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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 1 (Part 6): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Taro Otsuka from Chicago to New York City

Read Chapter 1 (Part 5) >> In 1921, Otsuka moved to 216 North Michigan Avenue1 following Maruyama’s next business move,2 although the new location was “a less …

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Exploring the Sprawling and Complex History of Japanese Canadian Gardens

CALGARY — Growing up, filmmaker Guillaume Carlier would visit a cabin on Trout Lake in British Columbia with his family. On the way, they would …

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Don’t Call Me Prisoner, My Name is Richard - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> In the early days at Manzanar, before most of the internees arrived, there weren’t many internees or military personnel in the …

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Living Artifacts: The Descanso Gardens Camellias and Japanese American History

At first glance, a botanical garden may seem an unlikely place to find hidden stories. But David R. Brown knows many interesting narratives behind green spaces. …

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

A Trunk Full of Stories:  The Shogo Myaida Collection

In 1990, two years before the Japanese American National Museum opened to the public, curator Brian Niiya looked through a shabby old trunk in Albertson, …

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Jack Muro’s Garden

I know, I know, I’ve written about Jack Muro before!—Jack as the “Underground Photographer of Amache,” “Jack Muro’s Photo Album,” and Jack being “Patriotic After …