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This article was written in 2003. I haven’t judged the Kohaku Utagassen contest since then, but I’ve attended the event most years. It’s still a …
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Erin and I have always been wistfully jealous of our friends in Los Angeles and San Francisco, for lots of reasons but not least the …
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Unless you live in California, most Americans can’t imagine what it’s like to be in a minor earthquake, never mind a major one. As a …
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It’s easy to lose sight of someone’s national reputation if that person is a part of the local fabric. I'm reminded of this fact about …
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 …
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Ralph Carr, the man who served as governor of Colorado at the start of World War II, had been largely forgotten for decades. But thanks …
Tonight Erin and I heard some sad and shocking news. Kyoko Kita, a sensei, or teacher, of almost any traditional Japanese art or cultural tradition, …
As mentioned in “Amache Arrival”, our father, Sam Masami Ono, 29 (a San Franciscan) and George Dote (a Los Angeleno), were both released February 10, …
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