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Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program
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Created by: risingstars
The development of youth leadership is a common need expressed by almost every community organization. To address this need, the Nikkei Federation Youth Development Programs team developed the Rising Stars ...
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Gardena Valley Baptist Church
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Created by: genieinjapan
Gardena Valley Baptist Church (currently located at 1630 W. 158th St. in Gardena, California) was founded in 1914 by the Los Angeles Baptist Mission Society, targeting the recent immigrant population ...
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Mitsuwa Natsu Matsuri 2007
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Created by: vkm
My husband and I headed out to dinner tonight. On the way to the restaurant, we drove by Mitsuwa Marketplace in Torrance and saw that they were having a Natsu ...
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The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles
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Created by: lthistory
In 1917, a teacher in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles named Nellie G. Oliver began sponsoring a social and athetlic club for local Japanese American youth. Over the ...
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Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program Logo
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Uploaded by: risingstars
This is the Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program logo.
For more information about the Nikkei Federation's Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program, visit our website: www.nikkeifederation.org/risingstars
For permission to use our logo ...
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Part of these collections:
Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program
(Item 1 of 2, “Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program”)
Collected by: risingstars
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南加宮城県人会の歌 － 楽譜
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Uploaded by: yn
南加宮城県人会の歌
作詞： 大江設計（株）大江勝雄
作曲・歌： 宮城教育大学講師・榊原光裕
音楽はこちらのリンクから。
http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/node/8516
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榊原 光裕（さかきばら・みつひろ）
音楽家。宮城教育大学講師。昭和32年（1949）1月14日生まれ。早稲田大学卒業。
芸術選奨新人賞。仙台市教育委員会。定禅寺ストリートジャズフェスティバル実行委員。
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南加宮城県人会の歌
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Uploaded by: yn
南加宮城県人会の歌
作詞： 大江設計（株）大江勝雄
作曲・歌： 宮城教育大学講師・榊原光裕
1.
桜吹雪の彼方には
蔵王1、栗駒2 田植えを告げる
籠にはワラビ蕗のトウ
お父さんが教えてくれた
宮城の山よ
故郷しのべば目に浮かぶ
カリフォルニアに春が来た
We shall be friends
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笹にゆれてる吹流し
夢にまで見た 七夕飾り
星に幸せ祈ります
お母さんが話してくれた
宮城の街よ
故郷しのんで笑い顔
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Hanami picnic lunch
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Uploaded by: vkm
I took this photo on March 17, 2008 at Anthony C. Beilenson Park (formerly Balboa Park) in Van Nuys, CA. Shown here are my Discover Nikkei co-workers Yoko ...
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Landscaping America Opening: Tom Yutani - Part 4
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Uploaded by: eishida
Interviewee: Tom Yutani
Relationship to Nikkei gardeners: Tom is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of weeds. He wrote the book, Garden Weeds of Southern California, now in ...
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Part of these collections:
Mie Gakure: Discovering Nikkei Gardeners and their Communities
(Item 32 of 32, “Tom Yutani - Part 4; weed expert; California”)
Collected by: editor
Tom talks about collecting weeds for his research.
To read the transcripts, please view the original item.
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Dog at the Gardena Obon's ondo
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Uploaded by: vkm
This photo was taken on Sat, August 4, 2007 at the Gardena Buddhist Church's Obon. It was during the ondo dancing that I saw a young woman with a backpack ...
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Venice Hongwanji happi coat
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Uploaded by: vkm
This is the back of a Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple happi coat. The photo was taken on July 15, 2007 at the Orange County Buddhist Church Obon during the ondo ...
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Terminal Islanders happi coat at OCBC Obon
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Uploaded by: vkm
This is the back of a Terminal Islanders happi coat. The photo was taken on July 15, 2007 at the Orange County Buddhist Church Obon during the ondo dancing. This ...
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Oxnard Buddhist Temple happi coat
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Uploaded by: vkm
This is the back of an Oxnard Buddhist Temple happi coat. The photo was taken on July 15, 2007 at the Orange County Buddhist Church Obon during the ondo dancing.
It ...
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OCBC happi coats
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Uploaded by: vkm
This photo was taken on July 15, 2007 at the Orange County Buddhist Church Obon during the ondo dancing.
This photo shows the back of one of the two OCBC ...
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Ondo dancing at the OCBC Obon
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Uploaded by: vkm
This photo was taken on July 15, 2007 at the Orange County Buddhist Church Obon. They had several "lanes" painted onto the ground with a yagura in the middle for ...
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Orange County Buddhist Church happi coat
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Uploaded by: vkm
This photo was taken on July 15, 2007 at the Orange County Buddhist Church Obon. This is the back of one of the OCBC happi coats that many people were ...
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Southern California Gardeners' Federation, Inc.
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Uploaded by: eishida
This logo is courtesy of the Southern California Gardeners' Federation, Inc, which was established in 1955. Members created Japanese-style gardens in the Southern California region, and continue to do so ...
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Mitsuwa Natsu Matsuri - Japanese yo-yos close up
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Uploaded by: vkm
Japanese yo-yos are colorful water balloons with an elastic string tied around it so that you can bounce them up and down like a yo-yo. They're very popular at matsuri ...
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Part of these collections:
Mitsuwa Natsu Matsuri 2007
(Item 9 of 10, “Japanese yo-yo close-up”)
Collected by: vkm
Here's a closer shot of two of the balloon/yo-yos. Many have some sort of pattern on them.
If anyone knows what they're called in Japanese, please comment and let me know!
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Mitsuwa Natsu Matsuri - Japanese yo-yos
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Uploaded by: vkm
Japanese yo-yos are colorful water balloons with an elastic string tied around it so that you can bounce them up and down like a yo-yo. They're very popular at matsuri ...
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Part of these collections:
Mitsuwa Natsu Matsuri 2007
(Item 8 of 10, “Japanese yo-yo”)
Collected by: vkm
I looked online, but can't figure out what these are called in Japanese. They're basically small water balloons with elastic string tied to them so that you can bounce them ...
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Mitsuwa Natsu Matsuri - oni mask
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Uploaded by: vkm
This is a plastic oni mask that was for sale at the Natsu Matsuri outdoor event at the Mitsuwa Marketplace in Torrance, California on July 22, 2007. Mitsuwa is a ...
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Part of these collections:
Mitsuwa Natsu Matsuri 2007
(Item 6 of 10, “Oni mask”)
Collected by: vkm
This was one of the plastic masks they had. It's of an oni, a Japanese folklore character.
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