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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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Besides Groundhog Day, my favorite holiday is New Years. I look forward to it every year. I always forget though that most people (in America) …
It was the 1960s. All the aunties and uncles gathered together. They drove to the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre to wash and soak about 350 …
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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 …
Japanese Americans welcome the New Year with a special feast that can take weeks to prepare.In the waning days of December in the small, hot …
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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 …
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 …
NOW:As we near the end of the year and the beginning of a new year, many Japanese American organizations (churches, cultural centers and museums) sponsor …
* * *Editor’s note:One of the traditions that many immigrants keep that ties them to their home country is the food they prepare. Some traditions …
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