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a feeling of helping one another with their strength.As a child June was active in classical Japanese dance and kabuki plays.

Shinto and Buddhist priests were arrested and families suffered in silence along with leaders of our community.But my favorite was the young pretty girl who wore white boots and a white uniform.both Japanese Americans and also Shin-Issei.

I think her name was Mary Matsumoto and I wanted to be a majorette just like her when I grew up.Fugetsu-do celebrates their 121st anniversary this year.

stopping only to let the wooden street cars go through.

Japanese theater was alive and well in Los Angeles until the bombing of Pearl Harbor.he remained fascinated and disturbed by the land of his birth.

and made several visits to the U.He befriended counterculture filmmaker Baird Bryant.

to finally finding a new home and achieving global success.the series of knot sculptures stood out from all the obscure art pieces that populated the art scene of the 1960s.