Interview with Kaori Nakamura (Pacific Northwest Ballet School Faculty Member)

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She puts on a fluffy dress, strides onto the romantic stage and dances splendidly. It’s the dream of many a girl to be a ballerina. Kaori Nakamura, a top dancer for Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB), lived that dream, dancing for years on center stage. Nakamura is also teaching in the …

Interview with Nahomi Kawasumi (Seattle Reign FC Footballer)

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I want to play well so our fans are satisfied

Japanese Newspaper Reincarnates as Hokubei Hochi after the War ~ North American Post History

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A noticeboard for a community anxious about its safety

Hokubei Jiji The Pillar of Early Japanese Immigrants

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Nikkei Politicians, Organizations React to WWII Incarceration "Precedent"

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Japanese American politicians and national organizations shared their concerns in the past week on a recent controversial remark about World War II Japanese incarceration as a “precedent” for a potential immigrant registry. This came out after an interview on FOX News on November 16 that Carl Higbie, a co-chair and …

Hori Bathhouse Restored

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Frank Hori recalled days when he enjoyed soaking in the family bathtub in the 1930s in a farming valley along the Green River in Auburn, Washington. He sometimes heard train sounds, but mostly there was silence, unlike today’s constant vehicle noise from State Highway 18.

Portland Japanese Garden aims to become Oregon's new center for Japanese culture, coexisting with nature, new facility to be completed next year

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The forest park that spreads out to the west of Portland offers a quiet natural area at a moderate distance from the city center. The Portland Japanese Garden features five garden elements in the nature of the Northwest. With an excellent balance of location and scenery, it is one of …

New Exhibit Shares Memories of Hunt Hotel

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JCCCW President Kurt Tokita recalled a meeting over 10 years ago when the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington’s project was on the table. It was the first time he heard about his own connection to the building, where his father Shokichi and family lived temporarily from 1945 to …

Discovering a Forgotten Photographer Elmer Ogawa

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Elmer Ogawa: After hours with Seattle’s forgotten photographer is a unique biography that captures both the remarkable life of an almost entirely unknown figure and countless snippets of local history. Through Ogawa’s photographs and correspondence and interviews with what few colleagues, friends, and family he could find—including actress and singer …

Sharing Memories for the Future of Nihonmachi

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There had, for decades, been many Japanese signs and Japanese was spoken by local merchant and visitors who came and went on the street. In the late afternoon, workers might come back to share the Japanese public bath, sento, to refresh themselves and enjoy swapping stories about their day.