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Fri, Jan 28 2011

Spirited Celebration at Japanese Chamber

Also tagged: ALHAMBRA, ASAHI GAKUEN, Bob Iannessa, FIRETOWER, japanese village plaza, JCC, JCCSC, jvp, LTBA, MINORU OSADA, NIKKEI SPIRIT AWARD, nisei week, PENTEL, SHIGEKO KAJIYA, TERRY HANDA

From right, Terry Handa, president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, joins award recipients Shigeko Kajiya, Bob Iannessa and Minoru Osada on Sunday at the JCCSC’s annual officers’...

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Wed, Jan 5 2011

Oh the Places We Go

Also tagged: Community, california nisei college diploma project, DIPLOMA PROJECT, ECONOMY, Food, janm, JAPAN AMERICA THEATER, Japan America Theatre, JAT, jvp, kip fulbeck, little tokyo, MANJU, Mirai Nagasu, mochi, New Year, nikkei center, nisei college diploma project, nisei diploma, osechi, oshogatsu, OZONI, PERSONAL ESSAYS, rose parade, RYOKO OHNISHI, Save the Rafu, UCLA, UNEMPLOYMENT, YEAR OF THE RABBIT

By GWEN MURANAKA RAFU ENGLISH EDITOR IN CHIEF === If you’re like me, Oshogatsu is a time get in the car and hit the road. If you were up late toasting in 2011, then you’d better set your alarm early....

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Sun, Aug 22 2010

One Last Dance

Also tagged: asadoya yunta, bonsai, james okazaki, jvp, little tokyo, Madame Fujima Kansuma, nisei week, Okinawa, ondo, san fernando valley jacc, taiko, tanko bushi, venice koshin taiko

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...

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Thu, Jul 29 2010

Fabulous at 50

Also tagged: African American, Asian, bon-odori, Buddhist, hapa, henry yasuda, higashi honganji, Hispanic, issei, japanese american, kachi-kachi, kimonos, los angeles, Mardi Gras, nikkei, nisei, Obon Festival, odori, rinban noriaki ito, taiko, teriyaki, White, yukata

People of all ages, many dressed in traditional Japanese garb, participate in the Bon-Odori at Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo during its 50th Anniversary on Saturday. (photos by JORDAN...

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Sat, Jul 10 2010

A J-Town Icon Reemerges

Also tagged: Japanese, ace, american commercial equities, Bob Iannessa, curtis moyer, fire tower, j-town, japanese village plaza, jvp, little tokyo, nisei week, oomasa, terry hara

The new steel yagura at the entrance to Japanese Village Plaza will be completed Aug. 13, a day before Nisei Week festivities begin. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) BY MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS AND SAMANTHA MASUNAGA RAFU...

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Tag Archives: yagura

Spirited Celebration at Japanese Chamber

Oh the Places We Go

One Last Dance

Fabulous at 50

A J-Town Icon Reemerges

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Sendai Jazz Festival

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Rafu Shimpo’s 2011 Gift Guide

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