The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “Japanese Life in Utah,” pp. 333-62 by Helen Z. Papanikolas and Alice Kasai The mists rise over The still pools at Asuka. Memory does not Pass away so easily. …Akahito For centuries the Japanese were content to live isolated in their wooded land of crags, mists, and ample waters, but …