CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: How to Win Friends and Influence People
By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO I should know what numerical edition this year’s Nisei Week is, but it’s only a number, so who’s to care? Maybe seventy-something? Discounting the war years, of course. Charlie...
View ArticleAuthors Tateishi, Nakagawa to Speak at Manzanar Historic Site
INDEPENDENCE — Manzanar National Historic Site, located at 5001 U.S. Hwy. 395 in Independence, and the Manzanar History Association will present two author events this month. John Tateishi, author of...
View Article着物文化を守るのは世界の若者だ！
日本の伝統着物は値段が高いし、小物が多くて着るのも簡単でないし、しかも動きにくい。買う人、着る人にとって容易ではなさそうだ。その結果として着物に携わる職人が減っているという。そうした中、どうやって日本の伝統美ともいえる着物の良さを守っていけばいいのだろうか。その鍵を握っているのは、文化的に異なるバックグラウンドを持つ世界各国の若い人たちの感性にありそうだ。 若者が関心寄せるスタイルも...
View ArticleHiroshima/Kenny Endo Concert to Benefit PABT
PALO ALTO — Hiroshima and the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble will give benefit concerts for Palo Alto Buddhist Temple on Saturday, April 16, at 3 and 7 p.m. at Schultz Cultural Arts Hall at the Jewish...
View ArticleMembers of Congress React to Williams’ Death
Nikkei members of Congress were among those reacting to the apparent suicide of actor/comedian Robin Williams on Monday. “His art brought joy to millions of lives. He will be missed,” said Rep. Mark...
View ArticleGENIE’S LAMP: Oh, Little Sparrow
By GENIE NAKANO oh, little sparrow I hold you in my hands sing out your song from moment to moment we only have this moment Genie Nakano was born in East Los Angeles. She has an MFA in Dance, and uses...
View Articleパイオニア５人を表彰：日系社会の発展に貢献する
第７４回二世週祭（岡本雅夫実行委員長）が選出したパイオニア賞の表彰昼餐会が１３日、ダブルツリー・ヒルトンで開かれた。南カリフォルニア各地区の日系社会の発展のために尽力し、その礎を築いたバート・イノウエ、ボビー・イワシタ、フランク・カワセ、西元美代子、米澤義人５氏の社会貢献をたたえ表彰、出席者約２５０人が先駆者の受賞を盛大に祝った。...
View ArticleINTO THE NEXT STAGE: George Takei’s Third Act Goes Into Warp Drive
By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON I’m old enough to remember “Star Trek” when it originally aired on NBC in the 1960s. This was before it got its second wind in syndication, when reruns caught on with people...
View ArticleMork & Me
By ELLEN ENDO, Rafu Contributing Writer It’s not often that we are privileged to meet someone so intelligent, so unique, so gifted that your life path changes forever. Robin Williams was one such...
View ArticleInternational Tea Festival at JANM
The fourth Los Angeles International Tea Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 16-17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave. in Little Tokyo....
View ArticleL.A. Memorial Set for Yuri Kochiyama
By MIYA IWATAKI Activist and beloved community leader Yuri Kochiyama, who passed away on June 1 at the age of 93, will be remembered at a memorial on Sunday, Aug. 31, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Aratani...
View Article‘Surf Craft’ at Mingei International Museum
SAN DIEGO — People have made surfboards for centuries. Standing alone, these boards are often striking examples of functional design. Together, they tell a compelling story about the evolution of an...
View ArticleMajor Eaters Competing in Gyoza Contest
On Saturday, Aug. 16, the 74th annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival will host the eighth annual Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship, an official Major League Eating (MLE) event, from 2 p.m. at...
View ArticleRamen Yokocho in Little Tokyo
Ramen Yokocho is coming to Little Tokyo on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in L.A. city parking lots 7 and 2, near the Geffen Contemporary at...
View ArticleMetro Construction Activities During Nisei Week
Metro has announced traffic restrictions in Little Tokyo for Saturday, Aug. 16, the next-to-last day of the Nisei Week Japanese Festival. As part of ongoing power relocation efforts along Alameda...
View ArticleCity of Glendale Prevails in ‘Comfort Women’ Lawsuit
GLENDALE – U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson on Aug. 4 dismissed a lawsuit against the City of Glendale, which sought the removal of a monument in Glendale’s Central Park that memorializes the...
View ArticleBig Island to Decide Democratic Race for Senate
HILO — One race in Hawaii’s Aug. 9 election remains unresolved — the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate — and more than 8,000 voters on the Big Island will determine the outcome. Sen. Brian Schatz, who...
View ArticleHORSE’S MOUTH: Mexican Food Popular in Japan?
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (Published Aug. 9, 2014) When I read the top story in last Tuesday’s Rafu, all I could utter was “Wow.” The story was headlined: “Pioneers to Be Honored at 74th Nisei Week.” The...
View ArticleJeffrey Uyeda Named Executive Partner of State’s Financial Information System
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on July 31 announced the appointment of Jeffrey Uyeda, 58, of Sacramento, as executive partner at the Financial Information System for California. Uyeda has served as...
View ArticleCalligraphy and Movement Workshop by KAZUKO
GARDENA — Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute is sponsoring an exclusive Calligraphy and Movement Workshop on Saturday, Aug. 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the GVJCI Hall. In this one-time only...
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