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@MichaelChing

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2024 last login 3 months ago
@esnewman

Esther Newman moved from Encinitas CA to Hawaii in 2016. After a career in marketing and media production for Ohio’s Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, she completed an M.A. in twentieth century American history, concentrating on Latin American Japanese during WWII. Her interests include topics affecting the Japanese Diaspora: internment, migration, assimilation and preserving cultural identity.

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2011 last login 1+ years ago
@RKPY

I am an American of Filipino and Japanese descent that's interested in Japanese-American culture.

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2021 last login 1+ years ago
@tori

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2017 last login 1+ years ago
@Awakumea

Yonsei

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2021 last login 1+ years ago
@darrenfujitani

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2021 last login 1+ years ago
@KondoIsami

Sansei Architect born and raised in Hawaii.

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2018 last login 1+ years ago
@kotonk

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2013 last login 1+ years ago
@holokai

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2008 last login 1+ years ago
@Wright

Daughter of Maj. William P. Wright, Executive Officer of 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd RCT from Camp Shelby to July 1945

Waipahu, Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2016 last login 1+ years ago
@jheit

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2016 last login 1+ years ago
@PapaTsushima

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2016 last login 1+ years ago
@Aifallas

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2016 last login 1+ years ago
@hikato

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2016 last login 1+ years ago
@jnagasawa

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2015 last login 1+ years ago
@StanleyYamada

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2009 last login 1+ years ago
@alenet

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2014 last login 1+ years ago
@KatyBoom

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2014 last login 1+ years ago
@colettemasu

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2013 last login 1+ years ago
@OkawariOnegai

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2012 last login 1+ years ago
@nikkeisansei

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2010 last login 1+ years ago
@lnovak

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2012 last login 1+ years ago
@wtakabayashi

Wayne Takabayashi is the Director of Operations for Spooky Kine Investigations, a paranormal research, investigation & consultation team which proudly serves Hawai'i's communities and its people.

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2011 last login 1+ years ago
@mootopia

Hajimemashte! I am living in Honolulu and pursuing a Masters in Social Work. I grew up in Berkeley, CA in the 1980s watching Garfield and Doraemon (from Nippon Video, of course). I'm nisei; my Mom left Japan after high school. Unfortunately my nihongo is not very jouzu. Zannen desu ne! But I am proud to say that I love natto, mentaiko, and ika shiokara... and just about every kind of washoku you can think of. Good thing you can find that stuff all over Honolulu!

Hawaii, United States of America Nima since 2010 last login 1+ years ago
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Chiana Fujiwara is a junior at University of California, Irvine, where she studies psychology. Born and raised in Southern California, she is a fifth-generation Japanese American and Mexican American, and a second-generation Chinese American. Chiana enjoys solo traveling, studying in cafes, and learning about history. She also translates ancient Chinese poetry, which you can read on her website. Chiana hopes to become a clinical psychologist.

Chiana has been a Discover Nikkei volunteer writer since fall 2022, where she writes about present-day Nikkei culture in the United States. Stay tuned for more of her insightful stories in the coming months!

What do you like most about Discover Nikkei?

Throughout my time with Discover Nikkei, I have been able to dip my toes into the wide breadth of knowledge and cultural understanding that comes with interviewing many incredible artists and their works and stories from the overseas Japanese community! It has been a great privilege to learn more about those with similar backgrounds and how they each choose to uniquely embrace their identities, as well as more about the local culture and history of Japanese Americans and other overseas Japanese. I grew up with my attention mainly turned to mainstream media, which was not usually Japanese, so being able to discover and share with others the talented individuals who make media catered to spreading Japanese American culture or just generally can be there to serve as role models in the Japanese American and Asian American community is a very lovely feeling!

How do you connect to your Nikkei identity?

Aside from connecting to my Nikkei identity through speaking with my family about their experiences being Japanese American, I also have recently begun to explore Japanese food a lot more! I personally believe that food is the key to culture, and it has been dozens of fun getting to try out Japanese places with friends and try a bunch of different foods I’ve never had before. I’ve also joined the Japanese Student Association at my school, so from there I’ve met some really wonderful people who are very much more well-versed in Japanese culture than I am and are willing to help me navigate that part of my identity (especially through food).

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