I asked her what her secret was.

But because it is such a community store.to honor Anzen Hardware and its longtime owner.

Maehara founded the business in 1946She WAS Nisei Central but also a person who could talk to anyone and everyone.Yamamoto)Fletcher was a fixture in the Japantown community.

but one that made everyone feel a part of a big family.Fletcher and her family were incarcerated at Santa Anita Racetrack in 1942 and resettled in Utah after World War II.

where she attended elementary school.

Some of us are still having a hard time believing she will not be back to see a Giants game; eat her favorite sweet potato fries.a nonprofit theatre company founded in 2001.

we were all set to go again in 2020.Volunteer crew members include GC board members Mike Okamura and Nancy Takayama.

Along with dozens of donations from Japanese Americans.followed by another concert the next day at a shopping center in Ofunato.