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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Recapturing and reinventing a young heroine’s Bay Area WWII-era memories
JILL SHIRAKI, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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THE LITTLE EXILE By JEANETTE S. ARAKAWA (Albany, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, 240 pp., $14.95, paperback) “The Little Exile” leaps off the page into a 1940s reel-to-reel, with the vivid […] READ MORE
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Making friends through paper art
By TWILA TOMITA, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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ORIGAMI PEACE CRANES: FRIENDSHIPS TAKE FLIGHT Written and illustrated by Sue DiCicco (North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2017, 32 pp., 12 sheets of origami, $12.95, hardcover) This is an upbeat […] READ MORE
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Complicat(i)ng the ‘mosaic’ of history
ART HANSEN, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY Edited by David K. Yoo and Eiichiro Azuma (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 544 pp., $150, hardcover) This impressive volume, published at […] READ MORE
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Sakura Grove to bloom in Sacramento’s Southside Park
HEATHER ITO, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hanami, or flower viewing, is the Japanese tradition of gathering under sakura (cherry blossom) trees to enjoy the annual spring blossoms with friends and family. In Japan, […] READ MORE
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In pursuit of a ‘whole and free’ society
CHERYL HIGASHIDA, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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FREEDOM WITHOUT JUSTICE: THE PRISON MEMOIRS OF CHOL SOO LEE Edited by Richard S. Kim (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2017, 323 pp., $19.99, paperback) I grew up in a […] READ MORE
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San Francisco’s Japantown plans for preservation
TOMO HIRAI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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San Francisco’s Japantown experienced several notable changes in 2017 and aims to implement and secure resources for the continuity of one of the nation’s last three historical Japantowns. As the […] READ MORE
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A case study of Heart Mountain’s draft resisters and military service
ART HANSEN, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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WYOMING SAMURAI: THE WORLD WAR II WARRIORS OF HEART MOUNTAIN By Mike Mackey (Cody, Wyo.: Western History Publications, 2015, 181 pp., $18.95, paperback) This is Mike Mackey’s fifth and, apparently, […] READ MORE
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Let’s Talk About … Honoring the dead
Satsuki Ina, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Obon season is upon us. It is when our Japanese American communities gather to share an ancient Buddhist tradition to honor the spirits of our ancestors. In Japan, it is […] READ MORE
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Obon dancing in America: Reverend Yoshio Iwanaga photo album
WYNN KIYAMA
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(Editor’s Note: The following was excerpted from an online exhibit curated by Wynn Kiyama, executive director of Portland Taiko and director of the Portland State University Taiko Ensemble. Photos courtesy […] READ MORE
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Sacramento group preserves Japanese folk dancing and music
HEATHER ITO, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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Through its long history, with roots dating back to the late 1940s, the Sacramento, Calif.-based Sakura Minyo Doo Koo Kai has gone through a few changes, but its core remains […] READ MORE
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