The 4th annual Los Angeles Tanabata Festival officially opens on Aug 10 at 5 pm. + The Japanese American community in Los Angeles is counting down the 4th Annual Los Angeles Tanabata Festival in Little Tokyo on Aug 9. More than 200 ornament paper streamers created by local groups and 15 larger size paper...
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The Okinawa Association of America Geinobu Performing Arts Committee is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year at a banquet celebration at the Quiet Cannon, 901 Via San Clemente, Montebello on Sunday, June 3 from 11:30am to 3:00pm. The deadline to purchase tickets to the 25th Anniversary Banquet is Friday, May 25. Tickets are $35...
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3rd Annual LA Tanabata Festival opens on August 12 at Little Tokyo. The opening ceremony livens up with Japanese music “Ai Wa Katsu” by Kan. On the stage, Bando Mitsuhiro Kai dancers performs the dance with the music sung by Minyo Station. LA Tanabata Festival always coincide with the Nisei Week Japanese Festival. More...
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5th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival Main Event Program The Okinawa Prefectural Government invites overseas Okinawan people to their mother country, Okinawa, every five years. This gathering dubbed as “Worldwide Uchinanchu (Okinawan people) Festival” will take place at Naha, Okinawa, this year, from October 12 through 16. To coincide with the Uchinanchu Festival, big events such...
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The Okinawa Association of America introduced the 2011-2012 president Ms. Kimiko Goya at its new year’s party at Quiet Cannon event facility in Montebello on January 16. Immediate past president Mr. Chogi Higa has been elected as the 2011 president of the Southern California Federation of Prefecture Associations (Nanka Kenjinka Kyogikai). The Okinawa Association...
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Okinawa Folk Song concert will be presented by the Ryukyu Folk Song Association North America Branch and the Okinawa Association of America on Sunday, May 16 at 2 p.m. at Gardena Buddhist Church located at 1517 West 166th Street, Gardena, CA 90247, (310) 327-9400. This is a ticketed event. The OAA’s annual Utayabira Wuduyabira...
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