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Read Part 1 >> Sharing stories, photos, and gifts Junichi-sama brought us to a room he’d specially prepared for our meeting, with pictures of his …
*The below is an update of Shey's family history, which was written in 2021. The email header read, “I’ve found your family.” I think I …
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Growing up in the Central Valley of California, more specifically Fresno, my experience with the Nikkei community felt separate from the rest of my identity. …
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Read Part 5 >> In the eighties and nineties, there were many reunions for the war years’ relocation centres and pre-war Japanese School classes. At …
Read Part 1 >> In the 1950’s Tachi and May had their first daughter, Ruth Ann. Soon after, Hiro and Aiko had Linda, born in …
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This month, we feature just one writer and a beloved one to the Discover Nikkei space at that—Chicago native, Erik Matsunaga. Erik’s piece is a …
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Read Part 1 >> [To Fusae] Do you remember a conversation that your parents had with you over moving to the camps? They went with …
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Read Part 1 >> The establishment in 1947 of a Southern California NAU to oversee a basketball league was a very humble beginning. There were …
When I was five years old, our family lived in Los Angeles on 12th Avenue, near what was known as the Seinan district. Construction of …
If the Reverend Takie Okumura viewed the game of baseball as a vehicle for “Americanizing” Hawaii’s Japanese community, the founder of the Makiki Christian Church …
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