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"Transpacific Borderlands" Artist Profiles
Sept. 19, 2017
JANM
Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo examines the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin America…
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End of Year Luncheon
Dec. 11, 2014
myvisittomanzanar
California Agricultural Trainee (カリフォルニア農業研修生)
(Supplemental Japanese Agricultural Workers Program, 1956-1965)
End of Year Luncheon
@ Shin-Yokohama Prince Hotel
December 11, 2014 (11AM to 2PM)
(https://www.facebook.com/jalivinglegacy)…
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Nikkei Names: Writing Workshop in Gardena
Nov. 5, 2014
editor
Discover Nikkei presented a free writing workshop on August 23 at the Gardena Valley JCI in conjunction with annual writing series called Nikkei Chronicles #3: Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João? to explore what your name says about you …
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Nikkei Names: Writing Workshop in San Jose
Nov. 5, 2014
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Discover Nikkei presented a free writing workshop on September 21 at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose in conjunction with annual writing series called Nikkei Chronicles #3: Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João? to explore what your…
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Nikkei Names: Writing Workshop in Seattle
Oct. 1, 2014
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Discover Nikkei presented a free writing workshop on September 20 at the Wing Luke Museum in conjunction with annual writing series called Nikkei Chronicles #3: Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João? to explore what your name says about you…
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Tule Lake Relocation Center and the Tule Lake “Segregation Center: From the Perspective of the WRA Photos
Aug. 21, 2014
RoyKakuda
The Tule Lake Relocation Center was one of the ten American concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II. The center was located in northern California 35 miles south east of Klamath Falls, OR. It was opened in May 27, …
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Nikkei Names: Writing Workshop in Los Angeles
July 30, 2014
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Discover Nikkei presented a free writing workshop on June 28 at the Japanese American National Museum in conjunction with annual writing series called Nikkei Chronicles #3: Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João? to explore what your name sa…
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Manzanar Relocation Center: From the Perspective of the WRA Photos
June 26, 2014
RoyKakuda
The Manzanar Relocation Center was one of the ten American concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II. The center was located in the Owens Valley 220 miles north of Los Angeles, California. It was opened in June 1, 194…
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Tell Us About Your Name!
June 11, 2014
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Discover Nikkei presented a photo activity at the Japanese American National Museum’s Target Free Family Saturdays: Imagination Storytime event on June 14, 2014. Visitors had their photos taken and were asked to share a story about their n…
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Sumo Tournament July 1942, Merced Assembly Center
April 16, 2014
Ahonda
My Dad didn't lie to me about being a Sumotori. He's the short one on the very right, Don Honda. Picture taken July 1942.
These photo's were handed to me at a Judo tournament I was coaching on 4/13/2014
Like most Nisei dad's they d…
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Stockton Japantown - San Joaquin Japanese Entrepreneurs circa 1915
Feb. 17, 2014
stocktonhiro
The peak of Stockton's Japantown was the 1930s when it occupied several square blocks alongside of Manilatown and Chinatown. After the war, Stockton's Japantown was reduced to a shell with a few business barely holding on in the old downt…
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Interview: Mike Shinoda
March 12, 2013
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Michael Kenji Shinoda, a member of Linkin Park, was born and raised in Agoura Hills, a suburb north of Los Angeles, to a Japanese American father and Caucasian mother.
This album introduces the following 8 clips from his interview on…
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Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles
Nov. 11, 2011
JANM
The exhibition, Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles, is on view at the Japanese American National Museum from October 15, 2011 through February 19, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. Drawing the Line ex…
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Frying Fish: Little Tokyo Los Angeles
March 24, 2010
minguez
The Frying Fish, America's first kaiten-sushi restaurant, is also one of the first businesses established in the Little Tokyo shopping mall complex. It's owners, the Akimotos, have a long history with the neighborhood. Mr. Akimoto opened t…
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Camp Tanoshii 2009
Aug. 5, 2009
kacieyoshida
Camp Tanoshii is a week-long summer day camp created for elementary school students between the ages of six and nine. It is located at the Japanese Cultural Institute in Gardena, California. The camp is designed to teach campers about the …
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Aihara & Associates Insurance Services: Two Generations of Business in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo Community
March 27, 2009
brittanddeb
In September of 2005, Aihara & Associates Insurance Services returned to its original home in Little Tokyo after a five year hiatus in Pasadena, California. The business, which was established in 1948 by Nisei World War II veteran Luis K. …
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