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No.19 Setouchi Japanese Emigration Museum
The Seto Inland Sea is dotted with about 700 islands of various sizes, and Suo-Oshima (officially Y…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 9, 2022

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Choemon Fukumoto contract labor emigrations generations government contract immigrant labor Hawai'i immigrants immigration Issei Japan kanyaku imin migration Museum of Japanese Emigration to Hawaii (organization) museums Suo-Oshima United States Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Sansei Natsukashii
During World War II, my Nisei mother and her family were sent from Honolulu to a concentration camp…

Alden M. Hayashi • July 19, 2022

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families Iwakuni Japan Kintaikyo bridge mothers Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Geta, giri and going to Japan
My mother, Naomi Boese (née Taguchi), grew up in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan. Her mother was a hous…

Joanna Boese • Oct. 11, 2021

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culture Iwakuni Japan languages New Zealand traditions Yamaguchi Prefecture
culture Iwakuni Japan languages New Zealand traditions Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Final Part: Atae’s re-entry into the U.S. and the family’s life afterwards
In the previous part, I wrote about Aki’s challenge and her two daughters’ re-entry into the U.S. a…

Ikuo Shinmasu • May 27, 2020

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families generations Japan Nisei Seattle United States Washington Yamaguchi Prefecture Yoemon Shinmasu
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 10 – Unfortunate death and sorrowful return home
In Part 9, I wrote about the Japanese Association that provided support for Yoemon and the days lea…

Ikuo Shinmasu • March 25, 2020

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generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration prewar Seattle United States Washington Yamaguchi Prefecture
generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration prewar Seattle United States Washington Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 9 – The Japanese Association and Yoemon’s final days
In Part 8, I wrote about the immigrants from Yamaguchi Prefecture, the process of sending money bac…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Feb. 26, 2020

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business Chuzaburo Ito economics generations hotels immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Association (Mexicali, Baja California) management migration prewar Seattle United States Washington Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 8 – Sending money home and a new house
In Part 7, I wrote about Yoemon Shinmasu’s venture into the hotel business. This time, I will write…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Jan. 22, 2020

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business economics generations hotels immigrants immigration Issei Japan management migrant remittances migration prewar Seattle United States Washington Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 2 – Yoemon’s first job and life in Seattle
Part one introduced Yoemon’s hometown, Kamai, and how he sailed across the ocean via Hawaii, preten…

Ikuo Shinmasu • July 24, 2019

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barbering families generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kamai Kaminoseki migration Seattle United States Washington Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 1 – From Kamai to Seattle
Kamai Village in Yamaguchi Prefecture Kaminosekicho Kamai in Yamaguchi Prefecture is a village on …

Ikuo Shinmasu • June 26, 2019

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families generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kamai Kaminoseki migration Seattle United States Washington Yamaguchi Prefecture
families generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kamai Kaminoseki migration Seattle United States Washington Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Caesar Tsuneshige: Memories and legacies to last
“This is how an artist must feel,” says César Tsuneshige while being photographed. It is a new expe…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • March 6, 2019

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Callao families generations Japan La Punta Nisei Peru physicians veterinarians Yamaguchi Prefecture
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