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Part 54 (1) The History of a Japanese Family in Florida

A story of three generations of the Omaye family A few years ago, Mr. Kosei Omaye, who lives in …

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 8, 2024

family histories farmers genealogy generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration pioneers prewar Story of Ichiro Omaye (book)

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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

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No. 24 Japanese Canadian Pioneers - From "The Story of Manzo in Canada"

The life of Nagano Manzo, the first Japanese immigrant to Canada, who was introduced in the previou…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 24, 2023

aquatic sports Arichika Ikeda British Columbia Canada fishing Ikeda Bay immigrants immigration Jinzaburo Oikawa Junichi Sunohara Kanada Manzo Monogatari: The First Immigrant to Canada (book) Masajiro Miyazaki Mexico migration pioneers Queen Charlotte Islands salmon fishing Shiga Aikawa Steveston Tomekichi Homma Vancouver (B.C.)

Invisible Vision: Roy Wesley’s Reflections on His Book, His Father, and Family History

In today’s world, it might seem that the study of history, like understanding or listening to our f…

Taylor Wilson • Sept. 16, 2022

biographies contact lenses families fathers Newton K. Wesley Oregon pioneers Roy Wesley science United States

Memories of my grandfather Kenichi Fujishiro

My grandfather Kenichi Fujishiro, a Japanese who arrived in Cuba more than a hundred years ago and…

Lidia Antonia Sánchez Fujishiro • June 1, 2020

Chiba Prefecture confectioneries Cuba families immigrants immigration Japan Kenichi Fujishiro migration pioneers Santiago (Cuba)

Nikkei Chronicles #8—Nikkei Heroes: Trailblazers, Role Models, and Inspirations

My Roots—The Legacy of Matsugoro Ohto

In the spring of 1869, a group of Aizu warriors migrated to California after their defeat during …

Naori Shiraishi • Oct. 18, 2019

American River Conservancy (organization) California carpenters Discover Nikkei engineers families heroes Matsugoro Ohto migration Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Heroes (series) pioneers United States Wakamatsu Colony wine

120 years of Japanese immigration to Peru: memories against oblivion

On April 3, 1959, the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of Japanese immigrants to …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Feb. 6, 2019

Ichitaro Morimoto Japanese Peruvians migration Peru pioneers World War II

Kenichi Muray: The historian of the Japanese pioneers of Mexico

Kenichi Muray was one of the hundreds of thousands of poor emigrants who sought a better future in…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • July 24, 2018

generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kenichi Muray Mexico migration pioneers

Beyond Sakamoto Ryoma's argument for opening up the country - Mizuno Ryu, the father of Brazilian immigrants - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> From the Meiji Era Opening Up to Overseas Emigration As the years go by, the ugly gr…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Nov. 29, 2016

Brazil generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kochi Prefecture migration Paraná (Brazil) pioneers Ryoma Sakamoto Ryo Mizuno

Beyond Sakamoto Ryoma's argument for opening up the country - Mizuno Ryu, the father of Brazilian immigrants - Part 1

Mizuno Ryu (1859-1951, Kochi Prefecture) was the man who launched the first immigrant ship, the Ka…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Nov. 28, 2016

Brazil generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kochi Prefecture migration Paraná (Brazil) pioneers Ryo Mizuno

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