will be screened at the following venues:Sunday.

Getting to know each other … it was just incredible.The panels recommendations are reviewed by the National Council on the Arts.

Kuramoto said with humility that she has never felt she deserved the recognitions she has received.including poet Violet Kazue de Cristoforo.presented the medal to Kuramoto at the awards ceremony hosted by the American Folklife Center.

Under the tutelage of Kazue Kudo.(Courtesy NEA)Speaking on Friday to The Rafu.

you can make it in the entertainment industry.

she pushed the traditions of koto.The specially-developed mums from Suntory Flowers in Japan are seen in a supplied photo.

in the Japanese prefecture of Shiga.A rendering of Seas the Day proved by the citys Tournament of Roses Committee.

the floral masterpieces that will make their way down Colorado Boulevard on New Years Day are past the construction stage and the arduous and carefully-planned decorating has begun.the city-built float will feature an intrepid crew made up of a turtle.