AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Amache’s 2022 Pilgrimage Will Be Very, Very Special Gil Asakawa Every year on the Saturday before Memorial Day Weekend, people converge in southeast Colorado to visit Amache, the…P.C. EditorApril 2, 2022
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: A Late Colorado Photographer’s Visions of Kyoto Gil Asakawa Like most countries including the U.S., Japan is struggling with the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.…P.C. EditorFebruary 4, 2022
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Finally, a Salute to WWII Nisei Veterans Gil Asakawa It took 15 years, but the U.S. Postal Service this past June released a Forever stamp that…GarrettNovember 5, 2021
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Chinese Food Was Popular in America Before Japanese Cuisine Gil Asakawa In her excellent book “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food,” former New York…P.C. EditorSeptember 10, 2021
AsakawaColumnistsUncategorized A Pronunciation Guide for Japanese Words Including panko, udon, sake, anime and karaoke Gil Asakawa I originally wrote this article as a blog post in 2009, and it’s been the most popular post…P.C. EditorAugust 6, 2021
AsakawaColumnists Anti-Asian Hate Isn’t Just in the Form of Shootings and Attacks Gil Asakawa It’s been a tragic and depressing couple of months. Amidst the rising numbers of anti-Asian hate incidents, including…P.C. EditorMay 7, 2021
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice : Remembering Denver’s Chinatown Roots in the Midst of Renewed Anti-Asian Hate Gil Asakawa Hate crimes against Asians are on the rise. Again. And this time, there’s a difference: The “mainstream” media,…P.C. EditorMarch 5, 2021
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Corky Lee, the Most Important Asian American Photographer That People Didn’t Know About Gil Asakawa A great American photographer died on Jan. 27 at a hospital in Queens, N.Y., his hometown. But you…P.C. EditorFebruary 5, 2021
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: A Moment in Time: Thinking About Visiting Japan Gil Asakawa During the last week of October, there was a lot on my mind, including Covid-19 and the ongoing…P.C. EditorDecember 18, 2020
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: ‘We Are Not Free’ Tells the JA Incarceration Story Through a Different Perspective Gil Asakawa During the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve all gotten used to staying home every evening — no parties, dinners at…P.C. EditorNovember 6, 2020