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Eating Together Again for the Holidays

It’s been a long, sometimes lonely three years since COVID-19 arrived in the world and changed all …

Gil Asakawa • Jan. 3, 2023

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Ohitori-sama Osechi Table

From Delta to Omicron. The year 2021, too, passed by like a flash in the midst of the Covid-19 pand…

Yusuke Tanaka • Feb. 10, 2022

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Winter Holiday, Nikkei Way

When the Canadian government finally gave the Japanese Canadians the freedom to have equal rights a…

Chuck Tasaka • Jan. 5, 2016

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Longing for Japan on New Year’s

As the end of the year approaches, the East Asian quarter of São Paolo is lively. Signs in the shop…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Dec. 31, 2015

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The New Year’s Holidays Defined by Mother’s Homemade Osechi Dishes

In Japan, I grew up in a so-called “nuclear family”—a family that consisted of a father and a mothe…

Keiko Fukuda • Jan. 1, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Food for New Year

“I can do better than that with one hand tied behind my back,” my father complained, checking out t…

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey • July 3, 2012

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Top 5 Favorite Things About Japanese New Years

Besides Groundhog Day, my favorite holiday is New Years. I look forward to it every year. I always …

Koji Steven Sakai • Jan. 2, 2012

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Tradition: Osechi

Japanese Americans welcome the New Year with a special feast that can take weeks to prepare.In the …

Nancy Matsumoto • Dec. 27, 2011

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Nikkei View

Happy New Year, Japanese-style

Unlike other Asian cultures, the Japanese don’t celebrate Lunar New Year. Instead, they celebrate t…

Gil Asakawa • Jan. 1, 2011

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New Year's Lore

It was the middle of the night, literally; I was sound asleep recovering from the hassles of the Ne…

Edward Moreno • Dec. 31, 2010

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