was honored for his dedication and financial contributions to the JATCFS scholarship fund.

With the help of then JACCC President Min Tonai.Jeff Mui played Taps at the end of the program

The number of returnees gradually increased.Speaking about the 100th anniversary.which provided classrooms during the renovation period.

The event also marked the official unveiling of the newly renovated facility.a full-time project two years in the making.

So I remember he said he was the only one that didnt burn any papers.

He recounted key moments — the completion of the school building in 1929; the traumatic experience in March 1942 when local Japanese Americans were gathered at JIS before being transported by bus to Manzanar incarceration camp; the schools postwar reopening; and the official recognition of the area as Sawtelle Japantown by the City of Los Angeles in 2015.I was deeply affected by a documentary showing teachers who continued to teach Japanese dance in those camps — it was inspiring.

official choreographer for the 83rd Nisei Week FestivalFujimoto was in his early 20s working at Hitachi.

a small store on First Street that buzzes with customers daily.and ending just ahead of the Grand Parade.