Travel
We share travel columns and pieces from a Japanese American perspective.
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Nisei Legacy Tour 2023: A Journey of Remembrance
Eddie Wong, East Wind
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My wife, Donna Kotake, had wanted to visit Bruyères, France where her father, Kingo Kotake, fought during World War II with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team for quite some time. […] READ MORE
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Nembutsu: Roadtrip across America, pt. 2
REV. KEN YAMADA
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Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series. Last September, Rev. Ken Yamada, the former minister of Berkeley Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, and Rev. Jerry Hirano, minister of […] READ MORE
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Roadtrip: Nembutsu Across America
REV. KEN YAMADA
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Last September, Rev. Ken Yamada, the former minister of Berkeley Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, and Rev. Jerry Hirano, minister of Salt Lake City Buddhist Temple, spent 36 days driving through […] READ MORE
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THE KAERU KID: Northwest USA road trip, part 2
The Kaeru Kid, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series. On our way south on Interstate 93 a sign for the National Bison Range Visitor Center lured us in for a […] READ MORE
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THE KAERU KID: A most righteous town
The Kaeru Kid, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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I wrote about an Affordable Travel Club host couple who asked me about my concentration camp experience during World War II in the Dec. 4, 2014 issue of the Nichi […] READ MORE
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THE KAERU KID: Pollywog goes to Hawai‘i
The Kaeru Kid, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” —Marcel Proust One of the downsides of traveling to so many different locations is […] READ MORE
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An Asian American family’s first trip to Japan
ANDY NOGUCHI, Special to the Nichi Bei Weekly
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Packed with suitcases within suitcases, the Toyota Highlander swung into San Jose’s Mineta Airport while the Japanese phrases ran through my head. “Nihongo ga dekimasu ka? Wakarimasen.” Do you speak […] READ MORE
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THE KAERU KID: Yosemite firefall
The Kaeru Kid
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Older readers may remember seeing bonfire embers pushed off the cliffs in Yosemite at night, producing a glowing firefall like a waterfall. It started early in the last century and continued until […] READ MORE
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THE KAERU KID: Discover treasures just southwest of Las Vegas
The Kaeru Kid
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A smooth two-and-a-half hour drive from Las Vegas to Lake Havasu City in Arizona ended with a two night stay at an Affordable Travel Club member’s home. Twenty dollars a […] READ MORE
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THE KAERU KID: On the silk road in Uzbekistan
The Kaeru Kid
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Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part of a series. I have had the most exciting discoveries many times when it was least expected. On the other hand, many places that […] READ MORE
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