Rising Sun - Local Japanese Americans share their culture

By Ben Kendall, Santa Fe Reporter

Japan is already here. Steve Jobs’ aesthetic for ubiquitous Apple gadgets was greatly inspired by minimalistic Zen design. The remains of the Japanese economic boom of the ’80s surround us on the road and in our living rooms under the names Toyota and Casio and Hitachi. Indeed, the cultural caché of that small island nation has influenced the entire world. We come into contact with Japan every day in some way. When you speak about Japanese entertainment, people might conjure the notions of animation, The Karate Kid or any number of the ninja movies that came out in the ’80s. For Santa Fe’s Japanese Intercultural ...

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