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Maggie-Maki Meza マギー Title: Paper bands A kimono dressing student introduced me to Maggie Meza, the owner of Papies California, who makes bags out of paper bands. The bags and baskets were colorful, unique, and made of such a solid material that I wondered if they were made of paper. After the interview, I immediately ordered a bag in "Ukrainian colors" to match my summer kimono, and it has served me well throughout the summer. 1, How did you get involved with paper bands? I

Rev. Kodo Tanaka 田中孝道 Title: Thankfully (Okagesama) 5 Through the past four columns, I have introduced how Buddhism considers our present...

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Samuel Kitamura 北村サムエル Title: The reversion of Okinawa This year marks the 50th anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa to the mainland in 1972 after 27 years of U.S. military rule following World War II. Samuel Kitamura, 95, a Hawaiian-born second-generation Japanese American living in Torrance, spent six years of his youth and 13 years before Okinawa's reversion to Japan as an employee of the U.S. civil government in Okinawa, and is a living witness to the various events su

Rev. Yasuhiro Oda 織田恭博 Title: The Messengers " Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. " (Matthew...

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Ryoji Inatsugi 稲継 亮至 Title: Music is everything for me. Ryoji is a guitarist, a Shamisen player, and an African drummer. When I went to...

Rev. Kodo Tanaka 田中孝道 Title: Thankfully (Okagesama) 4 In the last column, I introduced how our ancestry can be appreciated from the...

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