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From Wakayama to California and Back Again: Exploring Transpacific Connections through Art and Education

Nikkei history is not well-known in Japan today, says Kanae Aoki, curator of the Museum of Modern A…

Marjorie Hunt • April 16, 2025

archives artists arts generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum (organization) Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) libraries migration museums painters research Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture

Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Sharing stories, photos, and gifts Junichi-sama brought us to a room he’d speciall…

Shey Dimon • Dec. 20, 2023

Australia family histories genealogy Japan migration reunions Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture

Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History—Part 1

*The below is an update of Shey's family history, which was written in 2021. The email header rea…

Shey Dimon • Dec. 19, 2023

Australia family histories genealogy Japan migration reunions Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture

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Vol. 36: Visiting the Immigration Museum in Wakayama City - On the way to Japan's coastline ⑤

Wakayama Prefecture is an "immigration prefecture" that has produced many immigrants, as seen in th…

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 22, 2023

Japan migration public libraries Wakayama (city) Wakayama Civic Library Wakayama Prefecture

Koyama of Silva Bay, Gabriola Island, B.C. Canada - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Forced Exile to Japan Kanshiro Koyama was relieved. Now what is ahead for him? Wou…

Daniel “Yosh” Koyama +2 • Feb. 11, 2022

aquatic sports British Columbia Canada fishing Gabriola Island Japan Kanshiro Koyama Silva Bay Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture

Koyama of Silva Bay, Gabriola Island, B.C. Canada - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Meanwhile in Japan When war came, the first thing the Japanese government did wa…

Daniel “Yosh” Koyama +2 • Feb. 4, 2022

aquatic sports British Columbia Canada fishing Gabriola Island Japan Kanshiro Koyama Silva Bay Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture

Koyama of Silva Bay, Gabriola Island, B.C. Canada - Part 1

Foreword by Phyllis Parham Reeve We came to Page’s Resort & Marina on Silva Bay, Gabriola Islan…

Daniel “Yosh” Koyama +2 • Jan. 28, 2022

aquatic sports British Columbia Canada fishing Gabriola Island Japan Kanshiro Koyama Silva Bay Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture

The Wakayama Canada-Japan Friendship Totem Pole Project

Factoring in Japan with Canada has always been a juggling act. For generations it has been a “S/he …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 30, 2021

arts Canada Japan Mio sculptures sister cities totem poles Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture

A Japanese Canadian Teenage Exile: The Life History of Takeshi (Tak) Matsuba

Part 3: Exile of the Matsuba Family to Japan

Tak was 19 when his family was exiled from Canada to Japan. There were various reasons why his pare…

Stan Kirk • March 23, 2020

Japan Mio Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture

Journey Sparked By A Photograph

TORONTO — Stéphane Hamade, a fifth generation Japanese Canadian, spent seven days in the village of…

Kelly Fleck • Jan. 22, 2019

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