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Thu, Oct 14 2010

HORSE’S MOUTH: There’s Always a First Time

HORSE’S MOUTH: There’s Always a First Time

Also tagged: Alameda, amache, bacon sakatani, casinos, CONCENTRATION CAMP, DWP, election, GILA, Governor, hawaii, heart mountain, hiroki kuroda, horse, Horse racing, horseracing, INDIAN CASINOS, internment, INTERNMENT CAMP, Jerome, Jerry Brown, KILAUEA, las vegas, manzanar, MARY ANTONOVICH, Meg Whitman, Minidoka, POP-TART SUSHI, poston, republican, rohwer, San Francisco Giants, San Jose, SAN JOSE JAPANTOWN, Sansei, THE HONOLULU ADVERTISER, Topaz, tule lake, YAKUZA, yonsei

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on October 9, 2010.) === Well, in about four weeks we’ll have a new governor sitting in Sacramento. As of this writing, the polls seem to have...

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Mon, Jul 12 2010

HORSE’S MOUTH: Mushrooms at $450 a Pound!

HORSE’S MOUTH: Mushrooms at $450 a Pound!

Also tagged: alisa lynch, anime expo, Convention Center, csudh, Daily News, dodgers, Dorian Nakamoto, Hank Umemoto, Henry Fukuhara, honshimeji, horse, horseracing, internment, manzanar, Manzanar Project, Mary Higuchi, National Institute of Aging, South Pasadena, Tarawa Island, tule lake, Veterans, WWII

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on June 29, 2010) === When one of my friends called me to ask if I was getting back in shape after my brief hospital stay, I chuckled and said,...

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Wed, Jun 2 2010

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

Also tagged: Churchill Downs, corey nakatani, 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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Tue, Dec 1 2009

HORSE’S MOUTH: Nisei Golfers Make A Hole-In-One

HORSE’S MOUTH: Nisei Golfers Make A Hole-In-One

Also tagged: heart mountain, Hideki Matsui, marukai, newport beach golf course, president Obama

By George Yoshinaga === A few weeks ago, when I was preparing to board a flight to Houston, Texas, at LAX, the TSA inspector confiscated an expensive lighter I always carry even if I don’t light up...

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Tue, Nov 17 2009

HORSE’S MOUTH: A Busy, But Pleasant Weekend

HORSE’S MOUTH: A Busy, But Pleasant Weekend

Also tagged: 44nd regimental combat team, american cancer society, george sakamoto, george yoshinaga, go for broke foundation, horse's mouth, japanese american korean war vets, keiro retiremnt home, mae kakehashi, mike antonovich, nikkie widowed group, robert wada

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA === Weekends should be a time to kick back and relax, especially for those of us who are labeled as “seniors.” This past week was the complete opposite for me. Saturday night I...

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