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NIsei Week 2026

Grand Master Kisaku Katada IV (the second person from right) leads the hayashi demonstration with fellow performers at the Nisei Week hayashi concert at the Rafu Chuo Gakuen School in Los Angeles, August 23, 2026. (Photo: Fuji Japanese Music, Inc.)
Bando Hidesomi is the official Choreographer of 2026 Nisei Week. (Photo by Toyo Miyatake. Source: Facebook/Nisei Week Foundation)
World Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do Association (WMKA) gathers for the seminar at Tersaki Budokan on August 14, 2026 (Source: Facebook/Art Ishii)
Okaeri, a Nikkei LGBTQ+ program of Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), became the first LGBTQ+ group to walk in Little Tokyo’s historic Nisei Week Grand Parade on August 16, 2026.
Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council’s Kara Kimiko Chu is Selected 2026 Nisei Week Queen at Coronation Event in Los Angeles on August 15, 2026.
Nisei Week 2026 Los Angeles Tanabata Festival
Nisei Week 2026 Hayashi Concert by Fuji Japanese Music
Nisei Week 2026 Shotokan Karate Exhibition
2026 Nisei Week Plaza Festival Team Kawachi Ondo Flyer
Nisei Week 2026 Event List
From left: Jacqueline Fujiko Naito (Miss Tomodachi), Kara Kimiko Chu (2026 Queen), Ai Grace Kusayanagi (First Princess) at the Nisei Week 2026 VIP Reception in Little Tokyo on Sunday, August 16, 2026. (CN Photo/Shige Higashi)
Nisei Week 2026 LA Nebuta Parade
Nisei Week 2026 Event Flyer
Ikebana Teachers Guild 2026 Nisei Week Exhibition Flyer
Nisei Week 2026 Omotesenke Domonkai Tea Ceremony Demonstration Flyer
Nisei Week Grand Parade in 2024 (Photo credit: Nisei Week Foundation/Toyo Miyatake Studio)
Nisei Week 2026 Grand Marshal US Rep. Mark Takano
Nisei Week 2026 Parade Marchal Robert Vargas
Nisei Week 2026 Choreographer Bando Hidesomi
Nisei Week 2026 President’s Award Honoree Alan Miyatake
LA Nebuta 2026 Participants Flyer
Nisei Week 2026 Shotokan Karate Exhition
2026 Nisei Week Plaza Festival Team Kawachi Ondo Flyer
Grand Master Kisaku Katada IV, visiting from Japan for Nisei Week 2026
2026 Nisei Week Opening Ceremony : 2026 NW Queen Candidates and Helen Ota
2026 Nisei Week Queen Candidate Ai Grance Kusayanagi
2026 Nisei Week Queen Candidate Jacqueline Fujiko Naito
2026 Nisei Week Queen Candidate Emily Kaori Gruhan
2026 Nisei Week Queen Candidate Deena Maiko Umeda
2026 Nisei Week Queen Candidate Kara Kimiko Chu