we are all of the same essence or value.

Photo courtesy of the LA Tanabata FestivalThe 17th Los Angeles Tanabata Festival moves to the JACCC.Hope; originality/creativity; design—use of paper decorations (flowers.

org or email: latanabatafestival@gmail.The public will vote on the most creative kazari.who received sponsorship from the three founding organizations — Little Tokyo Public Safety (Koban).

Everyone is invited to participate.Photo credit: Psyndi QuinonesYoshihito Yonemoto.

temples and nonprofit organizations; C — kenjinkai; D — display only and not eligible for a prize.

The Tanabata Festival was started in Los Angeles in 2009 by Yoshihito Yonezawa.Family HistoryGlen Kitayama of the Manzanar Committee related some of his family history.

I want to believe that there are people with good judgment who believes in justice and democratic principles.The rally was held at the same location where hundreds of Japanese Americans were rounded up and sent to concentration camps in 1942.

I want to appeal to such people to let them know the miserable conditions that the Japanese are experiencing here.that some people are dismissable.