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Part 52 (3) Connecting Japan and the World through English Rakugo - Following Kanariya Eiraku at the St. Louis Japan Festival

Read Part 2 Rakugo in English - Rakumei-ya Eiraku is spreading English Rakugo to the Japanese comm…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 11, 2024

Ainu arts English entertainment humor Japan Japanese Americans Kanariya Eiraku performing arts rakugo Sakhalin storytelling

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Part 52 (2) Connecting Japan and the World through English Rakugo - Following Kamariya Eiraku at the St. Louis Japan Festival

Read Part 1 Rakugo in English - Kanariya Eiraku is spreading English Rakugo to the Japanese commun…

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 27, 2024

English entertainment festivals humor Japan Kanariya Eiraku Missouri rakugo St. Louis storytelling United States

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No. 52 (part 1) Connecting Japan and the World through English Rakugo - Following Kanariya Eiraku at the St. Louis Japan Festival

Rakugo, or rakugo storytelling in English, is loved by people from all over the world. Rakugo is …

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 13, 2024

English entertainment festivals humor Japan Missouri rakugo St. Louis storytelling United States

In the Beginning There Was Cold Tofu

I am lucky enough to know two talented, bright, and big-hearted women—Denice Kumagai and Marilyn …

Sharon Yamato • April 17, 2024

1980s 1990s Cold Tofu (book) Cold Tofu (organization) comedy entertainment Marilyn Tokuda performances stand-up comedy

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #First Coined in '56: "We Need Asimov's 3 Laws..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 8, 2023

artificial intelligence cartoonists cartoons ChatGPT computer programs computers entertainment humor movies robotics robots

Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 2 (Part 3): Japanese Acrobats and Entertainers in Chicago—Growing Up as Acrobats to Be An American

Japanese Acrobats in 1904. (Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound…

Takako Day • Oct. 9, 2022

Chicago children entertainment Illinois Japanese United States

Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 2 (Part 2): Japanese Acrobats and Entertainers in Chicago—As Residents of Chicago

Read Chapter 2 (Part 1) >> One of the new breed of Japanese entertainers who came to stay was Fuku…

Takako Day • Oct. 2, 2022

acrobats Chicago entertainment Illinois Japanese residents United States

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #$50, Hardcover: "Amuse Me..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 8, 2021

cartoonists cartoons COVID-19 entertainment humor

Miyuki Sohara, a film director, producer, actress, and freelance announcer who moved to the United States in 1999

Bringing our hometown Miyazaki beef to the world Miyuki Sohara, a Los Angeles resident, is the dire…

Keiko Fukuda • April 6, 2020

dolls entertainment figurines film directors food generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration postwar Shin-Issei toys United States World War II

Kimiaki Sato, owner of the Hawaiian restaurant Bob's, who came to the United States in 1974

Inside the base is the America I long for Even though I've only been to Hawaii a few times as a tou…

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 5, 2018

Bobs Hawaiian Style Restaurant business California economics entertainment Gardena generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kimiaki Sato Los Angeles management migration postwar restaurants Shin-Issei United States World War II

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