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Kawasaki Reading Room

Taichi Shima (left), a graduate student studying agriculture, whisks matcha powder into hot water fo

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Participants listen to Heidi Martinez-Reyes speak about her collection of kimono during a Hinamatsur

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Jay Thaisetthawatkul, a 2023 UNL grad, talks about his paintings of maiko and geiko to participants

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Khoa Tran, a junior studying computer science, attempts to fasten an obi around Pat Rujirayanyang, a

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Jay Thaisetthawatkul, a 2023 UNL grad, talks about his paintings of maiko and geiko to participants

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Taichi Shima, a graduate student studying agriculture, ties a hakama worn by David Banda, a junior s

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Madoka Wayoro, Director of the Kawasaki Reading Room, talks about each of the hinakazari dolls on di

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Jerry Zhu, a junior studying secondary education with emphases in teaching Chinese and Japanese as a

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Jerry Zhu, a junior studying secondary education with emphases in teaching Chinese and Japanese as f

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Jerry Zhu, a junior studying secondary education with emphases in teaching Chinese and Japanese as a

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Jamie De La Cruz, a sophomore studying criminology, holds out a bracelet she made at the Kawasaki Re

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Taichi Shima reaches for a roll of stretchy thread to make jewelry during the Kawasaki Reading Room'

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Natalia Hagen, a May 2025 graduate and UNL research technician, strings beads together for a bracele

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Madoka Wayoro, Director of the Kawasaki Reading Room for Japanese Studies, pours water to mix into b

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Natalia Hagen, a May 2025 graduate and UNL research technician, checks the fit of a bracelet she mad

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Jerry Zhu, left, junior Secondary Education major, and Hokuto Okabe put on their demon masks during

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Cheryl Muregerera (left), a Kawasaki Reading Room worker and graduate student in Educational Adminis

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Cheryl Muregerera, graduate student in Educational Administration, talks about the history of Mamema

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Chancellor Ronnie Green gives remarks at the Celebration for 30th anniversary of the Kawasaki Readin

Mike Boyle, president of local operations for Kawasaki, shows a card with his name inked in Japanese

Celebration for 30th anniversary of the Kawasaki Reading Room. September 22. 2022.

Chancellor Ronnie Green gives remarks at the Celebration for 30th anniversary of the Kawasaki Readin

Mike Boyle, president of local operations for Kawasaki, shows a card with his name inked in Japanese

Celebration for 30th anniversary of the Kawasaki Reading Room. September 22. 2022.

Graduate Assistant Christa Rahl photographs attendees at the celebration. Celebration for 30th anniv

Graduate Assistant Christa Rahl speaks at the celebration. Celebration for 30th anniversary of the K

Chancellor Ronnie Green and Mike Boyle, president of local operations for Kawasaki, talk after the c