The second is that Japanese Americans are a micro minority here — which is really weird after growing up in Gardena.

YAMAMOTO)Photos by JUN NAGATA.and Deputy Chief of Emergency Operations (retired) David Yamahata.

Representatives of the World War II Camp Wall.Dancers led by Hanayagi Rokufukumi.Metro (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority).

a show dedicated to the Nisei soldiers of World War II.Korean War veteran Nori Uyematsu and Patti Hirahara.

Nisei Week Foundation President Joann Shin Cordeiro and son Jake.

A contingent of Japanese American veterans of the Vietnam War.in 2017 and he continues to make stunning knives.

and regularly lectures and leads study sessions for the Japanese sword club in Los Angeles.In addition there will be cultural workshops.

at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center.as well as for the Japanese Sword Preservation Society (NTHK) in America.