Features – Pacific Citizen

‘The Shokudo’ Returns

The Shokudo team of (from left) Luke Uyeda, Jon Kenzo Okeya and Michael Murata began filming their cooking videos during…

GarrettMay 15, 2026

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A Prized Possession

Three-hundred-and-fifty Tohrei Gakuen freshmen and sophomore junior high school students were present for the 1936 yearbook donation presentation and 90-minute…

GarrettMay 1, 2026

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‘Lessons From Manzanar:
Vigilance Is the Price of Democracy’

Keynote speaker Dale Minami, co-founder of the law firm Minami Tamaki LLP (Photo: Matt Weisbly) The 2026 pilgrimage focuses on…

GarrettMay 1, 2026

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Podcasts Recount WWII JA Incarceration

MN NOW’s six-part podcast “Burn Order” explores the parallels between today and last century’s mass incarceration of ethnic Japanese, including…

GarrettApril 17, 2026

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Bob Matsumoto’s Penultimate Project

Bob Matsumoto displays the logo he designed that was used in his JA cap and T-shirt. Behind him is a…

GarrettApril 17, 2026

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‘Through a Diamond’

Welcoming signage of the new exhibit, a joint presentation by the JACL, the Nisei Baseball Research Project and JACL Houston…

GarrettApril 3, 2026

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Day of Remembrance 2026

A folded crane with the words “End Racism” and “Stop Asian Hate” on display during the S.F. DOR observance event…

GarrettMarch 6, 2026

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Kakehashi Is More Than a Bridge: Part II

Kakehashi participants (from left) Jillian Stineman, Nanami Lillie, Megan Arakaki, Stella Saame and Annika Tamaki pose at the statue of…

GarrettFebruary 20, 2026

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Kakehashi Is More Than a Bridge

Kakehashi participant Nicole Saito stayed at the Morii family ryokan in Yuki Town. (Photo: Courtesy of Nicole Saito) One participant…

GarrettFebruary 6, 2026

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Little Tokyo to Truckee
to the Wakamatsu Colony

Representing the Little Tokyo Historical Society’s 2025 Wakamatsu Pilgrimage are (back row, from left) Ruth Watanabe, David Nagano, Bill Watanabe,…

GarrettDecember 19, 2025