Just One Place for Easy Japanese Recipes

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Writing-to-Rediscover & Writing-to-Redress—Mira Shimabukuro Visits JANM

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The Japanese American National Museum Serves Up East Side Sushi

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The Principles and Convictions of Fred T. Korematsu

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November 10, 1983, was a big day for Fred T. Korematsu and his legal team. Ten months after filing a legal petition on Fred’s behalf, they all finally stood before a judge in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. In 1942, Fred had been convicted of violating WWII exclusion orders …

Civil Rights Advocate Recounts The Japanese American Story

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Ozōni Soup for the JA Soul

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A Poet, a Mystery Novelist, and Writing in Japanese America

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The Japanese American experience is rarely tackled in mainstream literature. In 2015, Asian protagonists are still conspicuously absent from novels, missing in popular films, and seldom cast in leading theater roles. But we are not invisible. Asian American authors and artists in the past century have taken representation into their …

TAIKOPROJECT in Collaboration with Mexican Folk/Rockers

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TAIKOPROJECT is at it again. The fast-paced, world-class LA taiko group has recently finished a nationwide tour. And now, fresh off the April release of their CD, Our Many Sides, they are busy with a new project. On September 18-19, 2015, they will perform an integrated concert with the Chicano …

Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

Don’t Worry Be Hapa

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East Coasters on the Taiko Scene

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Discover Nikkei readers may know taiko as an originally Japanese art, heard on obon nights as grandmothers encourage the community to join in a circular dance. Or perhaps they know it in its post-WWII performance variety. The famed Japanese ensemble taiko group Kodo, for example, tours around the world and …