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- Empowerful Changes - Personal coaching isn't a new field, but it's just now catching on. And Transcultural Change Agent Erin Yoshimura's coaching practice specializes in helping Asians find their voice -- a timely objective for our community!
- Gracey on AsianAvenue - You have to sign in as a member of AsianAvenue to see Grace Wing-Yuan Toy's page, on which she tells a bit about herself and her interests. (Once you're a member, don't use the above link, just go to AsianAvenue.com and type in "Gracey" in the "Jump to Member Page" field.) There's also a sample of her writing -- she's been published in dIS*Orient. During April, 2003, Toy is in residency at Centrum Arts and Creative Education in Port Townsend, Washington, where she'll be working on poetry inspired by and assembled using fortune cookie sayings. Cool idea, huh?
- Sirkit.com (The Search for Thor) - Scott Takeda is a Denver-based writer, actor, TV producer and all-around utility freelance media guy. He took time off for a long trip of Asia in 2001-2002, looking for the adventure, excitement, thrills and the woman of his dreams. This site has information about Scott, plus his journals from the Thor trip. It's a pretty fascinating read....
- Debito.org - The home page of David Aldwinckle, who changed his name to Arudou Debito, and teaches at a university in Hokkaido. Dave is a naturalized citizen of Japan who married a Japanese woman and is raising two daughters, and spends time as an activist for diversity and acceptance of foreigners in Japan.
- Schism Design - R. Sky Kogachi's design firm Web site, including Quicktime video and photos of his scope of abilities: archittecture, interior and furniture design.
- Crypto Akrypti - Home page of an APA woman who is a writer and Web designer. Includes her bio and her blog. The link to the index is titled: "antilogies.of.a.neurotic.yellow-tinted.female."
- A Ghost at Heart's Edge - The Web site for a book, "A Ghost at Heart's Edge: Stories and Poems of Adoption," a literary anthology co-edited by Susan Ito and Tina Cervin. The site includes the book's table of contents, excerpts and a schedule of readings and events.
- Imago - Heather Nagami's forum for her writing (both poetry and non-poetry) and some photographs, as well as links to other poetry sites.
- Urban Envy - Fine artist, writer, poet, Web designer, photographer and graphic artist Miki Fujiwara's home page.
- Moonrabbit Blues - Lee Ann Roripaugh's Web site of poems, creative writing resources, and links to Asian American writers and literature. She also includes an online poetry open mic, a very cool idea.
- Jude Narita - The home page of Jude Narita, an international actor/writer, best knowm for her work in award winning one-woman plays that celebrate the lives of Asian and Asian American women, such as "Coming into Passion/Song for a Sansei," "Stories Waiting To Be Told," "Celebrate Me Home," "Walk The Mountain" and "With Darkness Behind Us, Daylight Has Come."
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Japan - A sad but moving and ultimately very informative site compiled by Peggy Seo Oba, about the rise of alcoholism in Japanese women and the devastation it can cause in infants.
- Gordon H. Nagai's Personal Page - The home page of Gordon Nagai, a retired social worker featuring an extensive online gallery of his photography (the photos are available for purchase) as well as quite a bit of his writing. The site includes a powerful memorial piece about his mother and his memories of life in Amache, the Internment Camp in southeast Colorado.
- Hacktivism - Stephen Kawamoto's activist/hacktivist page with links, essays and lots of thoughtful ranting and raving.
- Denver Taiko -- The home page of Denver's excellent taiko drum group, which was started in 1976 and is one of the oldest taiko groups in the US.
- Ohashi Design Studio - The husband and wife team of Joy and Alan Ohashi run this architecure-interior design firm based in Berkeley, California. The two also design creative original furniture, and do all of it with a decidedly contemporary Japanese influence. The couple's designs are clean, fluid and reflect an appreciation for natural elements. They're the architects for the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) in San Francisco, as well as for Philip Gotanda and Diane Takei, writers and filmmakers in the Bay Area. Some of their furniture designs can be seen on the Conde House Web site.
- Midori Yenari - Midori is a transplanted Sansei who lives in Palo Alto but is originally from New Orleans. This page has the family story and photos, and links to her academic home page (she's a neurologist and neuroscientist) as well as a page of both Cajun and JA recipes.
- Dale Furutani - The home page for the best-known of JA authors.
- Wataru's Wonderful Web - The home page of Wataru Ebihara, who works for the Japanese American Network, or JA*Net, and as far as I can tell, runs the organization's entire online efforts. He does a terrific job not just for JA*Net but also for his own site, which features his poetry and photography, and links to other JA sites.
- Runker Room- The extensive home page of Tadaaki Hiruki, a young Issei who lived in Canada for some time and is now in Portland, Orgeon. He's an articulate anatomic pathologist now working in Haeth Informatics (he explains it all) with a great knack for passing along knowldege and information via the Web. The site includes his bio, photos and facts about places he's lived, information about Japabese culture (great stuff on Japanese weddings, including his own), lots of links, and the Ties-Talk Archives of the JA discussion group.
- Fantasy Sky - Asian American poet and artist R Sky Kogachi's wonderfully-constructed Web site, available in a Shockwave version and a "boring" plain version.
- Matsunaga Portfolio - Erik Matsunaga's an LA-based cutting edge graphic artist and Web designer. Here's his cool portfolio.
- JAI 2, TheWorld of Frederik Schodt - This is the home page of Fred Schodt, who has had several books published by Stone Bridge Press (including "Four Immigrants Manga"). He's a translator, Japan scholar and manga expert (he authored the terrific "Manga! Manga!" history of Japanese comics that many consider to be the ultimate resource on the topic, and also "Dreamland Japan," a new book on manga).
- Hello! From Japan - The home page of Takashi Saito, who was born in Japan but whose father was born in the U.S. His site has lots of links that are helpful for Japanese living or traveling overseas, as well as American interested in Japan.
- Tak's Japanese H@me Page - A fantastic, fun way to immerse yourself in Japan's traditions and contemporary culture, from a hip, slangy, articulate (in English) young man named Takashi Harada who attended Meiji University and now works in publishing. The site's chockfull of great insights and cool graphics, GIFs and animated elements. Just a delight!