to teach participants how to make a kazari and provided a space to buy materials.

In addition to the traditional Bon Odori dancing.and visitors enjoyed all-time favorites like udon.

as created and enjoyed by young participants Logan and Maya.Okinawa dango were brisk sellers throughout the day.as were cool beverages like beer.

tea ceremony and taiko performances.Anything cold and refreshing was popular on the warm afternoon.

Christine Inouye adds to the rhythm of the music.

Barbara Okita (left) and Mike Uno were handling duties on taiko.regional stories of bravery and humanity.

About Go For Broke National Education CenterThe mission of GFBNEC is to educate and inspire character and equality through the virtue and valor of World War II American veterans of Japanese ancestry.He wants to continue what his mother and aunt started and to remember and appreciate all of their sacrifices that have made Suehiro Café into what it is today.

200 first-person audio-visual interviews of Nisei WWII veterans and their contemporaries.Junkos son Kenji has been running the family business since Junkos retirement in 2001.