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Totally Pawsome: Aiko Wan’s Dresses Showcase Her Passion for Dogs, Art, and MATH?!!

As one child Aiko Wan, 39, loved math. She remembahs in six grade she won one district math competi…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Oct. 1, 2024

artists design dogs fashion Hawai'i pets Pidgin United States

The Aftertaste of Taisho Democracy in Brazil: The Stories of Three Japanese-Brazilian Women Artists - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Creating works that reflect the Brazilian soil When Akiko landed at the port of Sa…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 20, 2023

artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers

The Aftertaste of Taisho Democracy Remains in Brazil: The Stories of Three Japanese-Brazilian Women Artists - Part 1

Alianza, where 1,000 Japanese families flocked during the Taisho Democracy period "When my father …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 19, 2023

artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers

Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Maia Harima – Distinctive Fashion Designer

Maia Harima is third-generation (Sansei), with family origins in Akita, Ibaraki, and Shiga prefec…

Ricardo G. Hokama • Feb. 28, 2023

Argentina Buenos Aires fashion generations Japan La Plata Sansei The Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad The Nikkei Scholarship The Nippon Foundation

Akashi-Kama: Inspired by Japanese-Americans. Created for Everyone.

The clothing world is full of western brands making Japanese-inspired clothes and Japanese brands m…

James Smith • June 16, 2022

Alec Nakashima fashion identity Japanese Americans

Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clothing for All Generations

As small businesses across the U.S. struggle to stay afloat in the midst of the current pandemic an…

Allison Haramoto • Feb. 9, 2021

Alec Nakashima clothing communities Discover Nikkei fashion Kizuna 2020 (series)

Akashi-Kama

Kakehashi Project alum Alec Nakashima designs his new sustainable clothing collection with direct i…

Allison Haramoto • Sept. 18, 2019

clothing fashion Kakehashi Project sustainability

Kawaii Ambassador of Brazil

Akemi Matsuda, second-generation Nikkei, had lived in Japan from 3 to 19 years old. There, she co…

Henrique Minatogawa • July 23, 2015

ballet Brazil clothing culture fashion holidays Kawaii Ambassadors lifestyles Lolita (fashion) popular culture

Canadian Nikkei Series

Hamilton Fashion Designer HITOKOO - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can you describe your work as a designer? Are there particular aspects of your des…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 28, 2015

artists arts Canada design fashion generations Hitoko Okada identity immigration Japanese Canadians Nikkei postwar racism Shin-Nisei United States World War II Yumi Eto

Canadian Nikkei Series

Hamilton Fashion Designer HITOKOO - Part 1

“My craft practise connects me through lineage, to my ancestors. As I make, I think about how my …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 27, 2015

artists Canada design fashion generations Hamilton (Ontario) HITOKOO (firm) Hitoko Okada identity immigration Japanese Canadians Nikkei Ontario postwar Shin-Nisei United States World War II

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