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2025-08-24
As a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American), I’m on fire with a vision of a JAPANESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON, that Seattle city tour guides direct visitors to, 100 YEARS FROM...
2025-08-12
Yesterday, August 2025, cousins from my mom’s youngest brother, Frank, came for a visit from Hawaii & Portland. We shared stories about their mom, Alice. My memories start with my excitement when the...
2025-08-05
A few years ago, I asked my 18-yr-old granddaughter, “How do you feel about your Japanese Heritage?” She answered, “It gives me energy and I feel more power?” “Give me an example of when you fee...
2025-07-26
The artwork is the creation of my youngest granddaughter. I’m using this to illustrate how I’m feeling this morning as I post on my blog. I’m listening to a podcast by Simon Sinek in conversation wit...
2025-07-23
Kelly, Sam Goto's daughter, has written this book and features her dad's cartoon strips that he did weekly for five years before he passed in 2017. Kelly is leaving tomorrow for San Diego to go the ...
2025-07-15
Dad was never on my list of mentors until this past few years. Now, I realized it is important to live the person that we really are and not what society describes as "living successfully". A few ...
2025-07-07
Today, the national news is about the Texas floods. I’m not a big fan of Gale King, but I want to commend her for interviewing this family with two boys around 5 & 7 years of age who were successfull...
2025-06-28
The Fudeko two-day conference was headed by Professor Hana Maruyama. My purpose in attending is because I have gathered stories of our Japanese in the Pacific Northwest experiences since 1970 when I ...
2025-06-28
2025-06-23
OMOIDE is a program where I love being one of the leaders, since 1991, when Margaret Yasuda, Dell Uchida, Chuck Kato and I started meeting in my kitchen weekly to start. Janine Brodine is our coach...