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Works of Yuako Tanaka | Healing with Gold | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (Cultural News/ Shige Higashi)
LA Koyasan Temple Daihannya Go and Dance Flyer
LTSC 2026 Mental Health Conference "Ebb and Flow"
Little Tokyo Nutrition Service 50th Anniversary
Restored barrack from Heart Mountain concentration camp.
Grateful Crane Ensemble 25th Anniversary
LA's 33 String Workshop at Terasaki Budokan Sept 20, 2026
The Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund Board announces the name of the building at 323 East 1st Street as The Alan Nishio Building (Photography by Barry Schwartz -- @barryschwartz1)
2026 Kiero no Hi Festival English Flyer
Bando Hidesomi is the official Choreographer of 2026 Nisei Week. (Photo by Toyo Miyatake. Source: Facebook/Nisei Week Foundation)
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.
AAJA LA Asian American Journalists Association : Taste and Tell
The 13th International Red and White Singing Festival was held on September 19, 2025, at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan bringing together 20 groups and 90 singers from around the world.
LELA 4th Annual Expressions of Peace Exhibition Poster
Nisei Week 2026 Shotokan Karate Exhibition
Nisei Week 2026 Event Flyer
JANM 2026 Natsumatsuri Family Festival 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
Terasaki Budokan’s mural “Breaking Barriers” by Edwin Ushiro
Hiroshima Day Hibakusha Memorial Koyasan 2026 Flyer
Dear Vanilla Store Front
Zenshuji Obon Carnival 2026 Flyer