The ties between Los Angeles and Japan are flourishing with Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the Dodgers and Rui Hachimura on the Lakers.

He dedicated a tree to the late actor and community leader Rodney Kageyama.There are rocks that have special meaning from places such as Yamanashi Prefecture.

son Michael and their dogs had all evacuated safely.The smell of burnt plastic and smoke still lingers in the air.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.Having spent a lifetime trying to control everything.

and cracking down on immigrants by allowing for arrests at churches and schools.some who fear for their lives.

Seattle Chinese International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda)Seattle artist Erin Shigakis Nihonmachi Alley mural defaced by vandals.The adage that nothing is certain except death and taxes only makes a control freak like me think that maybe I can forestall death by eating more kale and oranges and running 20 miles a week.