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  • 14.Jun
  • Mrs Burks’ Sunday Roast

  • A Japanese food writer blends her passion for British food with the memories that accompany each dish, in this touching documentary, a labour of love with all the trimmings.

  • 15.May
  • Calling all half Japanese people living in Japan (over 18s only)

  • ‘Hafu’ Photo Project
    Natalie Maya Willer and Marcia Yumi Lise
    www.hafujapanese.org
    Tokyo Photo Shoot 20th (Sat) & 21st (Sun) June, 10am – 7pm
    Osaka Photo Shoot 28th [...]

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  • 20.Nov
  • Being Half Japanese

  • By Marcia Yumi Lise
    I was born to a Japanese mother and an American-Italian mother. Like many other ‘racially’ or if you prefer ‘ethnically’ mixed individuals, I often think about my identity and how I sit in society. I was born and raised in Japan. I therefore consider myself to be predominantly Japanese. That is, culturally. [...]

What is Halvsie?

A halvsie is a person with half Japanese heritage. The term was coined to replace the more general ‘hapa’. Halvsie was inspired by the Japanese ‘hafu’ used to describe offspring of a mixed marriage, and derived from the English ‘halves’.

Halvsie.com hosts a forum where our members introduce themselves to other half Japanese, some finding other halvsies in their cities for the very first time. Many of our members have found kindship in their country were they once thought that they were rare. Informal groups have arisen in Tokyo, Los Angeles, London, and Helsinki and many a nomikai have been organized under the halvsie banner.

As you can see from the image above there are a lot of famous half Japanese including Dave Roberts, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Alpolo Ohno, Rina Chinen, Sean Lennon, Ann Curry, Karen Gomyo, Edna Mode and Devon Aoki. They span continents and categories and we have chronicled literally hundreds of them in our Wiki.

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  • BobMarche: Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
  • pal: I want to be a sushi chef and learn the amazing oyogu hone technique. Do you know where I can learn this?...
  • saren: Ohno won last year, and now Kristi Yamaguchi has taken the crown – the nikkei are unstoppable baby!

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