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Seattle Japanese Garden

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I visited the Seattle Japanese Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum during a visit with my relatives in July 2007. My cousin and I went in the afternoon. This collection ...

Mitsuwa Natsu Matsuri 2007

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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 ...

Kubota Garden

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Kubota Garden is a public garden that is now owned by the City of Seattle and maintained by the Department of Parks & Recreation. In 1981, it was designated an ...

My early J-Town memories

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These are some of the sites that still exist in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo that I have fond memories of while growing up. Actually, we never used the name Little ...

My Hinamatsuri

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Every year for as long as I can remember, my mother brings out our family's hina-ningyo to celebrate hinamatsuri. These colorful dolls were special because they were only brought out ...

My Oshogatsu 2007

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I come from large extended families on both my mother's and father's sides. Actually, my mother's family is large (she's one of 8 kids). My father's family is extra large ...

National Japanese American Memorial in Washington D.C.

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In April 2005, my husband and I spent our first anniversary in Washington D.C. to see the National Cherry Blossom Festival. As part of our trip, we visited the National Japanese ...

vkm studio

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I am a yonsei artist from the Los Angeles area. This is a collection of some of my paintings. In my artwork, I explore my identity through cultural and historical ...

Hanami picnic lunch

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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 ...

Curry House To Go in Little Tokyo

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Curry House is a chain of restaurants that specialize in curry. They also have quite a large section of Japanese-style spaghetti on their menus. It's a branch of the House ...

Bisteck apanado con huancaina at Wakatay Restaurant

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This is the bisteck apanado con huancaina dish at the Wakatay Restaurant in Gardena, CA. The dish includes a tenderized piece of beef with potatoes in a special Peruvian ...

Arroz con mariscos at Wakatay Restaurant

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This is the arroz con mariscos dish at the Wakatay Restaurant in Gardena, CA. The menu describes the dish as rice simmered in tomato sauce mixed with a combination ...

Alfajor at Wakatay Restaurant

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This is a Peruvian shortbread cookie with a thin layer of caramel in between two cookie layers. There was powdered sugar generously sprinkled on top. It was very light and ...

Uncle Sam working

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This is a photo of my uncle, Sam Omoto, who is a gardener by profession, but is shown here working on his own yard. It was taken during a visit ...

Dog at the Gardena Obon's ondo

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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 ...

JACCC garden restoration

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I took this photo on August 7, 2007. It's of the James Irvine Garden at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC). They are working on restoring ...

JACCC garden restoration

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I took this photo on August 7, 2007. It's of the James Irvine Garden at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC). They are working on restoring ...

JACCC garden restoration

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I took this photo on August 7, 2007. It's of the James Irvine Garden at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC). They are working on restoring ...

Seattle Japanese Garden

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This is the Japanese Garden at the Washington Arboretum. The photo shows the view as you walk from the front entrance towards the lake. It was taken on July 11, ...

Square stone lantern at the Seattle Japanese Garden

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This is one of several stone lanterns at the Japanese Garden at the Washington Arboretum. The photo was taken on July 11, 2007. --------- Seattle Japanese Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum 1075 ...