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I was drafted into the U. S. Army in June 1945 from Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. After basic training in the muggy summer at Camp Wolters, …
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Kay Fukumoto of Maui Taiko is the embodiment of a treasured legacy that continues to resonate today, despite the ravages of a global pandemic and …
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History of Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm About 150 years ago in 1869, the first group of approximately 22 immigrants to the U.S. mainland arrived …
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ON THURSDAY NIGHT, Nov. 16, 2017, I had a date with my cousin, Diane, to see Kuniko Fukushima sing and play the piano at the Royal …
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Everyone knows about Machu Picchu. But what few people know, even in Peru’s Nikkei community, is that the Inca citadel and Japanese immigration to Peru …
Read Chapter Ten >> We’re in my LAPD pal’s black-and-white. Officer Doug Brenner makes me sit in the back seat—it’s protocol—like I’m a common criminal, and …
Read Part 1 >> GRANDDAUGHTER INSPIRED PROJECT Q: Why do you want to bring the letters back to Canada now? The first cloth letter was made on March …
I received a phone message from my Nisei Aunt Lorna in Barrie, ON: “Norman, I just saw a news report on CTV news about a group …
Read Part 2 >> THE NUMBER OF CLOTH LETTERS KEEP GROWING... In June 2011 Canadian Cloth Letters there were two large cloth letters (which were …
On a summer evening in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, the yelling and antics of 27-year-old Craig Ishii and 24-year-old Kristin Fukushima fill the courtyard of …
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