and we are aware that our teachers played an important role in setting us on the right path.

at Sugimoto Family Social Hallformer executive director of Kuramoto the Japanese American Cultural Community Center (JACCC).

president of Aihara Associates Insurance.former public information officer at JANM.as a child in the 1950s and was raised in the diverse Los Angeles neighborhood of Crenshaw.

and a recognition of her 2024 National Heritage Fellowship.a program celebrating the noted koto musician and 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellow June Kuramoto.

and UCLAs Asian American Studies Center.

Kuramotos protégé Emily Kinaga Wong on koto and her brother Brandon Kinaga Wong on guitar will perform Kuramotos signature song Thousand Cranes.He realized most Americans knew little about the Japanese American incarceration during World War II that imprisoned 125.

in the latest issue of Humanities magazine.biographer David McCullough and documentarian Ken Burns.

call the center at (307) 754-8000 or email info @heartmountain.I remember hearing something about putting some Japanese into prisons.