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Joe, the Japanese Puritan

Growing up, I heard countless times about the legendary Niijima Jo, a Japanese man who stowed away …

Ariel Okamoto • Nov. 24, 2024

Boston Christianity Discover Nikkei Doshisha University family histories genealogy identity immigration Japanese Americans Kyoto (city) Massachusetts missionaries names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) United States universities

The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part II—From Japan to Peru

Read Part 1 >> In June 1938, Urbain-Marie Cloutier/Yonekawa was sent to Peru. During his time i…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 3, 2024

Amazon River Region Brazil Calixte Gelinas Canada Catholicism clergy Japan Lima Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries Peru Quebec religion Religious leaders Seitado Kitada

The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part I—From Quebec to Japan

During the early years of the 20th century, Japanese immigrants to the West Coast of Canada, like t…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 2, 2024

Canada Catholicism citizenship Egypt Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries naturalization Quebec religion

Japanese in Chicago before the war

Chicago Women Missionaries and Japanese Women - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Hishikawa Yasu came to Chicago in 1886, guided by Presbyterian Sarah Cummings. Afte…

Takako Day • Feb. 14, 2023

Chicago Illinois Japan missionaries religion United States women

Japanese in Chicago before the war

Chicago Women Missionaries and Japanese Women - Part 1

As I continue to uncover the Japanese who came to Chicago before the war, what attracts me the mos…

Takako Day • Feb. 13, 2023

Chicago Illinois Japan missionaries religion United States women

Mitch Homma: Preserving and Sharing Family History

Mitch Homma, a 3rd generation Japanese American, grew up and still lives in Southern California. He…

Karen Kawaguchi • Aug. 9, 2022

Amache Alliance (organization) Amache concentration camp American Baptist Churches USA Baptists buildings California churches Colorado concentration camps family histories Gardena Gardena Valley Baptist Church genealogy Japan migration missionaries Mitch Homma religion Southern California United States World War II World War II camps

Japanese Christians in Chicago

Katsuji Kato: from Spiritual Savior to Medical Professional - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Katsuji Kato as a missionary for Japanese students The Student Volunteer Movement …

Takako Day • Feb. 27, 2022

Japanese Young Men’s Christian Institute Katsuji Kato missionaries

Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Hisa Nagano and Natsu Sakaki In June 1886, Mary Clement Leavitt, the first represe…

Takako Day • Dec. 7, 2018

Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women

Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 1

According to The Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago “has been and remains a world-class religious cen…

Takako Day • Dec. 6, 2018

Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women

Nisei: When The Nisei-nts Go Marching In ...

When the saints go marching in, oh when the saints go marching in…. oh when the Nisei-nts go marchi…

Chuck Tasaka • May 26, 2017

British Columbia Canada Catholicism Christianity Goro Kaburagi Greenwood (B.C.) missionaries Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) religion Sacred Heart Church schools Steveston streets Vancouver (B.C.) Victoria (B.C.)

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