especially if the person is taking certain medicines (like blood thinners).

I am looking forward to seeing all of you who learned koto over the years.This not only includes former students of Kazue Kudo.

the group will host a reunion and workshop for koto players as well as other events throughout the year.and play those many pieces we learned years ago.The George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award and UCLAs Asian American Studies Center.

We hope to reunite the hundreds of koto players in Southern California.Friends and family of NEA Heritage Award recipient June Kuramoto.

who will preside over the event.

Kazue Kudo koto recital at Koyasan in Little Tokyo c.That was special to me because he was always approached by fans but he was very shy.

chief curator at the Japanese American National Museum.Another scene was shot outside Maryknoll Catholic School.

For those who want to know more about Samuel Fuller: There are plenty of entertaining stories about my father’s bold filmmaking … I suggest reading his autobiography.Samantha Fuller offered her thoughts on the movie: ‘The Crimson Kimono was filmed almost two decades before I was born but it shaped my way of multicultural thinking since discovering it at a young age.