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In Company with the Happy Old Age
I went to visit a very dear aunt who lives on the coast of Sao Paulo. I am proud of her, for even i…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • Feb. 13, 2019

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board games Brazil cooking families food friends games go (game) São Paulo
board games Brazil cooking families food friends games go (game) São Paulo
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Nisei Story: Unexpected Friendship Lost and Found
Teresa Chizu Kurisu lived a normal Powell Street life as a child. She attended Strathcona Elementar…

Chuck Tasaka • July 21, 2017

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British Columbia Canada friendship Greenwood (B.C.) interpersonal relations Japanese Canadians Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) streets Vancouver (B.C.) World War II
British Columbia Canada friendship Greenwood (B.C.) interpersonal relations Japanese Canadians Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) streets Vancouver (B.C.) World War II
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Growing up in L.A.'s Little Tokyo in the 1950s
Growing up in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was a lot of fun. Japanese American and Mexican American …

Freddie Parra • Feb. 25, 2016

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1950s Azusa Street California children festivals friendship games interpersonal relations Japanese Americans Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mexican Americans Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Parade parades United States
1950s Azusa Street California children festivals friendship games interpersonal relations Japanese Americans Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mexican Americans Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Parade parades United States
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A Bitter Harvest: Inside Japanese American Internment Camps During World War II
*This article originally appeared on Modern Farmer on October 13, 2015. The summer of 1942 was hot…

David Mas Masumoto • Nov. 17, 2015

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agriculture Arizona California concentration camps David Mas Masumoto discrimination families farming farms friends Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations Masumoto family United States World War II World War II camps
agriculture Arizona California concentration camps David Mas Masumoto discrimination families farming farms friends Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations Masumoto family United States World War II World War II camps
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A New Home For Japan’s Cherry Blossom Trees In Hawaii?
Japanese Botanist Sees Potential in the Islands I stare out at the cherry blossomsIn marvel an…

Gwen Battad Ishikawa • May 13, 2015

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cherry blossoms Hawaii international relations literature Oahu poetry trees United States U.S.-Japan relations Wahiawa Waimea Washington, D.C.
cherry blossoms Hawaii international relations literature Oahu poetry trees United States U.S.-Japan relations Wahiawa Waimea Washington, D.C.
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Revisiting Balboa Park Japanese Friendship Garden
I wish to dedicate this article to: Will Hippen, Jr., Clara Breed, Marge Wells, Mark Umemura, Ken T…

Rio Imamura • Sept. 25, 2013

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agriculture Balboa Park California gardening gardens gates Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum Japanese gardens San Diego United States
agriculture Balboa Park California gardening gardens gates Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum Japanese gardens San Diego United States
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The JABA Legacy Project: Pioneering Jurists in the Nikkei Community
Judge Ernest Hiroshige: Forging Community
Anyone who has ever met Judge Ernest Hiroshige, who sits on the Los Angeles County Superior Court b…

Lawrence Lan • July 31, 2012

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arts Asian Pacific American Friends of the Theater (organization) attorneys California Ernest Hiroshige Japanese American Bar Association judges law lawyers Little Tokyo Los Angeles performing arts theater United States
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #2,4,6,8 Who Do We Appreciate?: "Group Dynamics..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • June 4, 2011

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cartoonists cartoons comics friendship humor interpersonal relations
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A Yonsei's Reflections...
on the Memories of an Elephant
Over the holidays, I was telling my niece about American Tapestry: 25 Stories from the Collection, …

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Feb. 7, 2011

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American Tapestry (exhibition) artifacts bicycles communication elephants exhibitions friendship interpersonal relations Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) radio sociology telecommunication World War II
American Tapestry (exhibition) artifacts bicycles communication elephants exhibitions friendship interpersonal relations Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) radio sociology telecommunication World War II
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From Densho's Archives
Real Friends: Standing by the Japanese Americans
"Everywhere there is community feeling to be mended, vicious legislation to be defeated, many urgen…

Denshō • Dec. 8, 2010

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Arizona California concentration camps Densho farmers friendship Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Idaho interpersonal relations letters Manzanar concentration camp Minidoka concentration camp persecutions Puyallup temporary detention center Quakers Snow Falling on Cedars (book) Society of Friends students temporary detention centers The Bainbridge Island Review (newspaper) Tule Lake concentration camp United States Walt Woodward Washington World War II World War II camps
Arizona California concentration camps Densho farmers friendship Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Idaho interpersonal relations letters Manzanar concentration camp Minidoka concentration camp persecutions Puyallup temporary detention center Quakers Snow Falling on Cedars (book) Society of Friends students temporary detention centers The Bainbridge Island Review (newspaper) Tule Lake concentration camp United States Walt Woodward Washington World War II World War II camps
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