but often unloading fish right here at Terminal Island … Men held back-breaking jobs that many would not do.

It has been a place of gathering in times of both joy and sorrow.visiting the Keiro Nursing Home.

The bell is struck 108 times to remove earthly desires in the new year.a historic Buddhist temple that was devastated by the 2023 Hawaii fires.GBC member Sharyl Yamada-Oda remembers this historic Obon.

The Mitanis led Gardena Buddhist Churchs donation drive for Pasadena Bud-dhist Temple.Due to anti-Japanese sentiment.

our Obon dance circle was just as full as a pre-pandemic Obon with well over 1.

crossing the Pacific Ocean on a ship.He is the vice chair of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California and is president of the local Okayama Kenjinkai.

While this is certainly a boom time for the store.Fujimoto makes sure the community he has called home for the better part of his life feels the gratitude he holds for his good fortune.

Fujimoto (second from left) opened as many as seven Olympic Shops.he has discovered a new passion.