Tamiko Nimura
Naomi Hirahara’s deeply-researched historical mystery novel ‘Crown City’ brings to life the Issei generation...
With the publication of Crown City, acclaimed author Naomi Hirahara returns to her series of Japantown mysteries, this time jumping even farther back...
Uwajimaya’s return to Tacoma after nearly 100 years is a “story of resilience”
On January 7th, 2026, the social media account for Uwajimaya announced an exciting new chapter for Asian Americans in the South Sound with four...
After a 7-year effort, gallery commemorates Japanese American incarceration on the site of the...
This article was originally published online for Discover Nikkei, a project of the Japanese American National Museum. It is republished here with permission.
Nestled underneath...
Naomi Hirahara’s meticulously-researched mystery about postwar midcentury Japanese America
There’s a haunting in Naomi Hirahara’s latest novel, Evergreen — a much-anticipated sequel to her novel, Clark and Division.
After wartime incarceration in Manzanar...
Clark and Division beautifully weaves mystery, a portrayal of sisterly relationships and life after...
After camp, what was life like for Japanese Americans being released to the Midwest? Between the larger milestones of camp and redress history, there’s...
Opinion: Preserve the Seattle National Archives and Records Administration to help preserve API history
This is adapted from Tamiko Nimura’s General Declaration of the value of the Seattle National Archives and Records Administration facility which is currently under...
Kiku Hughes’ graphic novel Displacement addresses the intergenerational trauma of Japanese American incarceration through...
A time-travel graphic novel about intergenerational Japanese American camp history is a surprise. But even for readers versed in this history, Kiku Hughes’s Displacement...
Young adult novel “We Are Not Free” tells a compelling story of 14 Japanese...
In the young adult novel We Are Not Free, Yonsei writer Traci Chee follows 14 Nisei teenagers, mostly from San Francisco Japantown, through their...
“A Really Rich Life”: At 90, Kibei-Nisei Tacoma artist Fumiko Kimura takes stock
“I have had a really rich life,” muses Tacoma artist Fumiko Kimura, “growing up in United States, partly with family in Japan. I wanted...
Day of Remembrance, Day of Action” in Tacoma draws multigenerational, multiethnic crowd
The barbed wire on the fences near the crowd was razor-sharp. The rain and wind whipped around the “No More Concentration Camp” banners and...
