the closest thing to the magic of white particles descending from the sky and blanketing the ground was ash; snow seemed like a foreign concept from books.

I can usually count on seeing a familiar face at big cultural events.This mostly consisted of food recipes passed down in the kitchen.

The Northern California Cherry Blossom Queen will be selected this Sunday at the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture.She works as a project associate at a nonprofit public health research and consulting organization.Her hometown is San Jose and her hobbies include basketball.

My fathers father and my mothers mother are both fully Japanese.fish and conservation biology from UC Davis.

Kami Chieko Kodama is 24 years old and received a bachelors in cognitive science from UC Berkeley.

and it comes from the funeral the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin held for a widely loved tree that stood proudly for generations of Nikkeishe was chosen because she was one of the last elderly survivors of the concentration camps at that time.

Marge WadaThe Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Margaret Marge Wada.and Organizational Committee and co-chaired the External Relations Committee.

She worked for the State of California for 19 years and retired as a Manager IIand I applaud their continued efforts to create an environment of inclusion that celebrates the community’s diversity.