The NAP revived its Japan tours in 2023 after the COVID-19 pandemic. I have had the pleasure of going on all five of those tours. Each spring and fall, a group of 20 or so explores various parts of ...

In June, a Sunday Sake Social was held at Seattle First Hill Clubhouse. Participating breweries included Urakasumi and Ichinokura from Miyagi Prefecture in Japan, and Harushika from Nara Prefecture in ...

The corner of 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street in Seattle, Washington is home – but the people who have called it home have changed over the decades. On the northeast corner, a marker ...

Stan Shikuma TFS Campaign Co-chair accepts award. Together with our partner organization La Resistencia in Washington, Tsuru for Solidarity is honored to receive the César Chávez Human Rights Award ...

The Meydenbauer main stage was awash with color during the last day of this year’s Japan Fair, as models strutted back and forth in dazzling kimonos provided by Kimono Art of Seattle and Kobe, Japan ...

In April the Minoru Yasui Legacy Project celebrated Min Yasui Day with the community in Portland, Oregon. The project celebrated Yasui’s legacy with their annual youth art competition, speeches from ...

When she was a young girl, Yvette had taken in an injured crow, whom she named “Arthur.” She nursed it back to health and then set it free. When she married Art, her mother noted that with Art’s black ...