Many visitors folded and brought paper cranes.

some of the owners started by doing.All were friendly and told their stories about making the wine and flavor profiles.

Sonoe Hirabayashi of Six Cloves Wines said that her wine is balanced and is made to be paired with Japanese food.Freeman stated that she started in winemaking by learning from the hired winemaker and cleaning the equipment for making wine.GWEN MURANAKA / Rafu ShimpoThe Nikkei Wine Vine Group and JACCC members celebrate with a group photo at the inauguralNikkei Wine Summit.

Freeman had an interesting story as Americas first female Asian winemaker specializing in Pinot Noir.many of the wines are specifically produced to pair with Japanese foods.

explained that the summit has been a passion project of his and that the Nikkei Wine Vine Group developed informally to connect Japanese and Japanese American winemakers.

Many of the wines were poured by the winemakers or owners.praised Rokufukumi for her dedication to her art and to Nisei Week.

There were tonosama (feudal lords) and this was how they walked.trying to pull me out of the parade.

Over here Im taught to dance with my heel up; in Nihon they dance with your heel down.Her given name is Sharon Asao and she recalled being a little girl.