AsakawaColumnists Want to Connect With Your Japanese Heritage? Host a Visiting Teenager! Yurika Shiitani poses in front of the Flatirons rock formation in Boulder, Colo., with the ever-present Japanese peace sign. Photo…P.C. EditorOctober 24, 2014
AsakawaColumnists Asians Have Always Embraced Technology Early, and So Should You A sampling of Gil Asakawa’s old computers that are in his basement at home. Photo by Gil Asakawa By Gil…P.C. EditorOctober 23, 2014
AsakawaColumnists Growing Up With Stinky, Slimy, Altogether Wonderful Japanese Food The stinky and slimy natto dish is a fermented soybean is all too delicious and misunderstood. Photo by Gil Asakawa…P.C. EditorOctober 21, 2014
AsakawaColumnists Godzilla, the World’s Most Famous Japanese American By Gil Asakawa Although Hollywood has been making monster movies since the original 1933 film “King Kong,” the monster with…P.C. EditorOctober 20, 2014
AsakawaColumnists Asian America, Social Media and Baby Boomers George Takei hosts “Takei’s Take,” an award-winning series on YouTube that looks at the Internet and technology through the eyes…P.C. EditorOctober 20, 2014
AsakawaColumnists Springtime Means the Return of Warm Weather, and the P.C.’s Annual Outreach By Gil Asakawa The Pacific Citizen is about to sprout from a very long winter and bask in the sunshine.…P.C. EditorOctober 20, 2014
AsakawaColumnists Is Fake Belly Dancing a Form of Cultural Appropriation? This group performed at a Denver festival and claimed it was paying homage to Chinese dragon dancing at the same…P.C. EditorOctober 20, 2014
AsakawaColumnists Hina Matsuri Is Just One Way We Celebrate Our Roots Photo by Gil Asakawa By Gil Asakawa I grew up around dolls, but not the kind you play with. My…P.C. EditorOctober 20, 2014
AsakawaColumnists Food is the Foundation of JA Culture Spam musubi made for Sakura Matsuri by the ladies at the Denver Tri-State Buddhist Temple. Photo by Gil Asakawa By…P.C. EditorOctober 20, 2014
Asakawa When JAs Say, ‘Camp,’ They’re Not Talking About Summer Camp The Amache Museum is maintained by the students of the Amache Preservation Society at Granada High School and is opened…P.C. EditorOctober 17, 2014