MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS / Rafu ShimpoGathering to discuss plans for this years Nisei Week Festival are.

Nagauta name-holders also joined Yamato-gaku.I spent those years very busily until leaving Los Angeles in the fall of 1977.

he established Katada-Kai USA and held performances in Los Angeles for over 20 years.when masters began passing away or retiring one after another.KIneya Yasoyo (the second generation).

I found that the Los Angeles hogaku (traditional Japanese music) world was experiencing its golden age.dealing a major blow to Japanese companies.

I participated as an ohayashi performer (Katada Kimisen).

Buddhist temples played a particularly important role.and/or interrogated at the site.

Din has shared on Discover Nikkei some of the stories of the 700+ Americans of Japanese descent who were arrested by the FBI in Hawaii and the West Coast after Pearl Harbor and spent some time on Angel Island.This program is presented in partnership with the Nikkei Genealogical Society.

Historian and genealogist Grant Din.Join JANM and the Nikkei Genealogical Society for an in-depth guide to the hidden history of Angel Island during World War II.