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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

REPRESENT!: “Ikigai” – Yonsei Filmmaker Makes Directing Debut

In July, California State University Northridge senior Maren Elardo and her crew of fellow students…

Jackie Kojima • July 11, 2023

California California State University, Northridge dance generations hapa Ikigai (film) Japanese Americans Japanese dance Maren Elardo Nihon Buyo (Japanese classical dance) Northridge racially mixed people San Jose United States universities Yonsei

The Strange Case of James Edmiston and ... James Edmiston — Part 1

In recent years, I have done a good deal of research on James Edmiston. Through my reading, I dis…

Greg Robinson • Nov. 13, 2022

business California economics James Ewen Edmiston journalism journalists Ku Klux Klan management resettlements San Jose United States

Promised Land: A Family’s Story About Land Lost (But Saved) During Executive Order 9066 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Saved Land When the Yoshioka family left their farm in San Jose for Utah then Colo…

Kristen Nemoto Jay • March 16, 2022

Amache concentration camp California Colorado concentration camps Cortez farmers Hawai'i San Joaquin Valley San Jose Thomas Yoshioka United States World War II World War II camps

Promised Land: A Family’s Story About Land Lost (But Saved) During Executive Order 9066 - Part 1

On Feb. 19, 2022, Thomas Yoshioka will be 101 years young. There’s not much to his secret, he say…

Kristen Nemoto Jay • March 15, 2022

Amache concentration camp California Colorado concentration camps farmers Hawai'i San Jose Thomas Yoshioka United States World War II World War II camps

The Redress Origins of the Hidden Histories of San Jose Japantown: A Conversation with Susan Hayase and Tom Izu

Carp flags (koinobori) are floating in front of me, their mouths open. Tanzaku are fluttering in …

Tamiko Nimura • Aug. 20, 2021

California Japanese American Museum of San Jose (organization) Japantowns mobile apps Redress movement San Jose Susan Hayase Tom Izu United States

Tessaku

Yosh Uchida - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> So can you describe leaving for Arkansas? That’s where you did your basic training?…

Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 31, 2020

armed forces athletics California coaches judo languages martial arts Olympics retired military personnel San Jose sports United States veterans World War II

Tessaku

Yosh Uchida - Part 1

“I like to have my grandchildren know about it, where they’re from and what happened to their gra…

Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 30, 2020

armed forces athletics California coaches judo languages martial arts Olympics retired military personnel San Jose sports United States veterans World War II

Tessaku

Shin Mune — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Did your parents ever have any conversations with you or your siblings about what w…

Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 16, 2020

California concentration camps farmers San Jose Santa Barbara (Calif.) Shin Mune Tanforan temporary detention center temporary detention centers Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II camps

Internment of Japanese Americans on Angel Island during World War II

Father of Seven Taken from His Family

Hisajiro Inouye was born in Gotsu, Shimane, Japan, on January 8, 1897, to parents Kennosuke and Y…

Marissa Shoji • June 5, 2020

Arizona California concentration camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Hisajiro Inouye San Jose United States World War II camps

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