Seeing New Years with New Eyes

Norio Umezu Hall

If Japanese Americans have a Norman Rockwell holiday, oshogatsu is it.

Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities

Passing on the Joy of Being Nikkei

Norio Umezu Hall

I love obon. Standing under strings of chochin, their warm light dotting indigo summer skies like fireflies always feels like coming home. They transform a liminal space — a street or a parking lot — into a destination. Hot dogs and hamburgers coexist with ikebana and enka without question. For just a few hours, all of …