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How Little Tokyo and Nisei Week Began
Our ancestors came from Japan, the land of the rising sun. By blood, we are Japanese, and our cultu…

Yukio Kawaratani • Oct. 5, 2024

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Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws California festivals Japanese Americans land tenure law Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Grand Parade (event) parades United States
Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws California festivals Japanese Americans land tenure law Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Grand Parade (event) parades United States
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David Yamahata: From Studying Dentistry to Being the First Japanese American Fire Captain
In the eyes of many Nisei parents, being “successful” in life meant their Sansei children had to …

Soji Kashiwagi • May 27, 2024

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California communities festivals fire fighters generations Japanese Americans Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Sansei United States
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Yo! This is Who I Am: Kevin Charles Keizuchi of The Shinsei Movement—Part 1
If information is power, then shouldn’t we all strive for all the people in our community to feel p…

Kevin Charles Keizuchi • April 24, 2024

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California communities families festivals Fumiko Christine Naito grandmothers grandparents identity Instagram Japanese Americans Kevin Charles Keizuchi Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) online social networks parents social networks United States
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Cruising Nisei
If you arrived after dark to the Nisei Week carnival back in the 1980s, you likely would have encou…

Oliver Wang • Aug. 17, 2021

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automobiles California festivals generations Japanese Americans Los Angeles motor vehicles Nisei Nisei Week cruise (event) Nisei Week (event) United States
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6th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Little Tokyo Story – Ben & Akiko
It’s been seven and a half years since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics’ huge success re…

Naoko Okada • May 31, 2019

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athletics California community centers festivals fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Japanese Americans Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Olympics sports Terasaki Budokan United States
athletics California community centers festivals fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Japanese Americans Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Olympics sports Terasaki Budokan United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
My Nikkei Tradition
Ever since I was six years old, my mom and dad always took my older sister and I to the Nisei Week …

Kate Iio • Sept. 13, 2018

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California communities Discover Nikkei festivals identity Japanese Americans Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Roots (series) Nisei Week (event) parades United States
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Life as a Student of Fujima Kansuma – a Personal Journey
At 100 years-old, Madame Fujima Kansuma, along with her daughter, Fujima Kansuzu, will choreograph …

June Aochi Berk • Aug. 3, 2018

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arts California dance festivals Fujima Kansuma Japan Japanese Americans Japanese dance kabuki Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) ondo dancing performing arts theater United States
arts California dance festivals Fujima Kansuma Japan Japanese Americans Japanese dance kabuki Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) ondo dancing performing arts theater United States
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Growing up in L.A.'s Little Tokyo in the 1950s
Growing up in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was a lot of fun. Japanese American and Mexican American …

Freddie Parra • Feb. 25, 2016

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1950s Azusa Street California children festivals friendship games interpersonal relations Japanese Americans Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mexican Americans Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Parade parades United States
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Artistry in Armor: An Interview with Darin S. Furukawa, Artist, Educator, and Samurai Arts Specialist
Darin S. Furukawa and Mike Yamasaki are co-curators Japanese American National Museum’s new exhibit…

Esther Newman • Aug. 14, 2015

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armor arts California culture exhibitions festivals Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans Jidai (exhibition) Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) swords traditions United States weapons
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2nd Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
All Along This Road
Kenji saw her, or at least, he thought he saw her shoes cross East Second Street. They were silver …

Don Fenton • Aug. 3, 2015

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Cafe Dulce (restaurant) California cosplay festivals fiction George Takei Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Japanese Americans Japanese Village Plaza Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Parade parades short stories Star Trek United States
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