Special Issues
Where to find stories from the Nichi Bei Weekly’s special issues, including the Obon guide, the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Guide, the New Year’s Edition and the Holiday Shopping Guide
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Tea for two
TOMO HIRAI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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In San Francisco’s Outer Richmond district, Larry Sokyo Tiscornia, 69, and Kimika Soko Takechi, 68, teach tea as members of San Francisco Urasenke Tankokai. The couple met while taking Saturday […] READ MORE
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Speaking the language of karate for the Tokyo Olympics
MICHAEL TAKEUCHI, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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As if fluency in both English and Japanese wasn’t enough, Gakuji Tozaki has used a different type of skill as a means to positively express his Japanese American identity. Through […] READ MORE
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Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Japanese Culture Guide, News, Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Special Issues
Ikebana to go: Kiyo’s Floral Design delivers ikebana-inspired creations
HEATHER ITO, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For designer Lisa Taira, every flower arrangement she creates is one that comes from the heart — even if it’s just one flower. “It’s not just a […] READ MORE
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Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Japanese Culture Guide, News, Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Special Issues
Matt Ogawa perpetuates the cultural arts and gives back with a purpose
MICHAEL TAKEUCHI, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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Whether motivating a group into action or expressing his love for his own Japanese American heritage through his involvement in a myriad of cultural activities, Matt Ogawa doesn’t have to […] READ MORE
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Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Japanese Culture Guide, News, Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Special Issues
Ikebana teacher follows family’s legacy of service, sees “revival” in the art
HEATHER ITO, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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Her grandfather, the Rev. Shozen Naito, was a minister at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda before World War II; her grandmother taught Sogetsu ikebana in the 1970s and Japanese language […] READ MORE
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Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Japanese Culture Guide, Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Special Issues
Tiffany Tamaribuchi’s multifaceted Sacramento Taiko Dan family
HEATHER ITO, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “My mom would say from the time I could walk, I would stand in front of the taiko,” said 51-year-old Tiffany Tamaribuchi, recalling her earliest encounter with […] READ MORE
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S.F. Cherry Blossom Queen candidates announced
TOMO HIRAI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program presented its 2018 queen candidates during its annual preview March 11 at the Union Bank Community Room in San Francisco’s Japantown. The […] READ MORE
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American nightmare turned into American Dream
TAKESHI NAKAYAMA, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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“Moving Walls” by Sharon Yamato recounts the Japanese American experience at the Heart Mountain, Wyo. concentration camp during World War II, and also discloses what happened after the war to […] READ MORE
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‘Never Give Up!’ focuses on civil rights icon Minoru Yasui’s legacy
TAKESHI NAKAYAMA, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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“Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice,” by Holly Yasui and Will Doolittle, highlights the life of Minoru Yasui, who during World War II intentionally violated Executive […] READ MORE
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Addressing the silence
TOMO HIRAI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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Following World War II, Japanese Americans returned home to the West Coast from various concentration camps. The experience, traumatic and humiliating for many former inmates, became a taboo subject for […] READ MORE
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