Former Keiro Building
The Black Joy Newsletter, July 17, describes an ongoing community effort to buy back the former Keiro nursing home building, presently owned by Shelter Holdings. The asking price is $13 million. Can a...
View ArticleA Loop Trip Around Mount Rainier
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post As all Seattleites know, once we get into mid-July, we are slated for clear weather until mid-October. It is our season for road trips. I raise this topic...
View ArticleMaruta Grocery
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post The COVID-19 pandemic has increased our appreciation for the grocery stores that keep us fed. While the larger stores fill our stomachs, small specialty...
View ArticleWhy Asian Americans Support Calls to Defund the Police
By Stan Shikuma and Akemi Matsumoto Asian Americans experience the perpetuation of racism based on the historical foundation of slavery in America every day. We remember the immigration laws that...
View ArticleMukai Farm & Garden Hires First Executive Director
The Mukai Farm & Garden on Vashon Island has hired its first Executive Director, Tina Shattuck, an island dynamo in the arts and nonprofit community on the island and beyond. Shattuck has been a...
View ArticleFrom Hiroshima to Hope Video
A favorite early August evening for many in Seattle is the annual “From Hiroshima to Hope” event and lantern floating at Green Lake. The program is always thought provoking and the lantern floating...
View ArticleCommunity Virtual Pilgrimage Films, Part 2
by David Yamaguchi, The North American Post The films of the ”Tadaima! Community Virtual Pilgrimage” series, an extension of the Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages website...
View ArticleJapanese-Language Surrender Documents
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post Seventy-five years ago, during August-September 1945, World War II ended with Japan’s surrender to the Allied Powers. Today, two dates are remembered as “V-J...
View ArticleGet Up
By Deems Tsutakawa For The North American Post One of the classic axioms that has been with me for quite some time goes: “Do not ever stay down on the mat.” In other words, if you are knocked down...
View ArticleManeki GoFundMe Campaign
All restaurants these days are struggling to survive. To this end, Maneki restaurant, on Sixth Avenue between S Jackson and Main Streets, has launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign in an effort to...
View ArticleKeywords for Being Nikkei in a Moment of Racial Reckoning
by Tamiko Nimura “I recognized that the heartbeat, historically, of racism, has been denial.” — Ibram Kendi Brokenness. There are times to write normality and there are times to write brokenness....
View ArticleRuth Asawa Postage Stamps
Have you ever seen a stamp commemorating the contributions of Japanese Americans to the United States? Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) was a Nisei sculptor. Best known for her intricate wirework, she learned...
View Article“84 Yesler,” New Italian Restaurant
Restauranteur Sam Takahashi has opened a new Italian seafood restaurant, “84 Yesler,” in Pioneer Square. While his doing so flies in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, he is taking advantage of the...
View ArticleFujie Yamasaki, Well-Liked War Bride
by David Yamaguchi, The North American Post Fujie Yamasaki is a person who many readers know. For many years, she was a regular presence at the Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival. Until recently, she also...
View ArticleJCCCW Virtual Tomodachi Gala
The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington held its annual Tomodachi Gala fundraiser, usually a luncheon, “live” on YouTube on Aug. 11. Attending the event was entertaining and enjoyable....
View ArticleLori Matsukawa, JACL Japanese American of the Biennium
Lori Matsukawa has been selected as one of two “Japanese Americans of the Biennium” by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Normally, this prestigious national award is presented at the...
View ArticleMom’s Lesson
by Lori Matsukawa As financially modest as we were, I would soon learn what poor really meant. “Let’s clean out your closet,” Mom suggested. “There are surely some clothes you no longer wear.” Mom...
View ArticleBill Hosokawa: Out of the Frying Pan
by Michael Hosokawa He sat in his special chair, a blanket covered his knees, the sun warming him. Around him lay the ruins of five newspapers. His morning task was complete now, he had checked on the...
View ArticleNisei Vet Edy Horikawa Turned 100!
Edy Hideyoshi Horikawa celebrated his 100th birthday on August 14. The Nisei veteran and his wife, Norigiku, hosted a drive-through and sidewalk viewing party, where light refreshments were served. Mr....
View ArticleThe Jewel Voice Broadcast
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post Most readers have seen many images of the day that Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced to the people of Japan his surrender of the country to the Allied...
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