2011 Nisei Week Japanese Festival Calendar of Events

2011 Nisei Week Queen CandidatesFrom left to right in the back row: Michi Renee Lew (East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center) Amber Akemi Piatt (San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center and Coordinating Council) Erika Mariko Olson (Pasadena Japanese Cultural Institute) Melissa Ayumi Nishimura (Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council) From left to right in the front row: Kay A Yamaguchi (Gardena Evening Optimist and The Loft Hawaiian Restaurant) Mimi Mitsuko Yang (West Los Angeles Japanese American Citizens League and Venice Japanese Community Center) Jessica Makiko Kanai (Japanese Restaurant Association of America) Leann Fumiko Fujinami (San Diego Japanese American Citizens League). Photo by Toyo Miyatake Studio

Saturday, July 16

Nikkei Games Baseball – Fountain Valley Recreation Center (nikkeigames.org)

Sunday, July 17

Nisei Week Opening Ceremony-Japanese American National Museum (JANM) Tateuchi Democrcy Forum

Saturday, July 30

Baby Pageant- Centenary United Methodist Church

Saturday, August 6

Orange County Sansei Singles Dance – Nishi Hongwanji, 7 – 11 pm

*Shotokan Karate Exhibit & Tournament – CalTech, Braun Gym (ska.org)

*Nikkei Games Volleyball & Bowling – (NikkeiGames.org)

*Free Elder Care Seminar – JCI, Gardena, 1 pm

Sunday, August 7

*Nikkei Games Track & Field Meet – CSULB

Friday, August 12 – 14

*Tanabata Festival (Central Avenue @Geffen MOCA/JANM)

Fri – Opening Ceremony 5 pm

Sat 11 am – 8 pm

Sun 11am – 5pm

Saturday, August 13

*Nikkei Games Basketball – CSULB Pyramid

Queen Coronation Dinner (Pasadena Hilton Hotel) and Show (Ambassador Auditorium/Harvest Rock Church, Pasadena)

Car Show- Little Tokyo, 11 am – 7 pm

*Plaza Festival – Japanese American Community & Cultural Center (JACCC)     11 am – 5 pm

*Cultural Exhibits – JACCC & Union Church 10 am – 5 pm

*JANM 13th Festival on the Courtyard – Food Trucks & Tea Fest, 11 am – 4 pm

Sunday, August 14

*Nikkei Games Basketball – CSULB The Pyramid

*Plaza Festival – JACCC Plaza, 11 am – 4 pm

*Cultural Exhibits – JACCC, 10 am – 5 pm

Queen’s Reunion – JANM (invitation only)

*Congressional Gold Medal Recognition Ceremony for Nisei Veterans  – JACCC Plaza, 2:15 – 2:45 pm

*Grand Parade – Little Tokyo, 5:30 pm

Monday, August 15

Awards Dinner – Kyoto Grand Hotel, 6 pm

Wednesday, August 17

Pioneer Luncheon – Kyoto Grand Hotel, 12 pm

Thursday, August 18

Nikkei Games Golf Tournament – Strawberry Farms, Irvine

*Free Elder Care Seminar – JACCC, 1 pm

Saturday, August 21

*Competition Day (starts @ 9 am) incl. Day-Lee Foods Gyoza Eating Championship (1:30 pm) – JACCC

*Cultural Exhibits – JACCC & Higashi Hongwanji, 10 am – 5 pm

Sunday, August 22

* Nikkei Games Budo & Martal Arts – CSULB Pyramid

*Cultural Exhibits – JACCC & Higashi Hongwanji, 10 am – 5 pm

*Taiko Gathering – JACCC Plaza

*Ondo and Closing Ceremony – 1st Street, 4 pm

Sunday, August 28

*Minami California Shigin Renmai – Quiet Cannon, Montebello 9:30 am – 4 pm

* Free admission, some participation fees may be required.