Recalling a lesson learned from a difficult backpacking trip when he was a new member of the troop.

ongoing efforts at offering educational information regarding this important incarceration site are likely to go on for years.After being asked to return there in 2017 after 75 years.

feel and touch the ground where our ancestors were once imprisoned.They are especially important because many who live around them now have little or no knowledge that their very own communities were utilized as massive detention centers.Not only does it include a beautifully constructed wall of names.

Standing in the cavernous open-beam structure.they were described by many as much worse than the 10 permanent camps.

we encountered an entirely different assembly center that I would venture to say was the most unique and by far the worst of all 17 sites.

Even though the floor was now completely cleaned up and covered with concrete.Kizuna NCI InternPink wisteria and rainbows graced the entryway of the Terasaki Budokan courtyard.

and the Yakipapis!Like most obons and matsuris.Catering was hosted by family-owned Little Tokyo restaurant: Azay.

introduced a new song and dance: The Okaeri Ondo.and Minyo performers: Mariko Rooks (they/she) and Cam (he/they).