The Fifth Annual Law Day Yosemite will be held this year from 10:00 AM until Noon, Friday, April 28, 2017, at Half Dome Village (formerly known as Curry village) in Yosemite Valley. It is open to the public. Entrance fees will be waived for attendees. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/lawday2017.htm
Read More »Reflecting On Japanese American Internment Camps, Reparations, And Serving The Nation
This week, a Japanese-American from Baton Rouge, Louisiana visited Fresno for the first time in 78 years. In 1942, Walter Imahara and his family were ordered to leave their home in Sacramento and come to the Fresno Assembly Center per President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. The family was …
Read More »Squishy, Powdery and Oh-So-Sweet: Japanese Pastries In Chinatown Hit The Mark
One popular stop in Fresno’s Chinatown is Kogetsu-Do, a Japanese shop with a long history over on F Street. Lynn Ikeda-Yada owns the shop, whose name means “lake moon,” and she’s the third generation to do so. Her grandparents migrated to Chinatown from Hiroshima, Japan. There’s even a blown-up photo …
Read More »Yonsei Memory Project Seeks To Preserve Japanese American Stories
A new project organized by fourth-generation Japanese Americans is seeking to preserve memories and create art. Called the Yonsei Memory Project, the effort is a project of Nikiko Masumoto and Brynn Saito. The two will hold events in Fresno on Saturday Febaury 17th and Monday February 19th, including memory tours …
Read More »Sweet rice, Japanese traditions and a community create mochi in Livingston
Sweet rice was the only ingredient needed to bring a family, childhood friends, a church and community together Friday. Mochi, a traditional Japanese rice cake made from sweet rice, was … Click to Continue »
Read More »Japanese students call on Merced College board to address issues with home stay program
Izumi Ota, an international student from Japan, spoke to the Merced College board on behalf of her friends hoping the board would address issues students are experiencing with their home stay program, YES International. Students say their host families have not been fulfilling their contracts by providing adequate meals and …
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