The Nebuta float from this year’s Nisei Week Parade will appear in the 84th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade presented by the City of Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 29. At 5:00 pm on Sunday, the parade will start on Hollywood Blvd. at Orange Drive, the U-shaped parade route will travel east to Vine Street, south […]
The Nisei Week Foundation announces a very exciting fashion event featuring Kimono SK on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles. A film noir vibe, with an evening of sights and sounds that will transport you into a world of samurai with vintage and modern kimono, […]
The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles celebrates the 2015 Nisei Week Japanese Festival with Taiko, Japanese classical folk dancers, martial arts, musical performances and DJ’s throughout the day. Exhibitions will include Japanese prefectural displays as well as artisans skilled in Ikebana, Bonsai, Japanese Dolls, Calligraphy, and Tea Ceremony. The JACCC’s cultural […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DEsiKNPBTw The Japan Foundation invites extraordinary dance group “daidengaku” to Nisei Week on Sunday, Aug. 23. Dressed in colorful authentic costumes brought from Japan, these dancers will perform energetic, rhythmic and totally unique Japanese folk performing art. Originally, the term “dengaku” referred to the rice-planting festivities observed throughout Japan in which rural residents performed traditional […]
Opening Ceremony, Friday, August 14, 5PM -8PM + Dubbed as summer Christmas trees, bamboo trees will be decorated with kazari or ornate steamers for celebrating a celestial rendezvous on the seventh day of the seventh month according to an Asian mythology. The ritual with bamboo trees has been called Tanabata, and the largest Tanabata festival […]
Nebura float will move around 8 PM + With helps from Aomori, giant paper-wood Nebuta sculpture to return to Nisei Week This year, for the second time in L.A’s history, authentic moving paper-wood sculpture nebuta of Aomori City in Japan will appear in the city’s largest Japanese festival. The first nebuta float was brought from […]
The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center celebrates the 2015Nisei Week Japanese Festival with Taiko, Japanese classical folk dancers, martial arts, musical performances and DJ’s throughout the day. Exhibitions will include Japanese prefectural displays as well as artisans skilled in Ikebana, Bonsai, Japanese Dolls, Calligraphy, and Tea Ceremony. The JACCC’s cultural exhibitions will be held […]
Sara Kuniko Hutter was crowned the 75th Nisei Week Queen Aug. 15 night at the coronation held at the Aratani Japan America Theater in Little Tokyo. Hutter’s parents, Ralph and Joy Hutter, with her family, friends and sponsors, the Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council, shook the full-house after masters of ceremonies KABC-TV anchor David Ono […]
Entertainment show 75th Nisei Week Special Matsui Makoto and US Friends Show Sunday, August 9 at 1:00 pm at the Aratani Theater All reserved: $60, $45, $40, $3 For tickets, contact Uyehara Travel at (213) 680-2499, Genki Club at (310) 819-8703, or email info@culturalnews.com. To coincide with the festivities of the Nisei Week Japanese Festival […]