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3-11 Remembered: A School Principal’s Story—Part 2

Read Part 1 The Tsunami struck Arahama at 15:55, 69 Minutes after the Earthquake. What did you se…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 12, 2025

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan Honshu interviews Japan Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Tohoku Region (Japan)

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

3-11 Remembered: A School Principal’s Story—Part 1

Even 14 years after 3-11, there are surreal images from that disaster that I can’t forget—countless…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 11, 2025

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan Honshu interviews Japan Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Tohoku Region (Japan)

Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?

Discovering Myself in My Name

My parents named me James Noboru Okumura. My birth certificate from The Japanese Hospital of Los An…

James Okumura • Dec. 6, 2024

California Chinese characters Discover Nikkei Honshu identity Japan Japanese language kanji languages Mie Prefecture names nicknames Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) Southern California United States writing

Kazuhiro Kawasaki ~ Professor Emeritus at Evergreen State College — Part 1

It has been 60 years since he crossed the ocean at the age of 22 to become a painter. Once a young …

Keiko Miyako Schlegel • June 18, 2024

artists generations Honshu immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kazuhiro Kawasaki migration Miyagi Prefecture postwar Seattle Shin-Issei United States Washington World War II

The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part I—From Quebec to Japan

During the early years of the 20th century, Japanese immigrants to the West Coast of Canada, like t…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 2, 2024

Canada Catholicism citizenship Egypt Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries naturalization Quebec religion

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Part 35: American Village in Mihama, Wakayama - On the way to Japan's coastline ④

If you head towards the Kii Peninsula along the coastline from Ago Bay in Mie Prefecture, you will …

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 8, 2023

Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) aquatic sports British Columbia Canada Canada Museum fishing Gihei Kuno Honshu immigrants immigration Japan Mie Prefecture migration Mihama (Wakayama) Mio museums salmon fishing Steveston Wakayama Prefecture

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#34 Riki Ito, a female pioneer of America-mura: On a journey along the Japanese coastline③

Bring on the immigration fever In the previous article (No. 32) , "From Americamura in Shima City, …

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 11, 2023

Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) California generations Honshu immigrants immigration Issei Japan Mie Prefecture migration pioneers prewar Riki Ito Santa Maria United States women

A Journey of Self-Discovery: My “Japaneseness” — Part 1

A “journey” can be described as a path or road one takes to reach a destination. Like a journey, …

Vince Takemi Ebata • July 30, 2023

emigrations generations Honshu identity Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Nikkei Nikkei in Japan retirement Sansei United States

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No. 33 Pearl oysters in Australia - A journey along the Japanese coastline ②

I knew that there had been Japanese people going to Australia to collect white pearl oysters (commo…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 28, 2023

Australia Honshu Japan Mie Prefecture pearl diving Thursday Island

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Episode 32: "The Development of San Pedro Brotherhood" - On the way to the coastline of Japan ①

From Americamura in Shima City, Mie Prefecture Since the year before last, I have been traveling by…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 14, 2023

Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) California Honshu Japan jazz Mie Prefecture music Okinawan Prefecture San Pedro Swing (restaurant) Terminal Island Tokushima (city) Tokushima Prefecture United States

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