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Oshogatsu (New Year’s) was when our family learned the most about Japanese culture. The week before New Year’s Day, we often helped make mochi at …
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Nima-kai Traditions: Oshogatsu Foods 2022 After another long, trying year, Nikkei around the world celebrated Oshōgatsu 2022 with just as much joy as ever. They …
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If Japanese Americans have a Norman Rockwell holiday, oshogatsu is it. Instead of someone serving turkey to a long table of guests, the Nikkei version …
In Japan, I grew up in a so-called “nuclear family”—a family that consisted of a father and a mother and me, their only child. Both …
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Besides Groundhog Day, my favorite holiday is New Years. I look forward to it every year. I always forget though that most people (in America) …
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Japanese Americans welcome the New Year with a special feast that can take weeks to prepare.In the waning days of December in the small, hot …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal makes his "anti-resolutions" for the new year. Check back …
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