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Camp Musubi Thanks Rafu Shimpo

Camp Musubi Thanks Rafu Shimpo

Last week, the kids from Camp Musubi visited the local businesses and landmarks in Little Tokyo. The Rafu Shimpo was one of the featured stops on their tour. Here is a poster we received as a thank you... 

Noodles: Too Darn Hot

Noodles: Too Darn Hot

—GWEN MURANAKA  ...

A Perpetual No Win Situation

A Perpetual No Win Situation

Kuroda a Yankee? Say it ain’t so. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By JORDAN IKEDA === So, the Dodgers are finally admitting this season is a lost cause and trying to get while the getting is good. The biggest... 

HORSE’S MOUTH: Henry Fukuhara’s Art Workshop

HORSE’S MOUTH: Henry Fukuhara’s Art Workshop

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 24, 2010.) === About a month ago I wrote about attending a regular Sunday service at the Gardena Baptist Church where I used to be a regular... 

THROUGH THE FIRE: The Power of Obon

THROUGH THE FIRE: The Power of Obon

By SHARON YAMATO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 25, 2010.) === It’s been great to see J-town bustling with Nisei Week activity during the past few weeks. Tanabatas, booths selling Asian... 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Knowing One Another’s Histories

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Knowing One Another’s Histories

(First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 26, 2010.) === Dear Editor, This is an opinion and response from reading about the oral history on internment camps. I was doing research on history projects... 

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Nisei Week When Nisei Reigned

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Nisei Week When Nisei Reigned

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 25, 2010.) === The curtain was drawn on the 2010 version of Nisei Week last Sunday with the traditional Li’l Tokio parade. I’m told... 

Boxer Announces Congressional Gold Medal for Nisei Units

Boxer Announces Congressional Gold Medal for Nisei Units

By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS Rafu Staff Writer === Sen. Barbara Boxer shakes hands with Hitoshi Sameshima of the Military Intelligence Service Veterans Association of Southern California in front of the Go... 

One Last Dance

One Last Dance

Dancers from the San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center join in the public ondo, closing the 70th Nisei Week Festival on Sunday night. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) With taiko drums and... 

Noodles: Big Beers

Noodles: Big Beers

Beer halls or gardens in Japan are one of the great ways to cool down in the muggy heat, and the beers come in big sizes. This is based on the Sapporo Lion Beer Hall in Ginza if you’ve ever been. —GWEN... 

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