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and the groups that host annual events — like the Cherry Blossom Festival and Torrance Bunka-sai — have become like family that I see once a year.Encounter with Japanese DanceQ: How did you first become involved in classical Japanese dance?A: I was physically very weak as a child.

and her commitment to cultural preservation.We listened closely to the quiet yet profound passion that animates her journey.The Torrance native has her natori debut with Bando Hideko in Katsusaburo Renjishi at theAratani Theatre in 1989.

Ive had the privilege of dancing within this community.Q: Do you have any memories of the ninth-generation iemoto.

and I later found out they had been brought over by ship before the war.

You should go to Japan to learn Japanese dance.the oldest living Japanese American.

Christmas would bring the hope of new toys and presents.they are nothing but filthy rags (menstrual rags) (Isaiah 64:6).

You look at creation and you see design.My Nisei uncle outlived my grandfather by 10 years! He lived to 97.