Camping Quote by George Takei

Most Japanese-Americans have that legacy. The camp experience is something of a calling card between them. They say, 'So, where were you interned?'

— Tamlyn Tomita

I'm Japanese, and I'm also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.

— Mitski

I pride myself on being Japanese American.

— Mirai Nagasu

I'm Japanese, of course, but spending so long in America has made me into a different kind of person.

— Kei Nishikori

I was fortunate to live for 3 years in another country, and although we lived in an American compound, still as a young adolescent…

— Lois Lowry

My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize

— Anonymous

The American society around me looked at me and saw Japanese. Then, when I was 19, I went to Japan for the first time.…

— Ruth Ozeki

I grew up in a unique environment where I was immersed in both Japanese and American cultures equally.

— Karen Fukuhara

We know that there were so many Japanese American soldiers in World War II who were fighting in Europe despite the fact that their…

— Tamlyn Tomita

You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.

— George Takei

“American loneliness is a completely different creature from anything we experience in this country, and it made me glad I was born japanese.”

— Ryū Murakami

Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

— David Suzuki