{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"san-franciscos-japantown","title":"San Francisco's Japantown","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany people driving by elegant Japantown appreciate the graceful architecture of the pagodas and fountains but do not know much about the Japanese community that has long been a vibrant part of San Francisco. Japantown—one of only three left in this country—began as Nihonjinmachi, or “Japanese People’s Town,” after the first Japanese arrived here in 1869. As their numbers increased, institutions arose to serve them, including churches, schools, and various civic and social organizations. The population drifted through various parts of the city and finally settled in the Western Addition after the 1906 earthquake.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":5849482919979,"sku":"","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/san_francisco_s_japan_town.jpg?v=1511372414"},{"product_id":"twice-heroes-americas-nisei","title":"Twice Heroes: America's Nisei Veterans of World War II and Korea","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwice Heroes brings us the dramatic but little known story of sacrifice and bravery of a small group of soldiers in the face of racial hatred and official discrimination - factors that led to the illegal imprisonment of their families among the nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans interned during World War II. Nisei (second generation Japanese Americans) soldiers were once considered untrustworthy and forbidden to serve in the military. When allowed into a single, racially segregated regiment, this small U.S. Army unit became the most highly decorated in Unites States history, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts, over 4,000 Bronze Stars, 21 Medals of Honor, seven Presidential Unit Citations, and thousands of other commendations from the United States, Britain, France and Italy. Nisei linguists operating in secret military intelligence roles in the Pacific Theater provided tactical and strategic information to Allied forces, saving lives and shortening the war, and earning a Presidential Unit Citation. Nisei soldiers accomplished their remarkable service in an effort to prove themselves loyal Americans. Meet the Nisei soldiers of the Purple Heart Battalion, Go For Broke Regiment and Top Secret Military Intelligence Service. Declared \"enemy aliens\" by their government, and mistrusted by their neighbors, a generation of American citizens fought to prove their loyalty, ultimately receiving their country's highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Tom Graves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":5849984466987,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/twice_heroes.jpg?v=1511373533"},{"product_id":"a-bitter-legacy","title":"A Bitter Legacy","description":"\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis feature documentary examines the history of the World War II American incarceration prisons for 122;000 people of Japanese ancestry within the so called “War Relocation Administration” with a focus on the “Citizen Isolation Centers”. United States citizens who were deemed “troublemakers” by the government for speaking up or questioning the unlawfulness of this imprisonment; were sent to almost; secret prisons in Camp Tule Lake; California; Moab; Utah and Leupp; Arizona; places now considered precursors to Guantanamo Bay largely because the manner in which these men were “rendered”; and treated in such harsh and sometimes; brutal manners. In investigating the forces at work behind the creation of these citizen isolation prisons; we come to learn of their importance within the entire bitter legacy of wartime incarceration here within the country and how they were attempts to control any uprising or dissent within the entire population of 122;000 people of Japanese ancestry. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDirectors:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;field-keywords=Claudia%20Katayanagi\u0026amp;search-alias=dvd\"\u003eClaudia Katayanagi\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWriters:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;field-keywords=Claudia%20Katayanagi\u0026amp;search-alias=dvd\"\u003eClaudia Katayanagi\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eProducers:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;field-keywords=Claudia%20Katayanagi\u0026amp;search-alias=dvd\"\u003eClaudia Katayanagi\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;field-keywords=Danny%20M.%20Firpo\u0026amp;search-alias=dvd\"\u003eDanny M. Firpo\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;field-keywords=Matthew%20K.%20Firpo\u0026amp;search-alias=dvd\"\u003eMatthew K. Firpo\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e NTSC, Subtitled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRegion:\u003c\/b\u003e All Regions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNumber of discs:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRated: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-box a-box-thumbnail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-box-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-letter-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-size-small\"\u003e NR \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-letter-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\nNot Rated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStudio:\u003c\/b\u003e Gravitas Ventures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDVD Release Date:\u003c\/b\u003e August 6, 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRun Time:\u003c\/b\u003e 75 minutes\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Claudia Katayanagi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17042660589611,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/414tNNuJqtL._SY445.jpg?v=1566341069"},{"product_id":"they-called-us-enemy","title":"They Called Us Enemy","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.topshelfcomix.com\/catalog\/george-takei\"\u003eGeorge Takei\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.topshelfcomix.com\/catalog\/justin-eisinger\"\u003eJustin Eisinger\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.topshelfcomix.com\/catalog\/steven-scott\"\u003eSteven Scott\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.topshelfcomix.com\/catalog\/harmony-becker\"\u003eHarmony Becker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"catalog-date\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a stunning graphic memoir, actor\/author\/activist George Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon — and America itself — in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Other","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30113755463723,"sku":"","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/they-called-us-enemy-cover-150dpi_lg.jpg?v=1568760596"},{"product_id":"the-journey-continues","title":"The Journey Continues","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Yamamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor: \u003cstrong\u003eJudith Yamamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable now!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NJAHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32526195163239,"sku":"","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/JourneyContinuesBookCoverframe.jpg?v=1593137178"},{"product_id":"go-for-broke-japanese-american-soldiers-of-wwii-first-day-cover","title":"Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII First Day Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHonor the thousands of Japanese Americans who served in World War II with this new Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII First Day Cover. The #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue postmark. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesigned by Antonio Alcalá, the stamp is based on a photograph of a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The stamp title is taken from the team’s motto, “Go for Broke.” The pictorial postmark features the stamp title, flanked with patriotic stars. Also included are the date and location of stamp issuance: June 3, 2021, Los Angeles, CA, 90052.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMade in the USA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NJAHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39366805454951,"sku":"","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/GoforBrokeEnvelope.jpg?v=1622849105"},{"product_id":"a-spy-in-their-midst-hardcover","title":"A Spy In Their Midst Hardcover","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring World War II, while thousands of Japanese-Americans were being sent to U.S. detainment camps, a Japanese-American from Hawaii working as a U.S. Army spy in the Philippines was captured by the enemy. Richard Sakakida was the only Japanese-American prisoner of the Japanese forces, and he faced death as a \"traitor\" because of his Japanese face. Despite unspeakable torture, Sakakida stubbornly refused to confess that he was an American spy; ironically, his Japanese cultural heritage is what enabled him to survive the beatings inflicted on him by his Japanese captors. Sakakida narrowly escaped a death sentence and was assigned to the office of a Japanese official, where he gained valuable military information for MacArthur and engineered a daring prison break that freed a Filipino guerrilla leader and hundreds of his followers. Fifty years later, Sakakida finally tells his tale of survival and perseverance against incredible odds.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NJAHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39402186375271,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/51Pqb8lyOEL._SX346_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1626136681"},{"product_id":"displacement-paperback","title":"Displacement Paperback","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDisplacement\u003c\/i\u003e, a historical graphic novel from Kiku Hughes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself \"stuck\" back in time. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. She witnesses the lives of Japanese-Americans who were denied their civil liberties and suffered greatly, but managed to cultivate community and commit acts of resistance in order to survive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiku Hughes weaves a riveting, bittersweet tale that highlights the intergenerational impact and power of memory.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NJAHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39411978043495,"sku":"","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/1250193532.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500.jpg?v=1627086849"},{"product_id":"tule-lake-stockade-diary","title":"Tule Lake Stockade Diary","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA rare wartime diary that sheds a light on Tatsuo Inouye’s fight for dignity during a three month long struggle in a freezing, chaotic high security stockade. He drew inner strength from his judo training and writing a detailed account of the food daily. Photos include images from the 1932 Olympic’s judo team, war years, and reunification of the broken family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardbound: 256 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NJAHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39705213501543,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/TuleLakeStockade800_large_b6e27bf5-8910-400e-9e3c-6fee707a42f3.webp?v=1651275833"},{"product_id":"the-lemon-tree","title":"The Lemon Tree","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInspired by her late friend who hid much of her art in her attic, and the stories of her writer and artist friends, Nitza Agam has compiled the truth behind what drives women writers and artists to express their creativity. What are the struggles, the obstacles, and the triumphs and joys? All reside in this diverse collection of women who have known, some from an early age, the need to create using words or images or both. They may have realized this while pursuing another path, or knew as children, the higher calling of documenting their lives, or expressing their inner selves. Nitza Agam kept journals since the age of eight, while Gretchen Butler knew when her children were toddlers that the kitchen actually was an artist’s inspiration. Marlene Shikegawa knew as a young Japanese American girl the joy of seeing her drawings on a bulletin board at school and feeling “seen” for the first time. That moment of being seen, no longer invisible, drew these women to trace their “origin” stories.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Marlene Shikegawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39894344302695,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/61PWN5gaP0L.jpg?v=1664070026"},{"product_id":"days-of-waiting","title":"Days of Waiting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eACADEMY AWARD WINNING \"DAYS OF WAITING IS A POIGNANT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, ARTIST ESTELLE ISHIGO, ONE OF THE FEW CAUCASIANS TO BE INTERNED WITH 110,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS IN 1942... WHEN INTERNMENT CAME, SHE REFUSED TO BE SEPARATED FROM HER JAPANESE AMERICAN HUSBAND ND LIVED WITH HIM FOR FOUR YEARS BEHIND BARBED WIRE IN THE DESOLATE HEART MOUNTAIN CAMP IN WYOMING... DURING HER INTERNMENT, THE ARTIST RECORDED THE RIGORS AND DEPRIVATIONS OF CAMP LIFE WITH UNUSUAL INSIGHT, HER SKETCHES AND WATERCOLORS FORMING A MOVING PORTRAIT OF THE LIVES OF THE INTERNEES, THE STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR HEALTH, DIGNITY AND HOPE ALIVE.\" - PETER STACK, SAN FRANCISCO-CHRONICLE * * * \"DAYS OF WAITING IS A FILM THAT WILL MOVE YOU TREMENDOUSLY...CRISPLY TOLD AND EMOTIONALLY POTENT, THIS S A MODERN TRAGEDY, AN EXTRAORDINARY LOVE STORY SET AGAINST ONE OF THE DARKEST CHAPTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.\" - RICK KOGAN, CHICAGO TRIBUNE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"a-normal a-spacing-micro\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"a-spacing-small po-contributor\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"a-span9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-base\"\u003eSteven Okazaki, The Center for Asian American Media\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"NJAHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39894853156967,"sku":"","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/products\/51KM1S08HXL._SY445.jpg?v=1664134660"},{"product_id":"proof-of-loyalty-kazuo-yamane-and-the-nisei-soldiers-of-hawaii","title":"Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawaii","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawaii tells the story of a Japanese American who played a crucial strategic role in World War II. He and his fellow Nisei from Hawaii combatted prejudice and discrimination to loyally serve their country. Their extraordinary service, mostly untold, ultimately changed the course of U.S. history.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"NJAHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40214649897063,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/files\/proofofloyalty.jpg?v=1695243780"},{"product_id":"detour-to-crystal-city-memories-of-a-japanese-latin-american-world-war-ii-incarceration-survivor-paperback","title":"Detour to Crystal City: Memories of a Japanese Latin American World War II Internment Survivor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/strong\u003e A compilation of Libia Hideko Maoki Yamamoto's writings and oral history reflections \u003c\/span\u003edetailing her life in a Japanese immigrant family, from their arrival and settlement in Peru to their forcible removal and incarceration in a Department of Justice Internment camp in Crystal City, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLibia attended an adult writing class at J-SEI in Emeryville, CA facilitated by Dr. Grace Morizawa. She was already a born leader and spokesperson in the Japanese Latin American community. She served as co-founder, advisor, and treasurer for the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, the Campaign for Justice, Redress for JLAs NOW! and at one time served as chapter president of a local Japanese American Citizens League. A natural conversationist and storyteller, Libia had a knack for bringing people together, organizing parties, and figuring logistics for bus tours and pilgrimages. With her defining smile and laughter, she would recall happier memories among family, friends, church members. Yet, in her twilight years she yearned to put to paper what she wanted to tell the world in her own words. Originally “Detour to Crystal City” was to be the first of a trilogy, followed by “Four Years of Incarceration” with the last titled “New Life in the United States.” Yet as she was becoming frailer, she knew her time was running out. A conversation with Grace Morizawa and a call to Rosalyn Tonai of the National Japanese American Historical Society gave her the reassurance that her story would be told in her own voice. Libia passed away at 82 on her birthday Dec 3, 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NJAHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41767672873063,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2569\/6084\/files\/PromoBookCover-Front.jpg?v=1761275637"}],"url":"https:\/\/njahs.myshopify.com\/collections\/frontpage.oembed","provider":"NJAHS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}