Each of us who knew Min will have our own memories to cherish.

A special highlight of the event was having a slideshow of all the past queens and then having each queen stand up and personally introduce themselves to the group.??Each queen was given a pin consisting of a gold crown with rhinestones to wear at future Orange County events to signify them as Miss Orange County JA Queens in addition to receiving a personalized pink and gold pen as a souvenir of this first queens reunion as a gift from the Kazuo Masuda Memorial VFW Post 3670.

Sandra Fukushima Ninomiya (1989).The room was decorated in pink.There was not that many Japanese American events due to the recent ending of World War II and the Japanese American community resettling back into Orange County.

Her search found there was no official information about these past queens.The first Nisei Week Japanese Festival.

and six Miss Tomodachi winners.

Suburban Optimist Club of Buena Park.including Ken Watanabe and James Doi (left).

Furuya founded the Aikido Center of Los Angeles in 1974.Furuya’s book and writings.

and instructors and members from the dojo and its affiliates.he was the only son of Tetsuo Ted and Kimiye Furuya.