A charter member of the Japanese American National Museum who regularly volunteered as a docent and school visits facilitator.

they may accidentally glance past the kitchen and bar hidden within the greenery.one of the few restaurants that served Japanese Americans post-World War II.

Decorated with string lights and a chalkboard-style menu.By ETHAN HUANGIn a particular backyard garden covered head to toe in succulents lies a secret only made known to those invited.issues like language barriers and cultural preservation can be universal.

but it was learning the context of those recipes.eating and talking and being able to ask those questions in an intimate place like this.

This also comes down to the food they feature.

Okeya cooks pasta in the Shokudo.Both questions created chaos and unrest in the camps.

the couple realized they couldnt continue Ink and Burn.government officials not to speak Japanese.

was taken with the rest of his family and community and incarcerated at the World War II American concentration camp in Poston.I guess I was always around art.