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2023-06-15
Last week, my granddaughter and I went to Uwajimaya Asian Market to choose a hostess gift for her to bring to the Yucatan. She was embarking on a High School abroad experience in Merida, Mexico, for f...

2023-06-04
One of the Seattle elder social events in the community of those of us with Japanese Heritage in 2023 is the Nisei Vet’s first Friday of every month Luncheon organized by Keith Yamaguchi and his wife ...

2023-05-21
The Mercer Island Middle School musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was performed Friday night and twice on Saturday this weekend. It was fun and the directors were even a couple of the students.They were re...

2023-05-17
The youngest pioneer was a three-week-old premie The completion of the Owyhee Dam in 1932 provided irrigation for row crop faming in Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho in an area called the Treasure Val...

2023-05-08
As we gathered at the Panama Hotel this first Sunday in May2023, we had a surprise visit with Jamie Ford. He shared that he has purchased a DARUMA for each of his books. He blackens in the pupil of th...

2023-04-28
HEAVEN is every expanding goodness! Hell is “stagnation”. According to many visionaries we can think ourselves into heaven or hell. We all have free choices, living in America; but I like some of Japa...

2023-04-24
Seattle’s MOHAI (Museum of History and Industry) in collaboration with Seattle’s JACL (JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE) debuted the PRIDE AND SHAME exhibit early in 1970, chaired by Tomio Moriguchi,...

2023-04-11
If you want to know about the history of Michi Hirata North, google https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/Michi is a “best friend” and has been for over 50 years. What I’m able to...

2023-04-07
Fred, my brother-in-law, was 94 years old and passed this week. The three remaining sibblings were there to bid him farewell to this human world! Fred now has the peace that he sought.We gather and ce...
2023-03-29
Its a lot of fun to see our grandchildren participating in such events and learning the values of practice and discipline. The best part in watching the video is that they are a team and all of them h...