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Mochi Wishes

On the day of the Tanabata Festival, the summer sun cast rays of golden light onto the streets of L…

Sophiya Ichida Sweet • June 21, 2021

California fiction Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Tanabata United States

Japanese culture celebrated at festivals

2015 marks the 120th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Navigation and Commerce between Brazi…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Sept. 9, 2015

Brazil cherry blossom festivals cherry blossoms culture Festival do Japão (event) Festival of Japanese Culture (event) festivals matsuri Tanabata

Dedicating His Life to Art and Community Service - Artist Richard Yutaka Fukuhara - Part 1

Pride of Being Japanese When I first met Richard Fukuhara—a third generation Japanese American arti…

Keiko Fukuda • March 5, 2015

artists arts California communities Japanese prefectural associations Little Tokyo Los Angeles Love to Nippon (organization) Nikkei Games (event) Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council Richard Yutaka Fukuhara Shadows for Peace (exhibition) Tanabata United States Yamaguchi Kenjinkai

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Interview with Yoshihito Yonezawa the President of the Nanka Miyagi Kenjin Kai - Part 2

Read part 1 >> Stood speechless at the sight of disaster areas: We will keep doing what we can Soon…

Keiko Fukuda • March 10, 2014

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California Japanese prefectural associations JPquake2011 Los Angeles Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai Tanabata United States Yoshihito Yonezawa

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Interview with Yoshihito Yonezawa the President of the Nanka Miyagi Kenjin Kai - Part 1

“I was so touched by people’s kindness I wanted to do all that I could to help others” The Great Ea…

Keiko Fukuda • March 3, 2014

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan California Japanese prefectural associations JPquake2011 Los Angeles Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai Tanabata United States Yoshihito Yonezawa

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Rikuzentakata: Two years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami - Part 5: The Tanabata tradition

Read part 4 >> 5. Efforts to maintain the Tanabata tradition Since he was a child, Yoshikatsu Sasak…

María Laura Martelli Giachino • Jan. 6, 2014

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan disaster recovery earthquakes festivals Iwate Prefecture Japan JPquake2011 matsuri Rikuzentakata Tanabata

From Sendai to LA--Workshop Support Arrives in LA from the Home of the Tanabata Festival

A genuine love for Japan, felt in Los AngelesThe Tanabata Festival became the new talk of the town …

Keiko Fukuda • June 3, 2010

California festivals Honshu Japan Japanese Americans Los Angeles Miyagi Prefecture Nisei Week (event) Sendai Tanabata Tanabata festivals United States

Los Angeles “Tanabata Matsuri”: Part 3 - Aiming for a New Tradition: “Otakiage” for the Tanabata ornaments

Among the many events held by the Los Angeles Nikkei community in 2009, perhaps one of the most hig…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Dec. 21, 2009

festivals matsuri Tanabata traditions

Los Angeles “Tanabata Matsuri”: Part 2 - Creating More Ties that Bind - Tsutsui-san’s aspirations for next year

>> Read Part 1 The 1st Annual “Tanabata Matsuri (Tanabata Festival),” held as a part of the 69th …

Yukikazu Nagashima • Nov. 19, 2009

Alzheimer's disease crafts family festivals festivals Tanabata Tanabata festivals

Los Angeles Tanabata Matsuri - Part 1: The Meeting of Two Dreams

For the very first time, Tanabata Matsuri was featured alongside the customary events and exhibitio…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Sept. 17, 2009

California festivals Japanese Americans Los Angeles matsuri Nisei Week (event) Tanabata United States

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