Nestled underneath the grandstands at the Washington State Fairgrounds, across from the regionally famous Fisher Scone stand, there is a new exhibit opening in 2024. Organized by the Puyallup Valley chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, the Remembrance Gallery stands as a powerful testament to the 7,500+ persons of …
This year, 2024, marks 10 years that I have been researching, writing, and marking the story of Tacoma’s historic Japantown. Readers of Discover Nikkei might have read about this work in different formats: encyclopedia article, personal essay, walking tour, smartphone application, day of gathering. I’ve also written essays about Tacoma-related Japanese …
The following is adapted from a talk I gave at Plymouth Church in Seattle in February 2024.
There’s a haunting in Naomi Hirahara’s latest novel, Evergreen—a much-anticipated sequel to her novel, Clark and Division.
Out the front windows of our bus, we could see acres of sun-dried grasses during a hot and arid Northern California summer. On either side of the road stood barbed-wire fences, like the ones many of our family members spent years behind, surrounded by armed guards and guard towers, living …
Wayne Mortimer Collins is an important name for my family. I first learned about this heroic, brash and outspoken attorney nearly twenty years ago while editing my uncle Hiroshi Kashiwagi’s first book, Swimming in the American (2005). I was surprised to see the book dedicated to Collins, and learned a …
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