culture en

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #5 Laws: "Rules of the Road..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Precepts we should all remember” Check back every weekend for …

war en

The Ironies of the Japanese Canadian Internment History: Part 2—Discovering Japanese Canadian History

Read Part 1 >> For too long, I lacked understanding about Japanese Canadian history and why World War II internment had happened. Even when I …

media es

“Postales nikkei”: correspondencia generacional

Inició como una obra de teatro y luego se convirtió en un manifiesto intergeneracional a través del concurso “Cartas Nikkei del Bicentenario”, cuyo objetivo fue …

war en

The Ironies of the Japanese Canadian Internment History: Part 1—My Family’s Life in Greenwood

I was once so naive and ignorant about Japanese Canadian history. For many years, I neglected to dig deeper to learn about my personal family …

community en

10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Unlocking Memories

“What’s in this box, Bachan?” Emi asked, handing the box to her grandmother as she sat down next to her on the couch. “I’m not …

migration ja

Choices for Japanese People Living in America

41年前に駐在員として渡米後永住権取得・近く日本に永久帰国予定の宮田慎也さん

終の住処は日本 オンライン取材させていただいた画面の向こうの宮田慎也さんは満面の笑顔だった。聞けば、入国規制が解除された日本に、ロサンゼルスか…

food en

Uka Sake: Closing the Circle on a Trans-Pacific Rice-Growing Legacy

Rice farmer Ross Koda’s immigrant grandfather Keisaburo was larger-than-life, a pioneering rice farmer known throughout the California agricultural community in the early 1900s as “The …

war en

A Sansei Selective Service Story

In my 73rd year, I began to gather memories of 1973 and the moments leading up to that time. Fifty years have passed since the …

media ja

日本時間 ～日本語ラジオ放送史～ 《ロサンゼルス編》

第10回 尾座本導のサンデー毎日放送とラジオ小東京

1940年2月8日に加州毎日放送（第５回参照）での最終放送に臨んだ尾座本導は、番組降板とほぼ同時にガーデナ平原日本人会の幹事に就任した。しかし、ラジ…

community en

10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

The Last Days of The Dandy Lion

On the second floor above a rowdy sushi bar and a brightly lit omiyage shop, The Dandy Lion was easy to miss. The only marker …