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The 50th Anniversary of the ANC Choir

In the early 1970s, within the Nisei Callao Association (ANC), a group of members and supporters wo…

Ricardo Miyagui Maeda • March 13, 2025

Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Welfare Callao choirs (music) Japanese Peruvians La Punta music Peru singing

On Nikkei

Part 57 (2) Pursuing a world where cultures intersect

Read Part 57 (Part 1) Since her experience studying abroad in the United States in the 1970s, Away…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 28, 2025

arts culture identity Japanese music minorities multiculturalism music performing arts

Hibiki: We have an appointment with Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Peru

We are in Peru, we are a product of Japanese immigration, our country is the second with the most J…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Feb. 12, 2025

dance drum eisa (dance) folk dances Japanese Peruvians music Okinawa Peru Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko taiko

Mr. Jimmy Brings the House Down at Kobayashi Hall in Toronto

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) was proud to present a bold new chapter in its history…

Chris Hope • Feb. 11, 2025

Canada guitarists Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre music Ontario Toronto

Gus Hokama: “The Past in a Song”

From the windows of his house, Gus Hokama can see the city of Posadas. The capital of Misiones Prov…

Fernando Krapp • Jan. 29, 2025

Argentina Discover Nikkei Fest (event) Discover Nikkei programs (event) Gus Hokama interviews music musicians Okinawa Okinawans Paraguay singer-songwriters Uchinanchu

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #1 With a Bullet: "Chart Toppers..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 2, 2024

cartoonists cartoons comics humor music

Yu Ooka, a jazz guitarist and shamisen player who moved to the United States in 2004

"We have to go to the real thing." Jazz guitarist Yu Ooka performed at the pregame for the Dodge…

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 15, 2024

generations guitarists hip hop music immigrants immigration Issei Japan jazz migration music musical instruments musicians postwar shamisen Shin-Issei United States World War II

Much Mahalos

No Longer One Need for Speed: Sanshin Master Kenton Odo on mastering da moment

It’s kinda funny how growing up Kenton Odo always wanted for be da fastest. Like da fastest for r…

Lee A. Tonouchi • July 9, 2024

Hawai'i Japan Lee Tonouchi music musical instruments Okinawa Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Ryukyu Islands sanshin Uchinanchu United States uta-sanshin

Kimiko Fujita, a community leader who connects Japanese-Americans with the new Issei

"Maybe it's a good fit overseas." Kimiko Fujita has two faces. She is the business owner who has…

Keiko Fukuda • March 25, 2024

California Kimiko Fujita music Orange County Southern California The Orange County Japanese American Association United States Yamaha Corporation

Hawaii’s Uta-Sanshin Master Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata: An Incredible Story about Identity—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Up until Grant’s divorce and his son’s illness, for about 30 years, he remained una…

Jodie Chiemi Ching • March 22, 2024

adoptions Choichi Terukina Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata Hawai'i identity Japan music Okinawa Prefecture United States uta-sanshin

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