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Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History—Part 2
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Sharing stories, photos, and gifts
Junichi-sama brought us to a room he’d speciall…
Shey Dimon • Dec. 20, 2023
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Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History—Part 1
*The below is an update of Shey's family history, which was written in 2021.
The email header rea…
Shey Dimon • Dec. 19, 2023
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From Vancouver's Powell St. to Toronto: Kay Mende’s Remarkable Life
Part 6: Reunions, Redress, & Retirement
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In the eighties and nineties, there were many reunions for the war years’ relocatio…
Katsuyo “Kay” Mende • Feb. 14, 2021
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Place / Location
This month, we feature just one writer and a beloved one to the Discover Nikkei space at that—Chica…
Erik Matsunaga +1 • Nov. 16, 2017
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Honoring the Last of the Heroes
It’s not often that one gets to shake hands with a Medal of Honor recipient, especially since there…
Sharon Yamato • Dec. 10, 2015
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My Japanese American Families
How well do you know your own family? Specifically, your extended family: uncles, aunts, cousins, s…
Chris Komai • March 3, 2015
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baseball
Boyle Heights
California
cemeteries
Chris Komai
Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
families
Japanese Americans
Japanese language newspapers
Japantowns
Komai family
Los Angeles
mochi
mochitsuki
newspapers
Nihonmachi
Qris Yamashita
Rafu Shimpo (newspaper)
reunions
Susumu Ito
traditions
United States
baseball
Boyle Heights
California
cemeteries
Chris Komai
Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
families
Japanese Americans
Japanese language newspapers
Japantowns
Komai family
Los Angeles
mochi
mochitsuki
newspapers
Nihonmachi
Qris Yamashita
Rafu Shimpo (newspaper)
reunions
Susumu Ito
traditions
United States
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Canadian Nikkei Series
Tak Matsuba’s Odyssey from Vancouver to Osaka - Part 2
Rear Part 1 >> Can you give me a rough chronology of your career path? I stayed briefly in Mio (ab…
Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 20, 2014
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Canadian Nikkei Series
Tak Matsuba’s Odyssey from Vancouver to Osaka - Part 1
“In the 1945-1946 school year, Miss Haruko Ito taught us grade 7, but she left us before the end …
Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 19, 2014
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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952)
British Columbia
Canada
concentration camps
education
generations
immigration
imprisonment
incarceration
Japan
Japanese Canadians
Lemon Creek
Mio
Nisei
Osaka
repatriation
reunions
Tak Matsuba
teachers
teaching
translators
U.S. Occupation Army
Vancouver (B.C.)
Wakayama (city)
Wakayama Prefecture
World War II camps
Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952)
British Columbia
Canada
concentration camps
education
generations
immigration
imprisonment
incarceration
Japan
Japanese Canadians
Lemon Creek
Mio
Nisei
Osaka
repatriation
reunions
Tak Matsuba
teachers
teaching
translators
U.S. Occupation Army
Vancouver (B.C.)
Wakayama (city)
Wakayama Prefecture
World War II camps
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