Moss examines other Japanese Americans' works in children's literature and states, 49 These [Japanese American] writers offered insights about what it meant to be Japanese-Americans during World War II and what it means today to be immigrants or children of immigrants who are caught between two...
She can tell that the two of them are just using her father for his money. Mehar’s starting to think that putting a stop to this wedding might be the best thing for everyone involved. But what happens when telling her father the truth about Naz and Aleena means putting her relationship...
Junmai (JOON-mai):Junmai is pure rice Sake. Nothing is used in its production except rice, water, yeast, and koji (that magical mold that converts the starch in the rice into fermentable sugars). Junmai is brewed WITHOUT any addition of distilled alcohol. Now why would you add distilled ...
Abstract Beauty by Plum and Window, a hanging scroll produced in 1907 by the Japanese artist Okuhara Seiko, calls into question fundamental presumptions about literati art, a mode of art-making often seen as a means of self-representation. Instead of creating a singular subject that indexes the...
On page 22-23, “Japanese farmers grew nearly half of the fruits and vegetables in California. They were told to keep working right up to the very last day.” The very last day, coincidentally (rolls eyes) was harvest time. “One farmer, frustrated that he could not get a twenty-four...
Last year, Haruto, which means “a person born in the spring or sunlight,” was toppled by Ao for the first time in 14 years — possibly due to the popularity of soccer player Tanaka Ao. For girls, the top name was Himari or Hinata, a name associated with sun and sunflowers, ...
The Chinese capital is in Belt and Road time with high hopes that the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation means a new dawn for globalization. Countries along Belt and Road become popular destinations for Chinese tourists Countries along Belt and Road have become popular destinations fo...
For the first time I truly “buried” myself with Jesus on Good Friday. So today, hours before the new dawn, I can look forward to experiencing God’s promise that there will be victory over death and destruction. And realizing what will (and has) come felt as if the unbearable load ...
In the light of dawn, there seem to be more people than I expected, perhaps because others have come for safety or supplies. We are concerned that the “staff” (an ambiguous term, since the ANA and airport employees have become de facto officials) have not slept at all. ...
Towa realizes that without Root Head, they have no means to return to the modern world. Meanwhile, the Spirit of the Tree of Ages watches over Rin, who is in suspended animation, and asks Sesshōmaru how he plans to revive her. Towa, Setsuna and Moroha investigate some disappearances ...