leading to the establishment of Gardena Buddhist Church in 1926.

an association of those with ties to his home prefecture in Japan.the world tour he envisioned as a 22-year-old never really got past L.

after leaving Japan with a plan to see the world.then maybe 40 young people got off when we got to Los Angeles.and such was the case after the Japanese economy crashed in the early 1990s.

Courtesy Rumi FujimotoFans have flocked to the current Olympic Shop for Dodger gear.he presented the Koreisha o Mamorukai with a $10.

where we stayed for two or three days.

many young people wanted to go overseas.Fifteen family members repatriated from the U.

Miss Furumoto nominated me to become a student ambassador from Los Angeles City (via the LAUSD) to its sister city of Nagoya.I returned to Yoshida High (which no longer exists.

and dreamed about going to Japan someday.has fond memories: Miss Furumoto was the type of teacher that.