Research log: week 6
I just wanted to include this really great article by Katherine Nagasawa on Chicago’s unofficial Japantown, and how it all but vanished and why. (There’s also an audio version if you’re so inclined.)
Going forward with my paper, I’m going to implement this information into what I wrote on Kosuke Fukudome, who was quoted as saying that he thought Chicago had a great Japanese community, but by that time it had been pushed out into the suburbs of Chicago. I also want to tie it in to how I didn’t even know that community existed as a kid when I was around Wrigleyville (apparently the community mentioned in the article was about a half mile south of Wrigley).
I’m going to spend tomorrow writing and listening to Tatsu Aoki’s music so I can move forward with the music portion of my paper. Hopefully by the end all of this makes for a cohesive paper.