Cool Hunting: Kinokuniya Little Tokyo
Some of the cool things we found on a trip to LA (to watch the Warriors play in the NBA Finals on TV). Kinokuniya is definitely a good stop if you’re close to Little Tokyo. It’s the biggest store in the LA area, as most…
The first two syllables to learn in Japanese: ね and よ.
ね is pronounced as ‘neigh’. Close to ‘nay’. And it’s used at the end of sentence, a suggestion, or a statement. And it has the meaning of “calling for agreement”. It’s an easy way to establish rapport with another speaker. In English, it would be…
May 7, 1843: The First Japanese in America
The month of May was chosen to commemorate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to capture two significant dates in Asian American history, firstly, the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 7, 1843, and secondly to mark the anniversary of…
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM)
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Stay tuned to this blog for the next few weeks as we set about to telling stories of our #nikkeirebel brothers and sisters from the past. Let’s make it a month of celebrating the JAs in our history…
Reiwa Era: Year One, Day One
Japan’s new imperial era Reiwa begins today, May 1, 2019. This transition is unusual because the previous emperor did not pass away, he abdicated, so everything could be planned out and carefully unfolded over the last 6 months or so. As a result of this…
