Another long-time acquaintance.

The 16th Los Angeles Tanabata Festival returned to the Japanese American National Museum on Aug.contact Miyako Kadogawa at miyako1@att.

Festival sponsors included:Corporate —Nanka Kenjinkai Kyogikai; Nisei Week Foundation; Yoshihito YonezawaAmanokawa (Milky Way) — Gray-Chan and Junko; Miyako Kadogawa.Culver City High School Japanese Language Class; third place.Tanabata Festival provides workshops on how to make kazari at their office at the Japanese American Cultural Community Center.

Photo courtesy of LA TanabataThe Nisei Week Court joins Miyako Kadogawa (fourth from left) and Cynthia Quinones.Pacific Citizen; Michael Okamura.

Nanka Kenjinkai Kyogi Kai; Kimiko Fujita.

com/tanabatala/Facebook: https://www.Her efforts in preserving Japanese American culture have spanned decades.

She also emphasized the importance of young people getting involved.? Barbara Shirota has been a long-standing member of the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center.

? Margaret Shimada recently retired after nearly 30 years at the Little Tokyo Service Center.predominantly occupied by women.