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Discovering My Missing History with Oshogatsu
I have never celebrated Oshogatsu. In spite of my strong connection to the Nikkei community in my c…
Hiro Ramos Nako • Jan. 1, 2025
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Oshōgatsu Japanese-Brazilian
You know the Oshōgatsu is coming when many people schedule the Bōnenkai, at least here in Brazil. T…
Meiry Mayumi Onohara • Jan. 1, 2024
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How Do Nikkei Living in Japan Spend Their New Year?
In Japan, there are old traditions that go back hundreds of years, such as hanami1 in the spring, u…
Mike Omoto • Jan. 1, 2023
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Oshōgatsu in the Pandemic…Again
Nima-kai Traditions: Oshogatsu Foods 2022
After another long, trying year, Nikkei around the world…
Kimiko Medlock • Feb. 3, 2022
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Tropical Oshougatsu
Another year is starting! Usually, it is time to reflect on how the year went, on everything we've …
Antonio Kotaro Hayata • Jan. 5, 2022
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Seeing New Years with New Eyes
If Japanese Americans have a Norman Rockwell holiday, oshogatsu is it.
Instead of someone serving …
Norio Umezu Hall • Jan. 1, 2022
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Zoom & Zoni: How the Nikkei Community Celebrated the New Year
To put it simply, Oshogatsu looked a little bit different this year.
Maybe our kitchens lacked the…
Kyra Karatsu • Jan. 29, 2021
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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Oshogatsu—Remembering Grandpa Sonny
When my Facebook friend suggested a submission for Discover Nikkei’s Oshogatsu photo activity, it s…
Jane Shohara Matsumoto • Jan. 15, 2021
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1946: New Year’s at the Crystal City Concentration Camp
The end of the war between Japan and the United States in August 1945 did not bring peace and freed…
Sergio Hernández Galindo • Jan. 3, 2020
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