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Thu, May 12 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: Six Main Foods of Japan

Also tagged: Cal Hotel, gambling, Granada Hills, hawaii, Herb Murayama, Horse racing, Japanese food, Kentucky Derby, las vegas, miso soup, Mother's Day, natto, nori, pollution, sashimi, smog, South Bay, Torrance, tsunami

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on May 3, 2011.) === Sunday was Mother’s Day, so my sons put together a dinner to honor their mom, which meant I had to write this column Sunday...

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Fri, Feb 4 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Crazy Asian Moms’ in the News, Thanks to Amy Chua

Also tagged: AMY CHUA, Amy Hill, AMY TAN, Chinese American, DAT PHAN, Harvard, ichiro suzuki, JED RUBENFELD, KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR, KOYIKU, lakers, MARGARET CHO, parenting, SCHOOL, TIGER MOM, TIME MAGAZINE

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on February 3, 2011.) === Crazy Asian moms. That was the first thing that came to my mind when I started hearing about the “tiger mom”...

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Thu, Sep 2 2010

HORSE’S MOUTH: Impressions of the Little League World Series

Also tagged: AB 1775, amache, arnold schwarzenegger, Cal Hotel, California Hotel, CONCENTRATION CAMP, dodgers, eunice sato, executive order 9066, Food, Franklin D. Roosevelt, fred korematsu, Fred Korematsu Day, horse, Horse racing, internment, INTERNMENT CAMP, Irene Furuya, Joe Torre, las vegas, little league, okayu, Redress, relocation camp, Relocation Centers, salted plum, umeboshi, Vegas, wakayama, warren furutani, YOSHINAGA

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 31, 2010.) === I guess I can call it another “first.” As those who read my rambling know I was in Vegas this past weekend. However,...

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Thu, Jul 29 2010

HORSE’S MOUTH: Welcome Back, Corey!

Also tagged: Agoura Hills, baby boomers, boomers, Calabasas, Cory Shiozaki, Em Yamada, fixed income, horseracing, internment, las vegas, little tokyo, little tokyo business, Little Tokyo Sporting Goods, manzanar, military, nisei week, nisei week queen, Oak Park, Oriental Exclusion Acts, Pioneer Luncheon, RACISM, relocation center, retirement, Tanabata Festival, Veterans, Westlake Village, Woodland Hills, WWII, Yoneo Narumi

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 27, 2010) === Hopefully, I don’t begin to sound like the obituary section of the newspaper. Yes, it’s time to bid farewell to another...

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Wed, Jun 2 2010

Home Sweet Home

Also tagged: Churchill Downs, hollywood park, Horse racing, Karelian, Kentucky Derby, Shoemaker Mile, synthetic track, Victor's Cry

Victor’s Cry and jockey Corey Nakatani, left, surge past Karelian, with Rafael Bejarano, to win the Grade I, $250,000 Shoemaker Mile horse race Monday, May 31 at Hollywood Park. (Photos by Shigeki...

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Thu, Apr 29 2010

The Sport of Kings

Also tagged: Animal Planet, Breeders' Cup, Chris McCarron, Churchill Downs, Dubai Golden Shaheen, Eddie Delahoussaye, Gary Stevens, horseracing, jockey, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Latiff Pincay Jr., Lava Man, Louisville, Pulsion, santa anita, shig kikkawa, Sport of Kings, Strub Stakes, Thoroughbred Racing, Triple Crown

Corey Nakatani rides Pulsion at the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. in mid-April. (Photos courtesy of Shig Kikkawa/Rafu contributor) By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Sports Editor === This weekend...

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Wed, Mar 31 2010

Off to the Races at Tokyo Cup

Also tagged: Aviara Parkway Farms, Eagle Poise, Jimmy Ukegawa, junichi ihara, Ken Desormeaux, Kintetsu International, Mike Mitchell, Nippon Express USA, Nobuko Newton, Rendezvous, samurai, San Juan Capistrano Stakes, Santa Anita Race Track, Scott Anastasi, shamisen, Soma Nomaoi, sumo, taiko, Tokyo Cup, U.S. Equine, Vicky Oshiro Nishiuchi, Yakult

The owners of Tap It Light, including Jimmy Ukegawa, pose in the winners' circle. (Photos by MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By GWEN MURANAKA English Editor It was no typical day at the races at Santa...

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Wed, Jan 13 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Lost in Thought

Also tagged: crossroads to somewhere, pete carroll, w t wimpy hiroto

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto === It’s one thing to be physically lost in Orange County or a rain forest, but what can be more frustrating than being mentally wasted? I mean, you know, right smack in the middle...

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Tue, Oct 27 2009

HORSE’S MOUTH: Keep Your Eye On Tadd Fujikawa

Also tagged: aki komai award, camp dance, dan inouye, las vegas, lyoto machida, sei miyano, shoji kashiwagi, tadd fujikawa, terry hara

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA === I guess I can open today’s column on a happy note. No, didn’t hit any jackpots on my visit to Vegas this past week. In fact, the only pot I hit was a pothole on one of the...

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Tag Archives: corey nakatani

HORSE’S MOUTH: Six Main Foods of Japan

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Crazy Asian Moms’ in the News, Thanks to Amy Chua

HORSE’S MOUTH: Impressions of the Little League World Series

HORSE’S MOUTH: Welcome Back, Corey!

Home Sweet Home

The Sport of Kings

Off to the Races at Tokyo Cup

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Lost in Thought

HORSE’S MOUTH: Keep Your Eye On Tadd Fujikawa

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