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Nima-kai Hinamatsuri Traditions

Feb. 15, 2021

editor

March 3rd is celebrated annually in Japan and in Nikkei communities around the world as Hinamatsuri (Girl’s Day). Literally translated as “doll festival,” families with young daughters celebrate this event by displaying hina-ningyo, specia…

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Incarceration Years: Lordsburg/Santa Fe, Seagoville, Amache Camp Photos and DOJ Documents

Dec. 22, 2006

mhomma

Homma Family Photos of Amache and Wada Family DOJ documents. Rev. Masahiko Wada was an American Baptist minister for First Baptist Church, Garden Grove, Terminal Island Baptist Mission, Moneta / Gardena Valley Baptist Church (1929-1940) a…

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Amache Stories and Memories

July 12, 2017

mhomma

A collection of some of the 10,000 stories from the WW2 Japanese Internment Center known as Amache. Stay tuned for future articles and memories by Amacheans, their descendants and those helping to preserve the Amache memories. Please conta…

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"Transpacific Borderlands" Artist Profiles

Sept. 19, 2017

JANM

Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo examines the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin America…

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Discover Nikkei visits Tozan Farm

Jan. 18, 2009

mhijb

On September 20, 2008, Discover Nikkei, together with its Brazilian affiliates - Museu Histórico da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil and the Associação Brasileira de Estudos Japoneses - held the symposium "100 Years of Japanese Immigration: Th…

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August 2008 Research Group Survey

Nov. 14, 2008

team_nikkei_usa

In August 2008, I went to Hawaii and Los Angeles for research. In Hawaii, I visited a Japanese farm at a Kona coffee plantation. Afterwards, I also visited a Japanese graveyard. In Los Angeles, I gave a lecture at the Pasadena Seminar on h…

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Renato Yassuda's New Collection

Sept. 29, 2008

Renato_Yassuda

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Southern California happi coats

July 29, 2007

vkm

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Japanese immigration ships in Brazil

July 24, 2007

mhijb

For decades, Japanese immigration to Brazil was carried out by sea, a two-month journey to distant Brazil. In this collection, the Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil displays its collection of photographs of the ships that…

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Test

July 20, 2007

tmoore

This is a test.

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Japanese Gardens in Latin America

June 21, 2007

I have collected some photos of Japanese gardens in Latin America.

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Peru: From the Photograph Book of Overseas Affairs (1931)

March 30, 2007

This is a collection of photos of immigrants to Peru, excerpted from "Photographic Album of Overseas Affairs in Commemoration of the Enthronement of the Emperor" (Kanmon High School of Dressmaking, 1931). Peru is the second most populated …

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