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  2. One Big Hapa Family - Wikipedia

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    One Big Hapa Family is a 2010 live-action/animated documentary film directed by Canadian director Jeff Chiba Stearns. The documentary explores aspects that influence most Japanese-Canadians to marry inter-racially and how the mixed Japanese generation perceives its multiracial identity.

  3. Patta Potta Monta - Wikipedia

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    Patta Potta Monta (パッタ ポッタ モン太) is a children's anime series. It aired in Japan between August 1, 2006, and January 30, 2007, on Chiba TV.The show was made as commemoration of the 15th anniversary of production company Tokyo Kids.

  4. Jeff Chiba Stearns - Wikipedia

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    Chiba Stearns was born in Kelowna, British Columbia, of European and Japanese heritage.He is a distant cousin of renowned historian Sir Peter Stearns.After graduating from the Emily Carr Institute with a Bachelor of Media Arts majoring in Film animation, he went on to obtain a Bachelor of Education from University of British Columbia.

  5. Summer Sonic Festival - Wikipedia

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    Summer Sonic Festival was founded in 2000 in Japan, by Naoki Shimizu, CEO of Tokyo promotions company Creativeman Productions Ltd. [3] Addressing the ever-growing demand for western music, the festival drew established and emerging musical acts of most genres to become, by 2010, Japan's biggest music event.

  6. Funassyi - Wikipedia

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    Funassyi (ふなっしー, Funasshī) is a fictional Japanese mascot character, unofficially representing the city of Funabashi, Chiba.It was created by a citizen of Funabashi with the objective of cheering up local residents and helping promote its hometown.

  7. Japanese festivals - Wikipedia

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    Japanese festivals, or matsuri (Japanese: 祭り), are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.The origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings to the kami", and ...

  8. Katori Shrine - Wikipedia

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    The Katori Shrine (香取神宮, Katori Jingū) is a Shintō shrine in the city of Katori in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.It is the ichinomiya of former Shimōsa Province, and is the head shrine of the approximately 400 Katori shrines around the country (located primarily in the Kantō region). [1]

  9. Chiba clan - Wikipedia

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    The Chiba clan (千葉氏 Chiba-shi) was a Japanese gōzoku and samurai family descending from the Taira clan. The clan was founded by Chiba Tsunetane , the son of Taira no Tadatsune . The Chiba governed in Shimōsa Province , and the clan was based in present-day Chiba City .