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Part 54 (2) The History of a Japanese Family in Florida

Read Part 54 (1) From "The Story of Ichiro Omaye" Last time , we introduced the history of the …

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 22, 2024

family histories Florida genealogy Jacksonville (Florida) Story of Ichiro Omaye (book) United States

On Nikkei

No. 38 The Florida Emigrants made into a TV movie

Kotaro Sudo in Miami Beach Writing a non-fiction book and receiving letters from readers with their…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 27, 2023

Florida immigrants immigration Kotaro Sudo Miami Beach migration United States Yamato Colony (Florida)

Of Inomatas and Kingis: The Story of a Remarkable Family

If ever there was an award offered for the most remarkable Japanese American family saga, one for…

Greg Robinson • March 30, 2023

California citizenship Florida generations immigrants immigration intermarriage interracial marriages Issei janitors Japan Kinji Inomata Los Angeles marriages migration Pensacola racially mixed people United States U.S. Navy World War II

On Nikkei

Part 5: Searching for Roots - Florida and Hyogo

When I interview Japanese Americans, I always want to ask them questions like, "Do you know where y…

Ryusuke Kawai • April 8, 2022

families Florida Kim Kobayashi United States Yamato Colony (Florida)

On Nikkei

Part 1: Me and "Japanese"

What is Nikkei? I was born and raised in Kanagawa Prefecture, and when I think back, I first became…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 11, 2022

Florida Japanese Americans No-No Boy (book) United States

Kaku Sudo: The First Japanese-American Female Physician - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Visit to America Kaku Sudo, Hana Abe, and Dr. Kelsey set out for America from Yoko…

Toshihide Hirose • April 12, 2021

Aomori (city) Aomori Prefecture Christianity Christians Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kaku Sudo migration physicians United States women Yokohama Kyoritsu Women’s School

Kaku Sudo: The First Japanese-American Female Physician - Part 1

In October 2011, I received an email from Mr. Rysuke Kawai, who is a famous non-fiction writer and …

Toshihide Hirose • April 11, 2021

Aomori (city) Aomori Prefecture Christianity Christians Florida generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kaku Sudo migration physicians United States women Yokohama Kyoritsu Women’s School

A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida

Bonus: Toru Suwa, the photographer who photographed Morikami Sukeji — From garden work to international photojournalist — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Take time to get to know each other Suwa-san's impression of Suketsugu was that he w…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 30, 2020

Akira Suwa Florida journalism journalists photographers photography Sukeji Morikami United States

A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida

Bonus: Toru Suwa, the photographer who photographed Morikami Sukeji — From garden work to international photojournalist — Part 1

Suwa Akira, a photographer for the Palm Beach Post at the time, photographed the late Morikami Suke…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 23, 2020

Akira Suwa Florida journalism journalists photographers photography Sukeji Morikami United States

A lonely longing for home - From the letters of Morikami Suketsugu, a Japanese immigrant in Florida

Final Episode: Dreams, Solitude and Nostalgia - The Life of Morikami Sukeji

It is not widely known that at the beginning of the 20th century, there was a Japanese settlement p…

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 25, 2020

Florida Sukeji Morikami United States Yamato Colony (Florida)

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