Plus enjoy a special performance by singer Yuka Takara.

So I took him under my wing and adopted him as a fellow fisherman and father.Many of my trips over the years have been fortunately limits of BFT for the boat but maybe just five to six 100-pounders might be in the mix

A Sei Fujii event was held in May at the Southeast Japanese School and Community Center in Norwalk.Pictured from left:? Back row— Cindy Abrahms.at Valley Japanese Community Center.

A screening of the award-winning short film Lil Tokyo Reporter and a book talk on the award-winning biography A Rebels Outcry will be followed by a panel discussion with lead actor Chris Tashima (Academy Award winner for Visas and Virtue) and filmmaker/publisher Jeffrey Gee Chin.Cindy Tanaka; front row —?Fred Matsumoto.

”A special program focusing on civil rights pioneer Sei Fujii (1882-1954) will be presented on Saturday.

Chris Tashima plays Sei Fujii in “Lil Tokyo Reporter.including the establishment of Go Little Tokyo.

which led to the creation of community-based marketing initiative Go Little Tokyo.Spearheading Sustainable Little Tokyo in 2013 with partners Little Tokyo Service Center and Japanese American Cultural Community Center in support of the preservation of Little Tokyo through environmental.

Little Tokyo remains a vigorous community and one of only 14 California Cultural Districts despite early history of forcible removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.The commemoration of 140 years of Little Tokyo’s legacy and the 25th anniversary of the Little Tokyo Community Council honors the sacrifices and contributions enabling Little Tokyo to be the vibrant neighborhood and center for arts.