Hank Crawford) on drums; Keith Fiddmont (director of the Santa Monica City College Jazz Ensemble since 1998) on sax and flute; Maceo Hernandez (Demon Drummer of East L.

or like the kimono or furisode.a visual reminder of the changes that Little Tokyos Nisei Week Queen and Court program has made since its inception.

First Princess Sara Emiko Kubo.Kara: Theres this intergenerational impact.but also the cultural aspect and sharing that with the surrounding community.

Rafu: This is a great segway into what Tamlyn Tomita said in the film regarding the evolution of the Nisei Week Queen and Court Program over the years.having the community come back from those two really significant.

I think the only times that they didn’t have the festival was during World War II and then the COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo credit: Joann Shin CordeiroKara Chu.This years pilgrimage theme is Crystal City Rising — Neighbors Not Enemies.

citizens trapped behind enemy lines.the Naganuma family was forced to leave a flourishing laundry business of nearly 30 years in Peru and travel for three weeks by boat and train before being imprisoned in Texas.

Not front and center all the time.One of over 75 detention sites used to imprison innocent civilians of Japanese ancestry during World War II.