A detour was taken to Fukui Mortuary to give meals to staff working on that day in appreciation of their contribution to the community.

12: Ebb and Flow: Community Mental Health Conference.$50Expressing gratitude to the noted koto musician June Kuramoto in an event celebrating her legacy and community.

$5Celebrate the release of a new book that dives deep into the pop culture phenomenon of Giant Robot.and community members dedicated to preserving and educating about the history of Japanese American incarceration during World War II.IDs will be checked at the door.

The screening will be followed by a conversation and QA with co-directors Tadashi Nakamura and Quyên Nguyen-Le.Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever.

Echoes of Resilience: Imagining the Possible in Preserving Japanese American Heritage.

From nearly 70 selections of fiction.The team members took turns striking the mallets into the sticky glob in the attempt turn this into a cohesive and smooth mound.

provided by Mari and Ford Fujii.This required timing and rhythm to avoid both the clash of mallets.

The overlapping of the two mochi also represents the moon (yin) and the sun (yang).Given a 15-minute pounding time limit.