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Fri, Aug 20 2010

Sayonara Nisei Week

Sayonara Nisei Week

Also tagged: disney concert hall, fujima kansuma, jaccc, Japan, memoirs of a geisha, nisei week, Okinawa, ondo, pearl harbor, smap, taiko, yukata

Madame Sanjo Kangiku, Nisei Week Queen Dana Fujiko Heatherton and the Nisei Week Court lead dancers during the community at last year's closing ceremony. Ondo dancing starts at 5 p.m. on Sunday on...

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Wed, Aug 18 2010

Cool Weather, Good Times at Nisei Week Festival

Cool Weather, Good Times at Nisei Week Festival

Also tagged: Ajuku Girls, aki the akita, Art Nakane, Centenary United Methodist Church, Charlie Brown, Consul General Junichi Ihara, Councilmember Jan Perry, Dana Heatherton, Hapa Project, japanese village plaza, jiichans, Kanako Mikami, Katsushi, kimono, kip fulbeck, Lani Kume Nishiyama, LAPD Deputy Chief Terry Hara, little tokyo, Mirai Nagasu, Nebuta Festival, nikkei, Nisei Week Festival, obachans, Snoopy, Supervisor Michael Antonovich, taiko, weller court, yukata

The 2010 Nisei Week Court wave to the crowd during the Nisei Week Parade held Sunday afternoon in Little Tokyo. (Photos by MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By RYOKO ONISHI & JORDAN IKEDA RAFU STAFF WRITERS The...

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Mon, Aug 9 2010

Pride of the Community

Pride of the Community

Also tagged: 70th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival, Bill Hideo Kikuchi, Crystal City Relocation Center, Grand Marshal, Grand Parade, little tokyo, Mirai Nagasu, nagoya, nebuta, nisei week queen, Parade marshal

This year marks the 70th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival celebration with its Grand Parade as one of the main attractions to hit the streets of Little Tokyo, Sunday, August 15, starting at 5:30 p.m....

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Wed, May 19 2010

A ‘Shew’ In for Success

A ‘Shew’ In for Success

Also tagged: CIF, CIF Southern Section finals, Karen Shew, Kiersten Shew, La Serna High School, Lancers, rafu shimpo, UCLA

Kiersten Shew holds up her first place CIF medal in the 100 backstroke at her house in Whittier. By JORDAN IKEDA RAFU SPORTS EDITOR Kiersten Shew has only been swimming competitively for three years,...

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Sat, May 8 2010

New Coach on the Block

New Coach on the Block

Also tagged: Beijing, Bill Atkinson, Derek Fisher, Gary Duperon, George Tachibana, Harvey Kitani, Irvine Baptist Church, Kobe Bryant, lakers, nau, North, Paul Nitake, rafu shimpo, Sam Yoon, Torrance, UC Irvine, w, Warriors, West High School

Paul Nitake is looking to change the culture and the tempo of the West Torrance Warriors basketball program. (JORDAN IKEDA/Rafu Shimpo) By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Sports Editor If you followed West High School...

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Tue, Feb 23 2010

HORSE’S MOUTH: We Have To Reestablish Little Tokyo

HORSE’S MOUTH: We Have To Reestablish Little Tokyo

Also tagged: horse's mouth

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Feb. 23, 2010) === “OH, NO!” “OH, YES!” That’s what everyone watching the TV Saturday evening hollered out during the telecast of...

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Wed, Sep 23 2009

SS: A Mixed Bag of Sports Spotlights

SS: A Mixed Bag of Sports Spotlights

Also tagged: Bryan Clay, Cross Country, CY Young, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Robinson, Decathalon, Don Wakamatsu, Guangzhou International Women's Open, Hall of Fame, ichiro suzuki, Ken Griffey Jr., kimiko date krumm, Maryville, Masanori Murakami, Rocky Seto, Shannon Murakami, Shaquille O'Neal, UCLA, USC, Japanese

Sun Spots is back and with a new logo to boot (thanks Cari). This week we’ve got Griffy and Ichiro, a UCLA running phenom, football in the 1880s and training like a decathlete. As always, hit me...

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