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rattling rice cookergohan steamingissei ghost escapespirits risejust in timeto wash up for dinner come and join me, old-timerthere’s boiled squid—shoyu satoand aunty’s takuanand if you …
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A century ago, the New Year in 1914 brought both promise and uncertainty for Japanese pioneers in California. It was a time of global social …
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Prior to the 1950s, most Japanese entered Bolivia as common laborers through Peru. In 1899, the Mapiri River region in La Paz witnessed the first …
I remember walking through my Grandma Kuida’s garden as a child. She had ten or twelve rows of different vegetables growing, and lots of old …
Argentine Nikkei history began in 1908-09 with the arrival of immigrants from Okinawa and Kagoshima—the major prefectural origins of Argentine Nikkei. The first Japanese entered …
Background of Japanese Overseas Migration The overseas migration of Japanese started with the opening of the island nation to the rest of the world and its …
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A distinct pattern of Japanese migration to Australia emerged after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, when Imperial rule was reinstated and Japan’s ports were opened …
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As a “baby boomer” raised by Issei parents on a farm in San Jose, CA after the war, I’ve often thought about how different it …
Read part 1 >> Few people realize it, but the city of Vancouver began in Japantown, not Gastown. The Hastings Mill was located on the waterfront at …
U. Morimoto & Co. dry goods rented a storefront at 328 Powell St. for only two years, in 1920 and 1921. But nine decades later, …
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