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“On Christmas Day, we’ll have Brazilian dishes, and on Oshogatsu1 we’ll have the Japanese New Year’s traditional foods. We Nikkei can enjoy twice as many …
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“I can do better than that with one hand tied behind my back,” my father complained, checking out the liver and onions set before him. …
The doorbell rings. The dog barks. I turn on the porch light, open the front door, and… No one is there. Then I look down. …
When I met Julie, we shared a desire to keep our house open to our friends and community as much as possible. 1984 was our …
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Like turkey on Thanksgiving for Americans, a “must have” for Japanese and Nikkei around the world on New Year’s Day is a nice, warm bowl …
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Unlike other Asian cultures, the Japanese don’t celebrate Lunar New Year. Instead, they celebrate the Western calendar New Year, January 1, and some of the …
It was the middle of the night, literally; I was sound asleep recovering from the hassles of the New Year. My shoulder began to shake …
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Shinnen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! Happy New Year!It’s a new year and a time for new beginnings and opportunities. This is the first of my new …
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Being “half” came to my attention at seven years old. I remember in my second grade class at Geddes Elementary School, each of us shared …
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