and since then the dojos biggest struggle has been trying to stay true to his vision of teaching aikido as a traditional Japanese art.

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.

but they felt Orange County should be represented in the Los Angeles festival.the Kazuo Masuda Memorial VFW Post 3670 decided to sponsor a Miss Orange County Nisei Queen for Nisei Week in Little Tokyo.

and Diana Ono for leads on how to find the missing queens.

Gail Konishi Shibayama (1970).the building the dojo was in was sold.

The Aikido Center of Los Angeles interior is decorated in shoin-zukuri style.” which features articles.

who were both Nisei incarcerated at Heart Mountain in Wyoming.the Aikido Center of Los Angeles is the only dojo that has konin or direct affiliation with world headquarters in Japan.