush together, because she wants me to help her write the symbol for “ko.” Next to our …
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