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Masashi Shimotsusa (1885–1959): The Samurai Photographer of San Diego

A note on names: The names of the Issei photographers, including Shimotsusa even though he returned…

Tim Asamen • May 19, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?

Asamen - Is it Japanese?

My name is Tim Asamen, and, yes, I am a full-fledged Sansei. I say that because my surname is so st…

Tim Asamen • July 1, 2014

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Let’s Go to America!

I don’t remember ever having seen my birth certificate until I needed it for my application f…

Kristine Haenschke • Jan. 22, 2010

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Retracing Part of my Family’s Roots in the Shadow of Sakurajima: Part 2

>>> Read Part 1 We drive around to a remodeled housing track where once quaint one-story…

Troy Ishikawa • Dec. 15, 2009

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Retracing Part of My Family’s Roots in the Shadow of Sakurajima: Part 1

Mesmerized by Sakurajima, a majestic symmetrical-shaped volcano whose seductive plume obscures the …

Troy Ishikawa • Dec. 8, 2009

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genealogy Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma

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Does the Kenjinkai Have a Future?

A program titled “Kenjinkai: Past, Present, and Future,” which explored the current rel…

Kristine Haenschke • May 6, 2009

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The Invaluable Opportunities Afforded by Actively Taking Part in a Kenjinkai

The mere mention of Kagoshima Kenjinkai brings back a flood of memories. I remember association …

Margaret Miyauchi-Leong • April 15, 2009

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Kagoshima Heritage Club

The Kagoshima Heritage Club (KHC) is a sub-organization of the Nanka Kagoshima Kenjinkai (Kagoshima…

Tim Asamen • March 25, 2009

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八島太郎さんの桜島

桜島の油絵を土産に貰い、その額縁を注文に行った店先で八島太郎さんに初めてお目にかかった。東京オリンピックの頃で、それからは中学20期先輩のお宅を訪ねたり、食事だ、一杯だの骨董屋冷やかしまでした嬉しい…

Edward Toru Horikiri • May 26, 2014

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Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Sakurajima Taro Yashima

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難民として米国移住した日本人たち　その4：　渡米２年で郷里に家が建った－小屋喜生さん－

＞＞その3 (西屋国弘さん)ロサンゼルス郊外ノースリッジで引退生活を送る小屋さんは串木野市出身。1955年、難民移民枠を適用し、夫婦で渡米してきた。串木野では、戦争中に落とされた爆弾で実家を焼失…

Keiko Fukuda • July 27, 2008

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