Amy?Hill and Gedde Watanabe at the opening of “Mamma Mia” at East West Players in 2019.

He owns Cap Robot on First Street North and said he has been part of Little Tokyo for seven years.now the site of Bunka-Do gift shop.

Steve Kaneshiro traveled from Honolulu to experience the festival.Taiko Collective and Ryujin Taiko.18 with a joyful nod to both the past and the future of Little Tokyo.

The festival was canceled in 2020 and altered in 2021 due to the COVID pandemic.Visitors from San Diego attended in inari fox-themed masks and attire.

arrived in summer yukata and learned the steps on the fly.

What makes me so inspired is to see our young rising leaders and they are going to be representing our community this year.will open the first plenary session with a discussion about her personal journey to uncover her familys trauma and the importance of understanding Japanese American collective trauma history from a cultural as well as psychological trauma perspective.

begin to gain a better understanding of their parents and themselves.The project draws on Japanese and Japanese American cultural traditions of honoring elders and ancestors through building of monuments of remembrance to repair the racial karma of America.

Like the treasured celadon bowl that lay fractured for decades.participants will be invited to participate in small groups to explore their own personal reflections and engage in community dialogue.