Alma Kimura and Grant Higa win Madals at World Powerlifting Meet
Seattle ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER Powerlifters, Alma Kimura and Grant Higa, both originally from Hawai’i, competed for TEAM USA in the INTERNATIONAL POWERLIFTING FEDERATION (IPF) CLASSIC WORLD...
View ArticleDonnie Chin Vigil Remembering the community hero
On Sunday, July 23, the Chin family and International District Emergency Center (IDEC) will host a vigil to remember the life and death of Donnie Chin. Chin, considered by many to be a community hero,...
View ArticleWhite River Bon Odori ~Bon Odori in the Country~
by Randy Okimoto The White River Buddhist Temple celebrates its 48th annual Bon Odori Festival on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Set under the backdrop of Mount Rainier, White River’s Bon Odori has the look...
View ArticleDisplacement Concerns Burst Out at Town Hall Meeting
by Misa Cartier (Photo by Nick Turner) Nisei Veterans Hall in the Little Saigon neighborhood of the International District (ID) was filled with community members joining a Town Hall meeting on the...
View ArticleLittle red sushi delivery robots to debut in Japan
by Bruce Rutledge Japanese robotics firm ZMP is teaming with food-delivery company Ride On Express to launch a series of sushi-delivery robots next month. The 3-foot-tall red robotic cars can deliver...
View ArticleBon Odori festivities start Saturday
Seattle Buddhist Temple’s 85th annual Bon Odori festivities drew big crowds last weekend as people enjoyed ideal summer weather. The festival featured music, dancing, refreshments, martial arts and...
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Who Sent Those Care Packages to Japan after World War II?
Organization Looks to US for Help in Preserving Postwar Stories By Ryosuke Shima Care International Japan, a Japanese nongovernmental organization (NGO), is looking to dig up memories of sending care...
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Emotional Vigil for Donnie Chin Held in Canton Alley
by Bruce Rutledge (Photo by Kimiko Rutledge) Two years after Donnie Chin was murdered, about 150 people gathered in Canton Alley to pay tribute to the man who dedicated his life to keeping the...
View ArticleSugimoto Tea from Seattle, Won “Best Green Hot Tea”
At the recently concluded People’s Tea Choice Awards at the Global Tea Championship hosted by the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas, Hoji Cha (roasted green tea) of Sugimoto America was voted as the Best Hot...
View ArticlePortland pilgrimage, an opportunity to reflect after 75 years
By Tammy Ayer Irene Goto stood in the sunlight at Tahoma Cemetery as members of the Yakima Valley’s Japanese-American community gathered near the graves of their ancestors. “We are forever striving for...
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What Happened to the Ainu?
By David Yamaguchi OUR MULTI-COLUMN REVIEW of the origins of the Japanese people (this is #9 in the series) only briefly considered the decline of the Ainu, the native people of Japan, and their...
View ArticleWandering and Wondering at the Seattle Japanese Garden
By Joan Laage On August 3, Joan Laage will direct the 7th annual site-specific event Wandering and Wondering at the Seattle Japanese Garden. This year’s Wandering and Wondering is a free 1st Thursday...
View ArticleMedical Mission from Hiroshima provide free check-up for atomic bomb victims
by Minami Okada and Maya Inui A medical Mission from Hiroshima visited Seattle to provide free medical check-up for the surviving victims of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which...
View ArticleHiyashi Chuka – A Summer Classic in Japan
By Kanako Koizumi In recent posts, I have expressed admiration for seasonal food and ingredients. Well, in Japan, there is nothing more seasonal than Hiyashi Chuka in summer time. Toward the end of the...
View ArticleBon Odori Stake Out
By David Yamaguchi “DAVID, YOU CANNOT WRITE ABOUT THIS,” my informant admonished. She went on to explain, “It is like matsutake-tori [the hunting of pine mushrooms]. Every family has its secrets…” To...
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Little remains of Yakima’s once-vibrant Japan Town
By Tammy Ayer Growing up at the Empire Hotel in downtown Yakima, Fukiko Takano enjoyed hunting for coins in the lobby’s deep leather couches and watching people come and go from three movie theaters...
View ArticleInterim CDA Holds 42nd Annual Pig Roast
by Bruce Rutledge It has become a staple of summer in Seattle: the Interim CDA annual pig roast drew crowds to the Danny Woo Community Gardens on Friday and Saturday. Some came to help turn the spit,...
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City Confirms Upzoning in International Distict
by Nick Turner A new city ordinance that will allow for taller buildings in the Chinatown International District was passed unanimously by Seattle city councilmembers on Monday. This new law comes amid...
View ArticleHai! Japantown Celebrates Old & New in Nihonmachi
by Bruce Rutledge Mark your calendars. On August 26, the businesses and cultural groups in Japantown are holding a daylong celebration of the neighborhood with performances, walking tours, a movie and...
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Native American Origins
By David Yamaguchi A NATURAL QUESTION that emerges from our exploration of the Asian roots of the Japanese people is why don’t Native Americans look more like us? To elaborate, in this series we have...
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