Hello Maggie! was funded by a grant from the Japanese American Confinement Sites program of the National Park Service and the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.

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.He also honored the determination of Japanese Americans who continued their education even in camps like Manzanar and stated.

History and Future of the SchoolLos Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park (left) presents an award for JIS to President Miwa TakahashiBoard member and grandson of the founder.The City of Los Angeles also presented awards to individuals and organizations for their contributions.After the war ended in 1945 and Japanese Americans were released from the camps.

expressed his feelings on the new changes.22 held a special ceremony to commemorate its 100th anniversary and the completion of its new school building.

by presenting a certificate of appreciation.

the school has grown with the mission of providing Japanese language education and preserving Japanese culture for Japanese American children.his ability to recognize what was happening around him has been his greatest asset.

I never imagined living in America.The store is managed with great enthusiasm by his daughter – and unabashed Dodger fan – Rumi.

He co-wrote Umi wo Watatta Jinsei (Life Across the Ocean).and gift and souvenir shops around Little Tokyo shuttered.