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Nippon América 日本アメリカ (CDMX)

April 18, 2022

nipponamerica

The Nippon América 日本アメリカ photo exhibition will open at Mexico's City Museo Nacional de las Culturas del Mundo on April 27, 2022.Nippon América 日本アメリカ takes a look at Japan through the eyes of three Latin American Nikkei photographers: the…

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Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami: Videos recorded by tsunami survivors

Jan. 30, 2013

Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai donated these videos to share through Discover Nikkei. These videos were recorded and edited by Tsunami survivors on March 11, 2011.

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Meguro Family in Chiapas, Mexico

Dec. 12, 2012

miguelmeguro

Before World War II, the stationery "La Paz" in Tapachula, Chiapas manufactured school notebooks that stated the interest for Mexico's progress in a printed ideology.

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Canadian "Ganbare Japan!" Kids for Kids quilt project.... Oct. 5th update

July 1, 2011

Masaji

This is a record of my personal involvement with the disaster relief effort for the victims of the disaster in Tohoku, Japan on March 11, 2011. I was a teacher there from 1995 to 2003 and still have a lot of friends and family in Sendai. I…

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Fortune Cookie Production at Benkyodo, San Francisco - ca 1914-1941 - WWII - 1946-1958

April 29, 2011

garyono

This Album contains illustrations, photographs and explaination of what I remember of Benkyodo's production of fortune cookies after WWII. This is a supplement to the two-part essay, "Japanese American Fortune Cookie," I wrote for the Dis…

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Baptist Churches in Pre-WWII Imperial Japan

Jan. 9, 2011

mhomma

This album highlights the Wada family Christian missionary work in Japan before 1930. The Wada family started and served at several churches in Northern Japan as well as the Tokyo and Hiroshima areas before the American Baptist Home Missi…

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American in a Foreign Motherland

Aug. 6, 2010

miam

This album documents my first meeting as an adult with my Japanese uncle, as well as our "pilgrimage" back to our family's furusato in Wakayama. Though my mother is Japanese, I was only able to go to Japan twice while growing up, so once I…

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The Little Tokyo Café

March 27, 2009

Jamal_Fahim

The Little Tokyo Café is a small, family run restaurant that is located on N. San Pedro St. Its owner, Mitsuko Minohara, is a second generation Japanese immigrant whose mother began the restaurant in the late 20’s. Mitsuko works alongside …

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Osaka Sister City Chicago Garden Festival

May 21, 2008

intrepidmouse

The 35th Annual People to People celebration in Chicago aimed at strengthening the ties between Chicago and its sister city, Osaka.

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LEAVING

March 1, 2008

Ricardo_Yamamoto

At the beginning of the 20th Century, many families from Japan arrived in Brazil with the dream of prosperity in a far away land. The pursue of these dreams gave birth to the largest Japanese and Nikkei community in the world. Later on, in…

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"It Beautifully Uses It" : Photos by Akira Boch

Dec. 18, 2007

akibo

A collection of photos I took while in Japan during the Summer of 2007.

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Wakatay Restaurant-Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine

Aug. 14, 2007

eishida

On Saturday, August 11, 2007, I went to Wakatay Restaurant-Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine with some co-workers. This restaurant prides itself in fusing foods and flavors to create a totally unique experience. The menu features traditional Peruvia…

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Japanese Japanese gardening

May 25, 2007

vkraus2

This is a collection of unprofessional digital photos taken by me with my $179.00 5 megapixel Nikon point-and-shoot digital camera that I bought at Best Buy 10 months ago. The camera now costs $149.00 or less at major retail stores - time …

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Japanophilia, Minstrelsy, and Commodity Culture

April 22, 2007

jessicasimes

Japanese consumer products in the United States are highly prized for their cultural value. These Japanophilic products can serve as an escape into the land of the foreign Japan, or as James Clifford states, the “forbidden area of the self…

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Star Wars as Japanophilia

April 18, 2007

jedijenni

Analysis and discussion of various images from Star Wars and how they relate to Japan and Japanophilia. All images in this album are owned by LucasFilm.