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A Seven-Year Dream Realized: The Remembrance Gallery at the Washington State Fairgrounds
Nestled underneath the grandstands at the Washington State Fairgrounds, across from the regionally …

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 3, 2024

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concentration camps Japanese American Citizens League monuments Puyallup temporary detention center temporary detention centers United States Washington Washington, D.C. World War II camps
concentration camps Japanese American Citizens League monuments Puyallup temporary detention center temporary detention centers United States Washington Washington, D.C. World War II camps
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Politics, Taiko, and Nikkei Activism with Kota Mizutani
Introduction Kota Mizutani grew up in rural Sonoma County, California, where he gradually became…

Kimiko Medlock • Sept. 30, 2022

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California drum generations governments immigration Japanese Americans Mark H Rooney Taiko politics postwar Shin-Nisei Sonoma County taiko United States Washington, D.C. World War II
California drum generations governments immigration Japanese Americans Mark H Rooney Taiko politics postwar Shin-Nisei Sonoma County taiko United States Washington, D.C. World War II
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Quiet Warriors
George Koshi
“I forgot Japanese,” George Koshi, a 92-year-old MIS veteran, modestly said in Japanese with a perf…

Mikiko Amagai • Oct. 6, 2021

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armed forces Colorado generations Nisei retired military personnel United States veterans Washington, D.C. World War II
armed forces Colorado generations Nisei retired military personnel United States veterans Washington, D.C. World War II
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Sakura: How Cherry Blossom Festivals took root in America
It took two attempts to bring the first gift of cherry trees to the United States from Japan. The…

Mary Adams Urashima • April 14, 2016

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cherry blossom festivals cherry blossoms Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore festivals Tidal Basin (Washington, D.C.) Washington, D.C.
cherry blossom festivals cherry blossoms Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore festivals Tidal Basin (Washington, D.C.) Washington, D.C.
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Rereading "The Centennial History of Japanese Americans in the United States" - Tracing the Records of the Pioneers
No. 28 Japanese Americans in the Mid-Atlantic States and Pennsylvania
In the 23rd chapter of "Centennial History," the book summarizes the Japanese communities in the "M…

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 11, 2015

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generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Mike Masaoka Pennsylvania Philadelphia resettlements United States Washington, D.C.
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A New Home For Japan’s Cherry Blossom Trees In Hawaii?
Japanese Botanist Sees Potential in the Islands I stare out at the cherry blossomsIn marvel an…

Gwen Battad Ishikawa • May 13, 2015

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cherry blossoms Hawai'i international relations literature Oahu poetry trees United States U.S.-Japan relations Wahiawa Waimea Washington, D.C.
cherry blossoms Hawai'i international relations literature Oahu poetry trees United States U.S.-Japan relations Wahiawa Waimea Washington, D.C.
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Hiroshi Kashiwagi Goes to Washington
For my father, Nisei playwright, poet, and actor Hiroshi Kashiwagi, the journey up the steps of the…

Soji Kashiwagi • June 19, 2011

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California concentration camps Hiroshi Kashiwagi literature no-no boys poetry poets Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington, D.C. World War II World War II camps
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PAUL HOWARD TAKEMOTO and ALICE TAKEMOTO: On Resettlement, Revisiting the Past, and Reconnection - Part 2 of 2
Read part 1 >>REVISITING THE PASTIt took a visit to a cemetery in his father’s hometown in Hawaii—w…

Sojin Kim • May 28, 2011

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Arkansas Baptists California communities conferences enemy aliens families family histories Garden Grove Baptist Church genealogy identity Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Maryland noncitizens persons Terminal Island United States Washington, D.C.
Arkansas Baptists California communities conferences enemy aliens families family histories Garden Grove Baptist Church genealogy identity Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Maryland noncitizens persons Terminal Island United States Washington, D.C.
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PAUL HOWARD TAKEMOTO and ALICE TAKEMOTO: On Resettlement, Revisiting the Past, and Reconnection - Part 1 of 2
Little Tokyo one of my favorite places feels like I’ve come home when my mom was young my grandfat…

Sojin Kim • May 22, 2011

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Arkansas communities enemy aliens families identity Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Maryland noncitizens persons United States Washington, D.C.
Arkansas communities enemy aliens families identity Japanese American Citizens League Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Maryland noncitizens persons United States Washington, D.C.
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A Yonsei’s Reflections...
on Where the Trees Take Me
I'm a city girl...actually, more of a suburbanite. I need certain comforts around me—clean toilets,…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • April 25, 2008

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California cherry blossoms food fruit hanami (flower viewing) James Irvine Japanese Garden Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Little Tokyo Los Angeles Masumoto Family Farm peaches peach farms United States Washington, D.C.
California cherry blossoms food fruit hanami (flower viewing) James Irvine Japanese Garden Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Little Tokyo Los Angeles Masumoto Family Farm peaches peach farms United States Washington, D.C.
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