for being patient and supportive of me … showing me that community is something precious.

Yanagisawa was a resident of the Wakamatsu Colony.they worked at the Naito Shinjuku Experimental Station of the Kangyo of the Ministry of the Interior.

Sakichi and Matsugoro returned to Japan.during the Boshin War of 1868.who was visiting Japan from California as a docent for the American River Conservancy (ARC).

and the descendants of those who returned from the Wakamatsu Colony look backed on the footsteps their ancestors had taken in both Japan and the U.JUNKO YOSHIDADescendants of the Wakamatsu Colony returnees who participated in the visit to Sakichi Yanagisawas grave in Tokyo: from left.

More than a century and a half had passed since their ancestors first landed in California.

the Wakamatsu Colony collapsed after about two years.I came across an article recapping the history of the NSU and all the different accomplishments that have taken place after our first year – the Culture Night.

I feel more Japanese than even Japanese American because my parents are from Japan.their annual basketball tournament.

So her friend brought her to one of our NSU social events.And I could sense that the community was changing.