On March 9, 2024, Discover Nikkei will host “Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Identity through Okinawan Drumming,” a multilingual virtual program that will feature tutorials and conversations with members of contemporary eisa groups around the world. (Eisa is a traditional Okinawan folk dance and musical performance to honor the spirit …
Takeshi Furumoto is an activist in Japanese American organizations and communities, a Vietnam War veteran awarded the Bronze Star, and a successful businessman. His upbringing, family background, and life experiences have added up to a complex identity as a self-described "Kibei Nisei and a half," a full-fledged Nikkei, and an …
Readers were introduced to byFood.com, “Japan’s One-stop Food Platform,” in Discover Nikkei in January 2023. Shizuka Anderson, host of byFood’s YouTube channel, “Japan by Food,” shared her story about her experiences as a Canadian Japanese actor and performer living in Japan.
As a second-generation Uchinānchu (Okinawan immigrant), Karen Tengan Okuda lives and works on the unceded lands of the Eora and Dharug peoples (Sydney, Australia). Okuda works as a Social Media Community Specialist for Special Broadcasting Service Australia.
Mitch Homma, a 3rd generation Japanese American, grew up and still lives in Southern California. He has long been interested in Japanese and Japanese American history. His family’s association with the American Baptist organization began four generations ago when his great-grandfather, Rev. Masahiko Wada, graduated from Yokohama Baptist Seminary and …
Kayla Isomura may be best known for their work on The Suitcase Project (2018), a multimedia exhibition which explored themes of home, sudden dislocation, and discrimination experienced by fourth- and fifth-generation Japanese Canadians and Americans. As a fourth-generation Japanese and Chinese Canadian storyteller, artist, documentary photographer, and journalist, Isomura (them/they) has …
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