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Part 59 Getting to Know San Jose Japantown

A rare community that preserves Japanese traditions San Jose, California, is known as one of the…

Ryusuke Kawai • March 28, 2025

California communities culture exhibitions Japan Japanese American Museum of San Jose (organization) Japanese Overseas Migration Museum Japantowns Kanagawa Prefecture Kanto Region (Japan) museums San Jose traditions United States Yokohama

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#14 Walking around ethnic town Tsurumi

Okinawa and South America intersect Yokohama's Tsurumi Ward, home to a large community of Japanese …

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 26, 2022

Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Nikkei in Japan Tsurumi Ward (Yokohama) Yokohama

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No. 13 "Identity is a place to belong" - Michie Yasufuso, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of NPO ABC Japan

Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City: A city of multicultural coexistence Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, is the main …

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 12, 2022

ABC Japan (organization) Brazil Brazilians in Japan dekasegi foreign workers identity Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Michie Yasufuso multiculturalism Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Tsurumi Ward (Yokohama) Yokohama

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No. 7: Yokohama Overseas Migration Museum, Renewal

A clue to understanding immigration and Nikkei The JICA Yokohama Overseas Migration Museum, known a…

Ryusuke Kawai • May 13, 2022

exhibitions Japan Japanese Overseas Migration Museum Kanagawa Prefecture museums Yokohama

My school years at St. Joseph College and work at CIA

My move from the boonies of Shikoku to the Tokyo-Yokohama area took place in 1950 after I graduated…

Robert H. Kono • Sept. 19, 2021

generations Japan Japanese Americans Kanagawa Prefecture Kibei Nisei postwar Sansei Tokyo (metropolis) Tokyo Prefecture World War II Yokohama

A Japanese Canadian Child-Exile: The Life History of Basil Izumi

Part 7: Basil and the Holy Cross Anglican Church

Read Part 6 >> As noted previously, Basil’s parents had both been active members of the Holy Cross…

Stan Kirk • June 5, 2018

Anglicans buildings Canada churches dispersal dispossession forced removal Holy Cross Japanese Canadian Anglican Church Japan Japanese Canadians Kanagawa Prefecture postwar Protestants World War II World War II camps Yokosuka

A Japanese Canadian Child-Exile: The Life History of Basil Izumi

Part 6: Life in Canada

Read Part 5 >> Basil stayed with his grandmother and aunts in Vernon from 1949 till they moved to …

Stan Kirk • May 29, 2018

A Japanese Canadian Child-Exile: The Life History of Basil Izumi

Part 5: Exile to Japan and Return to Canada

Read Part 4 >> Exile to Japan Basil was nine years old when his family was exiled to Japan. He wa…

Stan Kirk • May 22, 2018

Michitaro Ongawa: The First Japanese American Chicagoan - Part 1

On July 8, 1867, the Chicago Tribune reported a love story between a Chicago girl and a Japanese ac…

Takako Day • Dec. 7, 2016

acrobats Chicago Christopher Carrothers dance generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Michitaro Ongawa migration missionaries performances Presbyterianism United States Yokohama Yoshiyasu Ogawa

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Real Ramen Is Finally Coming to Denver, and It’s About Time

I grew up in Japan when I was a kid, and have vivid memories of bowls of ramen and soba noodles s…

Gil Asakawa • Nov. 18, 2015

California Colorado Denver food Japan Japanese food Kanagawa Prefecture Kyoto (city) Little Tokyo Los Angeles noodles ramen San Francisco United States Yokohama

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