Jean Sakihara
Aisha A.C. Wang
Vol. 19, No. 3, Feb. 6, 1998
“Don’t force,” says Jean Sakihara when people try to drag their friends to attend her kimono culture class. As a teacher of Japanese language and culture...
Tea Houses: Old Japan In Hawaii
To hear the pleasant non-sound of running water from a sparkling stream is a relaxing mind massager. To feel a cool breeze wafting in from the still water of a manicured pond becomes a...
The Training Of Itamae
Lisa Fowler
Vol. 5, No. 10, April 20, 1984
Raw quail eggs resting on flying fish roe and raw squid placed on a bed of rice probably wouldn’t appeal to the Western palate at first. However,...
Portraits of Internment
Laura Hirayama
Vol. 3, No. 23, Dec. 3, 1982
Dear Daddy,
. . . I am waiting for you to come home to show you how I can dance. I can swim too. I go swimming with...
The Kotohira Jinsha
Mark Santoki
Vol. 13, No. 1, Jan. 1, 1992
Every day, thousands of people whiz past the Kotohira Jinsha without even knowing it. But at rush hour, drivers caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic near the Houghtailing or...
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Genevieve A. Suzuki
Vol. 22, No. 23, Dec. 7, 2001
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa isn’t your typical movie actor. He doesn’t schmooze with big names such as Ben Affleck, his co-star in “Pearl Harbor”; he doesn’t have an...
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