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A Grass Roots Effort: Saving a Cultural Icon in Rural Maui
The Hana Hongwanji Gakuen Temple (know as Hana Buddhist Temple) located on Maui in Hawai‘i is a cul…
Joe Brower • Dec. 27, 2018
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Visiting the Former Family Temple
I had not expected to ever touch the temple entrance gate from the 1939 photo of my great-grandfath…
Edna Horiuchi • Oct. 3, 2018
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Beyond the Panama Hotel: More Sites Related to Japanese American History in Washington State
In the Pacific Northwest, there are a couple of famous sites related to Japanese American history, …
Tamiko Nimura • April 11, 2018
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Japanese Section Beautification Project at Brawley Cemetery
Shake & Bake—that is how we characterize the Imperial Valley. The temperature was almost 110 degree…
Tim Asamen • March 12, 2015
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The Guardians
The temple stood at the edge of Little Tokyo, its delicate roof and garden just beyond the harsh sh…
Dmitri Ragano • Dec. 1, 2014
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Japanese Diaspora - Cambodia
The Japanese traders who were the first to visit Cambodia were concentrated in Japanese quarters ar…
Masako Fukawa +1 • Nov. 6, 2014
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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
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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture
The Aunties at Temple
I see in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald newspaper that novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka is reading at the Kino…
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang • Nov. 6, 2012
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