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From Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer to Ceramic Sculptor, Moji Ochayashiki - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> After serving as a volunteer in the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, he travel…

Masayuki Fukasawa • March 19, 2020

Akinori Nakatani artists Brazil ceramics Mogi das Cruzes São Paulo tea

From Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer to Ceramic Sculptor, Moji Ochayashiki - Part 1

After finishing the visit to the company, I casually looked at the used book section at the entran…

Masayuki Fukasawa • March 18, 2020

Akinori Nakatani artists Brazil ceramics Katakura Zaibatsu (organization) Mogi das Cruzes São Paulo tea

Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage

The Tea of Soul from Aizuwakamatsu Revived After 150 Years

History of Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm About 150 years ago in 1869, the first group of approximate…

Nao Magami • Sept. 7, 2018

California El Dorado County farms Fukushima Prefecture generations Gold Hill immigrants immigration Issei Jackrabbit Farm (Napa, Calif.) Japan migration napa cabbage Okei tea tea farms Tohoku United States Wakamatsu Colony

Black tea in Registro: the rescue of tradition

Registro, a city in the interior of São Paulo that plays an important role in the culture and histo…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Nov. 4, 2016

black tea Brazil Elizabeth Umeko Shimada Registro São Paulo tea

"I want to protect Registro black tea" = 88-year-old Ume Shimada steps up = New brand "Obaa-chan" launched = Striving to develop sales channels

Registro, São Paulo, once thrived as the "tea capital," but because the tea industry was dependent …

Asami Kojima • May 5, 2015

Brazil Registro São Paulo tea

Nikkei View

Rice and tea have been and always will be mainstays of Asian culture

I’m not much of a churchgoer, but I’ve attended and volunteered at events at both the Denver Buddhi…

Gil Asakawa • Nov. 26, 2012

Arvada buildings churches Colorado communities Denver identity Japanese American Citizens League religious architecture religious institutions rice Simpson Methodist Church tea temples traditions United States

Van Nuys Japanese Garden

It seemed like a step down. Back then, the Valley was a big oven with nothing in it, a great sea of…

Rio Imamura • April 19, 2012

agriculture California gardening gardens Japanese gardens Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Suiho-en tea United States

Japanese American National Museum Store Online

Generation Teas

In the Japanese American National Museum Store lives a five-generation family of teas, dressed in c…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • March 29, 2011

Chado Tea Room food Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) tea

MINGEI: Now and Then - Part 2

>> Read part 1As if the study of Yanagi’s life and theories hadn’t been sufficient, Tatsuo found a …

Edward Moreno • June 15, 2010

ceramics crafts folk art folk craft Japan kokeshi dolls mingei pottery tea

MINGEI: Now and Then - Part 1

Meet Tatsuo Tomeoka, whose website (http://mingei-wasabidou.com/), is most attractive for those int…

Edward Moreno • June 8, 2010

ceramics crafts folk art folk craft Japan kokeshi dolls Korea mingei pottery tea

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