By Mike Okamura, Board of Director, Grateful Crane Ensemble The morning trip by Shinkansen Bullet Train from Tokyo Station to Fukushima Station on October 11 was exciting, but the anticipation of what awaited us was palpable as we didn’t know what to expect since the last Tohoku Goodwill Tour was in 2018. With the heightened […]
Wakana Kimura’s “Buddha’s Nirvana” illustrating the death of the Buddha will be on view at Zenshuji Soto Mission temple on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024 at 11:00 am in the Nehane-Parinirvana ceremony. The Nehane ceremony is open to the public. Admission is free. Zenshuji Soto Mission is located at 123 S Hewitt Street, Little Tokyo, Los […]
Descanso Gardens 2023 Exhibition Shape+Form October 28, 2023–January 28, 2024 Sturt Haaga Gallery Open Daily 10:00am – 4:00pm Cost: Included with admission or membership Shape and form are two of the basic elements of art. Using creativity, an artist can transform simple shapes and forms into a profound work of art. The Sturt Haaga Gallery […]
West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Jen Cheng will host a panel discussion and literary salon for “Celebrating Civil Rights Heroes” on Saturday, January 20, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Plummer Park Community Center, Rooms 5 & 6 in West Hollywood. This event is free to attend, however RSVPs are requested at […]
The Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin aka Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles held the 110th Anniversary Celebration of the Koyasan Shingon Mission in North America on October 14 and 15, 2023. Headed by Archbishop Taisen Imagawa, sixty Buddhist monks from Japan visited Los Angeles from October 13 to 18, 2023. From Kongobu-ji, the head temple of […]
Natalie Mitsue Nakase (born April 18, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach with the Las Vegas Aces of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). After retiring as a player, she was a head coach for both men’s and women’s professional teams. She was later an assistant […]
The Japanese traditional dance performing group, Team Kawachi Ondo, performed at Little Tokyo’s Japanese New Year celebration on January 1, 2024. Team Kawachi Ondo is the only live music group in Los Angeles specializing in “Kawachi Ondo,” which is a traditional folkdance originating in the Kawachi district of Osaka, Japan. The music is unique, with […]
The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center presents the 41st Annual Kotohajime virtually on January 1, 2024. The JACCC invites the public to join this free online event as JACCC celebrates new beginnings. In 1983, Hirokazu Kosaka, JACCC Master Artist Residence, shot the first arrow of Kotohajime. The event has grown to become JACCC’s signature […]
Evergreen, the sequel to Naomi Hirahara’s historical mystery Clark and Division, will be released on August 1, 2023. Clark and Division, which follows a fictional Nisei woman’s travails from Manzanar to Chicago in 1944, was the recipient of the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the 2022 Edgar Awards. Both books are part of Hirahara’s Japantown […]