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Miki Hayakawa: A Life and Legacy of Art and Resilience — Part 1

The life and art of Miki Hayakawa (1899-1953) were shaped by her immigrant experience, cultural c…

Masako Hashigami Shinn • Nov. 20, 2024

Alameda artists California generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Miki Hayakawa painters Pictures of Belonging (exhibition) San Francisco United States

Postwar Japanese Emigration to the Dominican Republic — Part 2: The Japanese American Response

Read Part 1 >> As mentioned, the Japanese government’s postwar project to resettle Japanese citi…

Greg Robinson • March 13, 2023

1960s California Caribbean Dominican Republic Japan Japanese Americans Los Angeles San Francisco United States

Fresno Stories

Dr. T.T. Yatabe, the American Loyalty League, and the Birth of the JACL

Today, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is the largest Japanese American community orga…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 9, 2023

American Loyalty League (organization) California San Francisco Thomas Tamotsu Yatabe United States

Poetry - Cow 1 Is Not Cow 2

Cow 1 is not Cow 2* Under the rising sun The enemy came Wearing my f…

Frances H. Kakugawa • Dec. 25, 2022

California Hawai'i Honolulu languages Oahu San Francisco San Francisco State University semantics United States universities University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community

Leonardo Oyakawa: cooking his way

When he lived in Lima, no arrow or sign indicated to him that the path to his professional future w…

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 13, 2022

California Kusakabe (restaurant) Leonardo Oyakawa Peru restaurants San Francisco sushi chefs United States

Japanese media in the United States

No. 4: Weekly Bayspo, first published in 1999 — A beloved weekly newspaper in the Bay Area

A pioneer of free SF media Recently, I often check out the Facebook community "Japanese in America…

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 27, 2021

California communities Japanese language magazines magazines San Francisco United States

The First Japanese American Battery Included a Future Hollywood Actor and a Philanthropist

Bigotry towards Japanese immigrants in San Francisco climaxed on October 11, 1906 when the city’s B…

Robert K. Fitts • April 23, 2021

baseball California high schools Japanese Americans newspapers San Francisco schools sports United States

San Francisco J-Town’s redevelopment-era transformation

My first visit to San Francisco’s Japantown occurred in May 1974. It came about when I, along wit…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Feb. 8, 2021

California Meredith Oda San Francisco The Gateway to The Pacific (book) United States

Power Failure: The Journey of a Utility Bill to Fort Missoula

When a collections representative for Pacific Gas and Electric sent out a regular utility bill to M…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 9, 2020

California Department of Justice camps forced removal Fort Missoula internment camp generations immigrants immigration imprisonment incarceration Issei Japan migration Montana Pacific Gas & Electric Company San Francisco United States war World War II camps

Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

From the Bleachers

When I was little, I heard a quote said by American professional baseball player, Babe Ruth: “Never…

Mika Akemi Chan • Aug. 2, 2020

baseball Buddhism Buddhist Church of San Francisco California Discover Nikkei Falcons (baseball team) Nikkei Chronicles (series) religions San Francisco sports United States

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