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Many people in Brazil tend to assume that Nikkei are interested exclusively in Japanese culture. If a Nikkei is keen on sports, the sport must …
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“I want Caucasians to eat it.” Chinchikurin—Hiroshima okonomiyaki restaurant on Sawtelle Boulevard Finding a parking spot on a street in Sawtelle on a Friday night …
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And here is an extraordinary document from an exceptionally rare source. This hand drawn map produced by Kazuo Ito shows the extent of Tacoma’s Nihonmachi or Japantown about …
“I guess we are throwaway girls,” Risa says, helping me to unpack one of my boxes. I do not know why it is taking her …
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The Sawtelle district is located in West Los Angeles. In 2015, it was officially named “Sawtelle Japantown” by the Los Angeles City Council, and a …
Tomoye “Tami” Takahashi, co-founder and owner of the Takahashi Trading Company, passed away peacefully on June 4, just short of turning 101 years old. Tomoye …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Japanese Ingenuity At Work!” Check back every weekend for subsequent …
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Sansei Nakashima Brothers Are Leading Their Family Store Into Its Sixth Decade of Business Rice—and lots of gambare (persevere) spirit—are just two of the many …
Man working in yard,No woman watching nearby;Is the man still wrong? Following the theme of the haiku, today we visit a specialty gardening store in …
You’d think after a lifetime of growing and harvesting peaches, you’d get sick of eating them. But the Masumoto family still loves peaches and serves …
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