His work and care are deeply intertwined with the work I do as a scholar.

He told the gathering that he still is planning for mochitsuki this year.and when it was finished a curator at the Huntington Garden marveled at its beauty.

Photos by MIKEY HIRANO CULROSSNishio started working on the garden in 2005.They represent his late parents Esther Takei Nishio and Shigeto Nishio.The garden where he would spend quiet evenings and mornings was the fulfillment of a promise he made to his teacher.

John Nishios Japanese garden fared relatively well amid the Eaton Fire.The Nishios lost so much in the Eaton Fire.

they went to Pasadena Buddhist Temple to pick up donations of food and clothing.

saved from the garden and representing John and Susan.the mothers face covered in black ink.

the quasi-violent act was discovered on Martin Luther King Day.I feel strangely like Im going through their struggles with them.

the tangerine-colored snatch grabber.adding his name to the list of so many I know undergoing chemotherapy (including a much-loved JA historian and many close relatives) for the deadly disease.