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Mensole! Okinawa in the USA

Feb. 17, 2008 - March 29, 2008

Keiko Fukuda's seventh installment of her series on the Okinawan community in America. Reprinted from US Frontline , a free Japanese weekly magazine read by Japanese people in the United States.

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Part 1: The Uchinanchu who aimed for overseas: Arriving in Hawaii and the United States at the end of the 19th century

Feb. 17, 2008 • Keiko Fukuda

In recent years, Okinawa has become a booming destination in Japan. Yui Aragaki, Yu Yamada, Orange Range... Okinawa natives are also doing great things in the entertainment industry. Also, there is a steady stream of people moving from the mainland to Okinawa in search of the warm climate and natural environment. Here in America, communities of Uchinanchu (Okinawan people) have been formed in every state, having migrated from Okinawa either via Hawaii or directly. The descendants of Uchinanchu who came …

Japan Kyuzo Toyama Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu U.S. FrontLine (magazine)
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Keiko Fukuda @fukuda

After graduating from International Christian University, Keiko Fukuda worked at a publishing company for an information magazine in Tokyo and moved to the U.S. in 1992. She served as Editor-in-Chief of a Japanese information magazine in Los Angeles until 2003 and transitioned to freelance work that same year. She conducted interviews with various people and reported on topics such as education in the U.S. and Japanese food culture. In 2024, she relocated her base to her hometown of Oita and has continued her reporting and writing online. Website: https://angeleno.net　

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