investigative journalist Melissa Toomim.

400 people attended the festivities.including a bleacher section with cheering fans.

I really enjoyed the camaraderie of friends and the community working together.I want to do better next year.ensuring they still have the samePounders occasionally dipped the mallets into water to prevent the wood from sticking to the rice.

as 35 team pounders gathered around.29 in partnership with Tanaka Farms.

this decorative offering is said to represent the past and coming new year.

a mochi filled with a sweet azuki bean paste.and Hiroshi Kono (event and music producer.

to stories about post-war Japanese American families such as Resettlement: Chicago Story.Kosuke Furukawa (visual artist).

The online festival will be available until Sunday.Tomatoes on a conveyor belt must pass a tough audition to become delicious canned tomatoes.