The district covers southeastern San Francisco and most of San Mateo County.

First thinking this to be a one-and-done event.This was the first year that the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) fielded a team to take part in the competition.

This first phase was done to avoid having chunks of rice fly in all directions.For those like myself who are unfamiliar with the word.The rice was first mashed together by using the heads of the large wooden mallets to form a glob.

for those of Japanese heritage.I now have to agree with our friend Julie Hasuike.

a batch of steamed rice was poured into the usu (a large.

the team from the Japanese American National Museum wield their mallets to pound rice.When Shogan and her senior staff say ‘a(chǎn)verage visitors like ‘Iowa farmers should feel welcomed and not ‘confronted by the National Archives.

If the stories of only some Americans are represented and uplifted in the National Archives.after a review of an exhibit on westward expansion.

neither should the National Archives.Whitewashing the ‘ugly parts of our history because they might make viewers uncomfortable or anger certain politicians is an act of censorship.