Heidy Ortega, Teacher of Los Angeles Elementary School

Cultural News Video Presentation

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The followings are the list of 60-second video presentation I recorded during the Aug 12-14 Nisei Week Japanese Festival in Little Tokyo (Shige Higashi, Editor):

  • Yoshito Yonezawa (in Japanese0, Miyagi Prefecture Association / LA Tanabata Festival
  • Richard Yuataka Fukuhara, LA Tanabata 2011 Contest
  • Gabriel DellaVecchia, Photoji Project in Sendai, Japan
  • Darin Furukawa, Samurai Store International (Samurai armor)
  • Mike Yamasaki, Tetsugendo (Japanese sword)
  • Glen Kinoshita, Sumie artist (Japanese brash painting)
  • Kaori Nara Turner, Nebuta Parade Committee
  • Yu Watanabe & Shiori Hada (in Japanese), Yamanashi students to participate in Nebuta Parade
  • Toshiko Naganohara (in Japanese), Teacher of Kyodo System Valley Gakuen Japanese Language School
  • Miguel Garcia, Parent of Los Angeles Elementary School
  • Chogi Higa, President of Japanese Prefecture Assoication
  • Katie White, Los Angeles Kimono Club
  • Zulma Castro and Patrick Saul, Anime Cosplay Committee
  • Toko Okada (in Japanese), Teacher of Kyodo System Irvine Japanese Language School
  • Yoshie Sonoyama, Irvine Valley College’s Fukushima Relief
  • Ken Kanesaka, Yukari Kai, Kimekomi Doll
  • Sokyo Kasai, Urasenke Tankokai Los Angeles Association
  • Gyokushun Takeichi (in Japanese), Ikebana artist of Sogetsu School, “Bamboo”
  • Gyokushun Takeichi (in Japanese), Ikebana artist of Sogetsu School, “Tower”
  • Henry Yamada, Hiroken Group with Hiroshima Prefecture Association
  • Yoko Shibata (in Japanese), Gunmma Prefecture Association and The Tomihiro Museum
  • Eiji Shishido (in Japanese), Fukuoka Prefecture Association & Kokura Gion Daiko Kogen Kai
  • Atsumi Akamine, World War II Japanese soldier re-acting

Shige Higashi needs volunteers to write the description in the YouTube file and brief translation of Japanese presentations. Please email higashi@culturalnews.com or call (213) 819-4100