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Mitch Homma

@mhomma
Nima of the month: February 2011

My name is Mitch Homma. I’m a sansei who grew up and still resides in Southern California. In addition to working as a software and aerospace engineer for a small Chantilly, Virginia based company, my interests include Japanese history and Christianity in Japan. In my spare time, I work on publishing some family items that I believe are important to history and hope it inspires other to do the same. I contribute to three different Discover Nikkei albums which are based on my family’s photo albums, documents, and stories. My current albums contain items from Amache and Heart Mountain Internment Camps as well as Gardena Valley Baptist Church, which 4 generations of family attended. The Amache and Heart Mountain albums are being updated as I come across related photos while still searching through hundreds of photos in boxes. I am also working on two other albums which may be published in the future. Both albums are based on recently uncovered photos and documents. One collection is based on Christianity in Japan (1890-1930) and the pre-WWII Southern California Japanese Christian Federation of churches. The second documents my 2008 trip back to Japan and Amache to see my family history first hand. This album includes pre-WWII and today’s photos of my family’s sites, Japan relatives, and finally my father and his sibling’s emotional closure when visiting Amache during JANM’s Enduring Communities Conference field trip.


Nikkei Interests

Amache Christian Church Amache concentration camp Christians communities families history Tohoku Region (Japan)



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Amache Stories and Memories
A collection of some of the 10,000 stories from the WW2 Japanese Internment Center known as Amache. Stay tuned for future articles and memories by Amacheans, their descendants and those helping to pr…

Nikkei Album
The Schmoe House, Houses for Hiroshima Project, Grand Opening Ceremony - Hiroshima, Japan
The Schmoe House, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. An exhibition facility affiliated with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. On 5 September 2012, Hiroshima City decided to turn Schmoe House, a branc…

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May 2011 Japan Tsunami Relief Mission trip & Follow up visit in Oct 2012
Theme from Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. May 4, 2011 Greetings in Christ, As the news reporte…

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Baptist Churches in Pre-WWII Imperial Japan
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…

Nikkei Album
Moneta / Gardena Valley Baptist Church (1930-1940)
Rev. Masahiko and Kuni Wada's family photo collection of their years at Moneta Baptist now Gardena Valley Baptist Church in Gardena, CA. Most of the photos are from around 1930 - 1940.  Addition…

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Heart Mountain Photos from Michihiko Wada
Mr. Michihiko "Mike" and Honey Wada's family album. Permission from cousins Kevin, Michi, and Gary Wada. After graduating high school in Hiroshima-ken, Japan, Michihiko Wada came to the US with his …

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