Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...
During the early 20th century, Japanese matchmakers would arrange marriages between single women in Japan seeking husbands in Hawai‘i, and Japanese bachelors in Hawai‘i who desired to marry and raise ...
Japanese weddings are a beautiful mix of tradition and culture, with rituals that have been followed for centuries ...
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM)— The Chemung Historical Society now has a Smithsonian traveling exhibit that highlights the legacy and struggles of Japanese War Brides. After World War II, many Japanese women ...