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One Piece Mugiwara Store Grand Opening 2026 Century City
Katsura Sunshine Japan House - Shinigami
LA Koyasan Temple Daihannya Go and Dance Flyer
Tulips in Harmony 2026 Blooming Concert
A Shichi-Go-San family photo with Rev. Izumi Hasegawa, left, Head Priest of Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America.
Los Angeles Koyasan Temple 2026 Shichi Go San Flyer
Historic Wintersburg Fundraiser Sushi and Sake | Sushi chefs Jay Chen and Ernie Nishii
Chiho Harzaki What Makes You You? Mount Saint Mary's University Flyer
OAA BEGIN Concert 2026 October Redondo Beach
OAA World Uchinanchu Day Mini Expo 2026
PUBLIC CONFERMENT CEREMONY: Los Angeles’ Consul General Kosei Murora, left, claps after presenting the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays to Denver-area resident Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki at the Tateuchi Democracy Center in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on October, 23, 2026 (Source: Facebook @ Heart Mountain Interpretive Center)
San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Screening Story of Taro Higa Flyer
Nikkei Health Fair 2026 English
Kansai Club Fall Grand Music Festival Flyer
Film Shikata Ga Nai Garden Screening Poster
Behind the scenes of “American Hibakusha”
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Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition “Japanese War Brides: Across A Wide Divide” (Left) A dance during the Occupation of Japan. Courtesy National Archives. (Right) Kimie Tanaka Smith, 2nd from right, attending a bride school class, Tokyo, 1952. Courtesy Robert Owen Smith family.
JRA Sushi & Sake Festival 2026
Japanese Food Expo Los Angeles 2026
UC Irvine OC Museum of Art Tokio Ueyama Slide
Shumei Ikazaki Energetic Connections Slide
San Diego MIngei International Museum Ema
20261013 Messengers of Peace Miss Shimane
NY Screening SEKKA 2026 Nov Flyer
Katsura Sunshine Rakugo 2026
Yoshitomo Nara, Matryoshka, 2026; photo: Keita Saiki (Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
“Weaving Time” at the Pavilion Gallery. Courtesy of Portland Japanese Garden, photo by Arthur Hitchcock.
Fall 2026 OC JAPAN FAIR: "Kotobuki: Celebration in the Sounds of Kabuki" was performed by Fuji Japanese Music on Sunday, October 18, 2026 (Courtesy of Fuji Japanese Musci)