Courtesy Whittier Union High School DistrictFormer Whittier High School art teacher Yoshio Nakamura is joined by Whittier Union Board members Irma Rodríguez Moisa (left).

She was just uniquely talented at dancing and choreography and music.I reflected she should have been an NEA award winner.

with precise powerful movements set to the rhythms of taiko.more than 40 years after it debuted.Sumako AzumaThe newest natori danced Tsuru no Ongaeshi.

said she felt that Sumako should also have been given such recognition.John Yamazaki of St Marys Episcopal Church as a tribute to the Christian martyrs of Japan.

She could hear beats so well and accents.

instructor of Azuma Kotobuki Kai.which is composed of Japanese American veterans and friends.

The character for ju (壽) represents longevity and congratulations.share and enjoy their continued friendships among both old and new friends.

These same Buddhahead Breakfast Club veteran members were also recognized and acknowledged for their service to our country in the Nisei Week Parade in August.An interesting sidelight is that in Japanese culture.