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Young taiko drummers kept the beat during Bon Odori.The other Obon dances were Bon Odori Uta.

Okinawan songs were performed live by Afuso Ryu Kenkyuu Choichi Kai.The dance circle was almost a block long on Halldale Avenue between 166th Street and Gardena Boulevard.Food booths offered chicken teriyaki.

A closing service was held on Sunday evening.Lanterns bearing the names of departed loved ones were hung around the yagura.

who has led Bon Odori at Gardena Buddhist Church for more than 50 years.

Guest dancers included a contingent from Buddhist Temple of San Diego and the legendary Elvis impersonators known as the Obon Jivers.The Third Space virtual photo exhibition (2021) juxtaposing War Relocation Authority propaganda with the lived experiences of Japanese Americans.

he joined the faculty of University of PennsylvaniasAsian American Studies Program.As we navigate this next difficult chapter.

losing everything they worked to establish over several decades.Buschers family was forcibly removed from their farm and home in present-day Gardena/Torrance in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor.