even welcoming a JAS member recently to her home and providing a full tea-ceremony service even though she was weak from age.

Shirota was married to her husband for 31 years.After graduating as high school valedictorian in 1990.

when it reopened after the World War II incarceration.While attending California State University Los Angeles.Kawasaki continues to hold meetings for CENW members to provide grief sessions as well as companionship.

She worked with an array of distinguished personalities and corporate entities.It was during those years that her family taught her the importance of being connected to a church and the value of service to others.

Shirota and her husband spent six months in Okinawa; her husband co-taught Lucky Come Hawaii at the university while Shirota volunteered at the Amerasian School.

approached Kawasaki for help as her parents had originally nourished the group from its inception.Jason Mikami with his wife Mitzi Onizuka and daughter Kate Mikami.

Following is a list of participating wineries and winemakers (all based in California unless otherwise noted):B.Et Fille Wines; and Kurtis Ogasawara.

There Nagasawa operated the Fountaingrove Winery.From what began with only a handful of Japanese and Japanese American winemakers and growers.