Starting from the Japanese American Cultural Community Center (JACCC) Plaza.

She was the 1996 Nisei Week Queen.represented by Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal.

this year’s parade marshal.Their float was sponsored by MUFG.accompanied by Haneto dancers and Nebuta Bayashi musicians.

who is also a past Nisei Week Foundation chairman.represented by Student Ambassadors Nao Hashimoto and Tomohiro Shibabuki from Ashiya.

Musicians with Rissho Kosei Kai.

Members of Boy Scout Troops 719 and 310G carried the WWII Camp Wall banner and banners representing the 10 War Relocation Authority camps.After both Hiro and Aki completed their military service.

supplying professional landscapers to enable them to grow their own businesses.Kumaichi was picked up by the FBI because of his role as the manager of the local community center’s kendo club while Kuniye was hospitalized for months.

This proved fortuitous; when World War II began and all people of Japanese ancestry were unlawfully removed from their homes by the U.the Kageyamas still had their property and restarted the nursery in 1945.