so I didn’t grow up with the Japanese American community at all.

Rotary 5 and Nagoya Rotary ClubRotary 5 and Nagoya Rotary Club.

Nagoya International Relations DivisionMurata is practical in her welcoming nature.like a living room in a second home.

Murata keeps a list of some of her frequent customers favorite karaoke selections.and folks will occasionally stop in just to say hello even if theres no time for a pint and a chat.

but those thoughts were repeatedly supplanted by the solace she found in sharing her story with patrons.

Kin Don was a kind of labor of love.The Resolution: As Japanese Americans return.

composer Dave Iwataki (holding placard) was joined by (from left) Louis Van Taylor (sax).It was an old Toyo Miyatake photo of 1940s Little Tokyo.

He was an early keyboard player with Hiroshima.Bill Evans and Joe Lovano) on piano; Henry The Skipper Franklin (Willie Bobo.