Reopening the Center MESSAGE from the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

FALL 2020 | VOLUME 65

Reopening the Center MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

When Will The Center Reopen?

n March some people to feel comfortable getting BOARD OFFICERS 12, 2020, it or participating in indoor activities. Myron Okada | President Obefore the We realize that things are continually Scott Okamoto | Senior Vice President mandated city- changing, and we hope for the best. Donna Kimura | Vice President wide Shelter-in- Taking all of this into account, the Kelly Yuka Walton and Hillary Nakano | Place (SIP) started, Center developed a plan based on Corporate Secretaries we closed our nine months. The plan is based on Robert Sakai | Chief Financial Officer, doors and ceased the following assumptions: Ex Officio all programs for Executive Director • a vaccine is approved by the BOARD OF DIRECTORS the health and PAUL OSAKI end of 2020 or early 2021. Terry Akiyama safety concerns of Sherilyn Chew our community. Although everyone knew • the vaccine will be widely David Fukuda the COVID-19 virus was deadly, at the available to the public within the Judy Hamaguchi time, none of us realized just how much first and second quarter of 2021. Chris Hirano and to what extent. Most of us had never • even with a vaccine, it may take 3-6 Stephen Katayama even heard the phrase "Shelter-in-Place." Ryan Kimura months for some individuals to feel Susan Kobayashi We were hoping to reopen, possibly comfortable participating in indoor group Rumi Okabe in June or July. Little did we know, in activities, programs and special events. Allen Okamoto the months ahead, that over 250,000 Our primary concern is the health Marilyn Oshiro people would die in the United States and safety of the community. Like Teresa Serata and over 1.3 million worldwide. restaurants and other businesses, Jon Shindo When the State of California and San Community Centers will probably Peter Weber Francisco first established reopening plans be allowed to reopen on a limited STAFF and a timeline, Community and Recreation percentage basis with programs that can Paul Osaki | Executive Director Centers were scheduled to reopen in late meet the social distancing guidelines Lori Matoba | Deputy Director Phase 3, which was tentatively September and health and safety requirements. Marjorie Fletcher | Executive Assistant or October. Later, as the medical and To answer the question of when the Mika Shimizu | Office Manager/ science communities learned more about Center will reopen? We don't know Receptionist the transmission of the COVID-19 virus, exactly. We do know things will get Matt Okada | Director of Special Events indoor facilities like Community Centers and Communications better, and the COVID-19 pandemic moved to Phase 4, in the same category Stephanie Doi | Development Manager will not define us. Our goal is to take as Concert Venues and Convention Halls. Elena Nielsen | Membership Coordinator this experience and everything we Jennifer Hamamoto | Director of Programs This past August, California announced a learned about using technology to Haruka Roudebush | Senior Programs new reopening plan based on four color- create an interactive virtual community. Manager coded tiers, taking into account infection We are moving the Center into the Jerry Kika | Volunteer Coordinator rates and risk factors. In this new plan, future, making us a better organization

Community Centers, Concert Venues, and than before closing our doors. MISSION ミッション others are not yet listed in any color tiers. With all the uncertainties today, the one The Center is a non-profit organization Until indoor social and recreational thing for sure is we can't wait to welcome which strives to meet the evolving needs of the Japanese American community by activities are considered safe, we do and see you back at the Center soon! offering programs, affordable services and not expect to reopen the Center until administrative support and facilities for sometime around the first quarter of 2021. other local organizations. The Center also provides educational, cultural and recreational Of course, the opening will depend on programs that meet and address the interests infection and hospital rates and close- and concerns of the community. Our goals contact risk factors. Even with a vaccine's remain rooted in preserving the Japanese Paul Osaki American cultural and historical heritage as availability, we know it may take time for well as fostering the foundation for future Executive Director generations of Japanese Americans.

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おかえりなさい "Welcome Home"

On March 12, none of us could have imagined the impact and challenges we would still face today, nine months after we were directed to Shelter-in-Place (SIP). During this time, the Center staff has diligently worked from home to stay connected, engage with our constituents and the community, create virtual programs and events and draft a plan to safely reopen, even though there is no date certain for reopening.

he Center’s top priorities for Health (SFDPH). These procedures and safely reopening are guidelines may change and evolve the health, safety to reflect new/updated and comfort government guidance our monthly and quarterly newsletters, Tof those who enter and expectations. social media, on our website and visually our building. For over through signage around our building. 34 years, the Center 2. Re-Starting (see sample signage on this page.) focused on being Programs a second home for We want to share our reopening vision the community, a Due to the variety with you. Our Reopening Overview, a place where people of programs and condensed version of our Reopening can connect, gather activities that Guide, will be available on our website and be together. In happen at the Center, (www.jcccnc.org) for download. our “new normal,” coming programs and activities Our Reopening Guide is an evolving together will require all of us will resume and be phased document of our policies, protocols to do our part to remain safe. in based on government guidelines, and other matters relating to social distancing practices, our operational opening Our reopen plan focuses air ventilation, type of and phasing plan. on three key areas: program and comfort level of instructors Caring for our 1. Safety and Health and students to constituents and The health and wellbeing of staff and resume them safely. providing exceptional visitors are at the forefront of our service has always been our priority at planning. We will implement daily 3. Communications screenings, require everyone to wear the Center. While The Center feels face coverings and maintain a minimum the recent COVID-19 that the comfort and of 6 feet distancing at all times. pandemic has changed peace of mind of staff and the world and how business We have also further enhanced our visitors are equally important, is conducted, we remain cleaning guidelines, which we carefully so we included consistent and optimistic. We look forward to put together and will implement ongoing communication in our plan. We welcoming all of you with a commitment following the recommendations by the will provide details on what to expect to ensure your health, safety and Centers for Disease Control (CDC), when returning to our facility and our comfort. We hope to see you soon! California Department of Public Health phasing strategy for programs and (CDPH) and SF Department of Public activities. Information will be shared in

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Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Center Plan and Concerns

Our goal from the start of the Shelter-in-Place (SIP) Order was to create a dynamic social media presence and online interactive programs as though the Center never closed its doors. As in every community, the Center is the heart and soul of activities and programs and is a central gathering place that provides stability through its leadership in the community. We felt our members, program participants, online followers and the community at large needed to know that despite the SIP and closure of the building, we were still the heartbeat of the community. Our motto during these challenging times has been, "Although We Are Apart —We Remain a Community at Heart."

Our Four-fold COVID-19 also send them handwritten cards, 3. Continue Center outreach postcards and activities they can do Pandemic Activities and at home. Staff and volunteers bake We continue to send to our members, Outreach Plan: cookies and treats for them, staff play program participants and donors games with them over the internet and Center related materials, membership board members make regular phone information, donor solicitation calls. This summer, we created a “pen and our quarterly newsletter. We pal” call program where youth phoned also inform them about the status 3–4 seniors once a week. We also send of the Center during the SIP, our volunteers to socialize with them, run reopening plans, including our safety errands and perform daily tasks. and health procedures and how we are looking forward to welcoming 2. Create a massive online them back to the Center. presence through social media 4. Online interactive programming Our goal is to create a virtual community. We post culturally relevant The SIP has allowed us the time to and community-related messages, experiment with online (virtual/real-time) games, events, stories, news articles programming, classes, workshops and 1. Weekly outreach to our and activities. We will create more games. We have been offering cooking Nisei population interactive opportunities on our social courses, workshops for researching your Our seniors are the most vulnerable media platform to engage our users. Japanese ancestry, understanding your population we serve. Because they were This could include an on-going Japanese family kamon and social interaction restricted to staying at home, we were American trivia contest, chat rooms to activities such as karaoke, sharing your concerned about their social isolation, discuss issues, a community history app family recipes and cultural classes. Our physical and mental health and ability and other cultural games and contests. social media followers increased to to perform essential and daily tasks. 5,000, and our virtual programs have Follow/Like us on Facebook had over 9,500 participants and views. The Center felt it was necessary to @LikeJCCCNC stay in touch and reach out to them by sending them weekly letters. We Follow us on Instagram @jcccnc_sf

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Meet the 2020 Kase Interns

The Center was fortunate to have five Kase Nikkei Community Scholarship Program (Kase Program) participants this past summer. The Kase Program was envisioned in 2011 by the Center and the late Grace Kase to encourage young college students to take an active role in learning, creating and developing programs to promote and support the Japanese American community and the MIKA CHAN, SAN FRANCISCO KEIKO TSUYUZAKI, ALAMEDA activities that take place at the Seattle University, Marketing San Francisco State University, Center. The Kase Program also and Sociology, Class of 2022 Japanese Language Studies and Hospitality and Tourism provides a $5,000 scholarship to Mika is a San Francisco native and Management, Class of 2022 each student upon successful currently attends Seattle University completion of the program. Each where she studies marketing with Keiko is a third-year Japanese intern was assigned a personal a minor in sociology. Working in Language and Cultural Studies major and Hospitality and Tourism minot work plan to complete during the Development Department this summer, she curated social media at San Francisco State University. her 10-week experience under content, worked on fundraising tasks She was born in Los Angeles and the supervision and mentorship and collaborated with the other Kase grew up in the Nikkei community, of a Center staff member. interns on the Center census and the followed by spending time in New Because of their experience Nisei connect projects. Mika grew York and settling in the Bay Area. at the Center, we have been up in Nihonmachi and participated She has attended Japanese Saturday school, worked with children in a fortunate to have some of the in various activities including BCSF girl scouts, Ardenettes basketball, community center in Japan and has former Kase Scholars return as and teaching obon odori during the the Eiken certificate exam in the first permanent staff members. The summer. She is grateful to have had degree. In the future, she wants to Kase Program promotes youth the opportunity to be a Kase intern become a flight attendant or work in leadership and education and where she was able to work in an jobs relating to international relations preserves culture for the future engaging environment and deepen with Japan. This summer, she worked generations of the Japanese her understanding of her Japanese as an intern in the Administration Department, focusing on multiple American community. The Center American (JA) identity and the Japantown community. During the projects involving web development would like to acknowledge quarantine, she has been listening to and translation work. She was able Grace for her foresight and podcasts, doing home workouts and to gain professional and community longtime support and thank her playing the ukulele. In the future, she outreach experience, as well as meet nephew Mark for continuing hopes to pursue a job in marketing other Nikkei students. In her free to fund the Kase Program. or social work while staying actively time, she enjoys cooking, being on involved in the Japanese American social media and decorating her room. community. continued on page 6

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KC MUKAI, BERKELEY JUNKO TANIGUCHI, ALLIE UMEMOTO, UC Berkeley, Sociology and SAN FRANCISCO SACRAMENTO Public Health, Class of 2021 Smith College, Government and Scripps College, Sociology International Relations, Class of 2021 and Politics, Class of 2021 KC is going into her senior year at UC Berkeley studying Sociology Junko was born and raised in San Allie is a Sacramento native and with a concentration in Research Francisco, and now attends Smith attends Scripps College in Claremont, Methods and a minor in Global Public College in Massachusetts. This California where she is entering Health. This summer she worked in summer she worked with the her fourth year studying Sociology the Programs Department where Development Department at and Politics. She worked with the she organized virtual programming the Center providing support Programs Department at the Center that was centered around Japanese for fundraising efforts, creating this summer helping to create virtual American themes and traits. KC content for social media, as well as programming for the community grew up in Fresno, California where interacting with different members during Shelter-in-Place. Her interests she was heavily involved with the of the community through the include playing basketball, the flute Japanese American community, Nisei Connect Project. Her previous and swimming. During the quarantine, attending Fresno and Fowler involvement in SF Japantown includes she has been walking her dog and also Buddhist Church, going to Japanese being a Takahashi Youth Ambassador baking and doing home workouts School, and participating in JABA at the Center, Girl Scouts at BCSF, with her sisters. She hopes to pursue and Girl Scouts Troop 305. She is and a graduate and now volunteer a Masters Degree in Social Work and currently the president of College at Rosa Parks JBBP. She is very Public Policy for a career in public Young Buddhist Association (YBA), interested in not only strengthening service or nonprofit organizations. She a member of Berkeley JACL and UC the Japantown community, but also is grateful for this opportunity to have Berkeley Nikkei Student Union (NSU). building bridges and coalitions with had such a valuable experience to In her free time, KC enjoys playing other communities in SF and the learn about her own cultural heritage the cello, photography, reading and world. In the future, she hopes to while gaining professional skills in the trying out new cooking recipes. After work in the international nonprofit workplace. finishing her studies, KC is interested or NGO world, and believes that in working in the social work field, this internship has provided her with focused on helping the homeless valuable skills in whatever field she or reentry population. She is very may end up in. She loves swimming, grateful to have been a Kase intern climbing, biking, sometimes running and hopes that she can continue to and recently, fly fishing: basically any support and be a part of the Japanese activity that she can do outdoors. American community for years to During the quarantine, she has been come. making sourdough bread and learning recipes from her family.

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continued as we enter additional Thank you to our 2020 months of theShelter-In-Place. Despite the cancellation of in-person Kase Program Interns programs at the Center, the Kase Program interns created a plethora of new virtual programming to help connect the Center community. The following are the virtual programs developed. The program recordings can be found on our facebook page: https:// www.facebook.com/LikeJCCCNC Asian American Themes in Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA) with Dr. Lori Kido Lopez (August), which focused on “racebending,” as it pertains to ATLA and the media. Japanese American Figures in Politics featuring Dr. Emily Murase (August) focused on a notable Japanese he Kase Nikkei Community The Center is still American figure in politics Scholarship Program (Kase collecting data for the with a discussion of how Program) interns have Center Census! If you Japanese American values, always filled the Center each have not filled out our Tsummer with youthful energy and fresh history and perspectives census, make sure you are “counted” tie into being a publicly elected official. inspiration and ideas. This summer, by visiting bit.ly/CenterCensus! through the pandemic and Shelter-in- Resilience: As the Bamboo Bends, The Center interns also continued to Place Orders, the Kase Program interns Coping with the Stress of COVID-19 implement the Center’s Nisei Connect navigated a virtual summer internship featuring Dr. Satsuki Ina (July) was the initiative to ensure our Nisei and senior using technology and a willingness to first of two webinars in a series focusing members felt connected to the Center, adapt to create vibrant programming on coping with the stress of COVID-19. and genuine connections. They produced despite the Shelter-in-Place Order. a series of programs and content and The interns created bonds with Nisei Helping Family and Friends Cope with assisted staff in Center initiatives. over the phone and by email and mail. the Stress of COVID-19 featuring Dr. Although they were apart, they were Throughout the summer, they learned Kayoko Yokoyama (August ) was the able to work together to create and and exchanged histories and stories. As second webinar in a series focusing on sustain projects that will continue to they continued to share information, the coping with the stress of COVID-19. interns felt inclined to document this help the Center and our community. Throughout the summer and the time for the community, highlighting Shelter-in-Place, the Kase Program The Kase Program interns worked the various activities of the Nisei. The interns remained positive, helpful, tirelessly to help promote the Center interns then asked community members engaged and adaptable while also Census, an initiative much like the and staff to contribute to what they creating new programs and assisting U.S. Census to count our constituents, coined a collective “community guide” with implementing ongoing initiatives. prioritize planning and improve to coping with the quarantine. Thus, We are thankful for the hard work organizational efficiency. The Kase “A Community Guide to Quarantine” and dedication this summer from Program interns also helped input was published and printed this summer. our five Kase Program interns, Allie surveys and created a young adult focus For free virtual access, please visit bit. Umemoto, Junko Taniguchi, KC Mukai, group to gain more insight to support ly/CommunityGuidetoQuarantine. Keiko Tsuyuzaki and Mika Chan! the Center’s future strategic planning. The Nisei Connect program has

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Picnic at the Plaza: Bringing Life Back to Japantown On July 18, 2020, Picnic at the Plaza was launched at the Japan Center Peace Plaza. This project has provided seating for up to 200 persons at one time to enjoy their meals in Japantown!

ith generous funding from The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation (Foundation), the Center was able to create a venue for Japantown guests to safely eat their lunches and dinners under a warm Wand wide canopy and safely distance themselves from other guests. To date, close to 30,000 individuals have utilized this important space, and it has provided an increased flow of traffic and much- needed business revenue to the restaurants who have not been able to fully open their restaurants to their guests. The Center has also been able to employ young people who wanted to perform some type of community service to help us preserve and maintain our businesses in Japantown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Top: Diners Because of its popularity amongst its guests, businesses enjoying food and the community, Picnic at the Plaza was extended two at the plaza months past its original sunset date of September 27, 2020. Bottom: We successfully closed this project with newly acquired Workers skills and knowledge and have been able to form meaningful helping to decorate the partnerships with our valued contacts at the SF Recreation space and Park Department, the Japantown Merchants Association and the many restaurants in Japantown.

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"We drive all the "They take their way from Marin to responsibility order meals to go professionally and eat at Picnic in and cleaned the Plaza! We love tables and chairs the opportunity to very well. Thank sit outside at the you! We will be Japantown peace back!! This is plaza. We hope what it takes to this continues year get things moving round." back again. Marisa GREAT STAFF!!" Paul M. "Picnic at the Plaza "Picnic at the Plaza was an absolute is the best! I feel so joy and delight! Our special thanks are safe and well cared extended to the following We frequently for. Eating out used individuals who made come to Japantown Picnic at the Plaza a great to enjoy the food to make me very success. We could not have done it without them! and atmosphere nervous, but thanks Thank you to The Henri but haven't been to Picnic at the Plaza and Tomoye Takahashi able to visit in the I finally feel like I can Charitable Foundation for funding Picnic at the Plaza. past few months stay safe and support as we've tried to Mika Chan Japantown! Win! win! KC Mukai honor shelter in Gratefully, Stuart Michelle Heckert place best practices. Allie Umemoto The staff at Picnic Nathan Segal at the Plaza were "We read about restaurants trying to stay in Kim Ina business by setting up to-go tables in Peace Kenneth Kitahata warm and inviting Katelyn Wong and everything Plaza on the weekends. It turns out the Junko Taniguchi felt very safe and JCCCNC got a grant to set up a seating area Ryan Kwong clean which is too...You have to purchase food from a J-Town Matt Mori Kylie Tamura at the forefront restaurant and show your receipt. Kim's trusty crew then escorts you to a table. They Lee Osaki of everyone's immediately disinfect when you're done. Plus, Caelynn Hwang mind. Thank you it's dog friendly! We very much enjoyed eating Eddy Cantrell for this pleasure Event Magic outdoors with the tables truly spaced apart, JCBD in the midst of and the light breeze was nice too. We had Shauna Bogetz a pandemic!" yummy noodles and taiyaki ice cream for George Ridgeley Lauren & Paul, dessert." Steve Cismowski San Francisco residents Omar Davis and 4th gen JA Dara, East Bay

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Gambaro Program

use for their own charitable purpose. Gift certificates will also be distributed to emergency responders and essential workers who have worked tirelessly to keep our community safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also hope that when a gift certificate is redeemed, additional purchases exceeding the value of the gift certificate will be made to further benefit the businesses and restaurants. The gift certificates will also be circulated to individuals who never have had the opportunity to shop and eat in Japantown — thereby creating a whole circle of new customers.

Japan Video and Media, pictured: Takeshi Onishi For the Center, this was our first experience working directly with Gambaro, loosely translated in English, means let’s work together our Japantown merchants. With the to persevere. We felt that this word was very appropriate for the assistance of Rich Hashimoto, President of the Japantown Merchants Association, program launched with generous funding from The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation (Foundation).

n early April 2020, Masako Takahashi, we wanted to accomplish since many President of the Foundation, of our Japantown restaurants were not expressed a strong interest to do allowed to open during the first part of something to keep Japantown small the COVID-19 pandemic. Ibusinesses alive. She then provided Through lengthy discussions and the Center with the funding to put a research, we decided program together. You are giving us on a program where Receiving the funding was we would purchase both a challenge and an the courage to large amounts of gift honor. It was an honor survive. certificates from our to be entrusted with a Japantown businesses large sum of money to be For that, we are and restaurants and utilized for our community most grateful. then distribute them but a challenge to find a to our direct service way to benefit both our businesses and community organizations. community organizations. By utilizing this approach, businesses and Katsura Garden, pictured: Ritsuko Suzuki We read in the paper of nonprofit restaurants would receive an immediate who introduced the businesses to us, we organizations that purchased food from infusion of money to support their can now say that we are truly partners neighborhood restaurants and then businesses with cash in hand, and at with our business community. It was distributed the meals to food banks and the same time, allow the community wonderful to create a program that homeless shelters, but that model was organizations that were forced to close thanked and supported our businesses not the most appropriate fit for what their operations with gift certificates to who have continuously supported us.

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The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation supports Japantown small businesses. Following WWII and their return to San Francisco, Henri and Tomoye Takahashi opened a small dry goods store on Post Street, where Union Bank is located in the Japan Center. Like many of the small businesses after the war, they struggled but persevered. However, in the 1960s, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency seized and evicted them from their property. Later, the City bulldozed Asakichi, pictured: Asakichi Sakakihara their store and home to make way for the building of the Japan Center. They Businesses benefiting were forced to leave Japantown due to from the Gambaro the lack of affordable and available land Program to rebuild their business. Despite having to relocate, they never forgot the Amiko Boutique community. Asakichi They eventually started a thriving Glam Up Hair Salon wholesale and retail business featuring Japan Video and Media Japanese houseware and décor with Japantown Collectibles stores located in San Francisco, New Kabuki Springs and Spa York and Sausalito. In 1986, they Katachi : Seoul Garden, pictured: Timothy Cho and Wife established The Henri and Tomoye Katsura Garden Takahashi Charitable Foundation to Neat Asian Things support the Japanese American On the Bridge community. Seoul Garden Within a couple of weeks following the Daikoku by Shiki Shelter-In-Place order on March 18, Sophie's Crepes Masako Takahashi, the daughter of Takara Henri and Tomoye and President of the ChaTo foundation, approached the Center Izumiya about organizing projects to support the Kissako Tea small businesses through the Shelter-In- Kohshi Place and COVID-19 pandemic. To Matcha Café Maiko honor her parents and the Takahashi Mochill Mochi Donut store's presence in Japantown, Masako Oza Oza donated $600,000 from the family foundation. Paper Tree Sakura Sakura Picnic at the Plaza and the Gambaro SaSa Japanese Restaurant Project would not have been possible Super Mira without the support of Masako Takoyaki Yamachan Takahashi and her immediate concern Tokaido Arts about the welfare of Japantown's small businesses. Uji Time Dessert Yakini Q Café Daikoku by Shiki, pictured: Linda Lum

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Nisei Outreach Keeping our Senior Community Connected

ll of us at the Center unanimously agree that we miss interacting with our Thank you so much Being holed up alone senior Center Family members since March gave me Amore than anything else. The COVID-19 for the thoughtful pandemic has been difficult for all of us bag of goodies. time to reminisce and to adjust, but it is particularly challenging to realize how much a for the population that government So many of you health experts have titled the most were involved with close-knit family means. vulnerable, our senior Center Members. this endeavor. Having shopping done, Early on, when we were told to shut our It is sincerely small meals brought doors in March, the Center adopted the motto, “Although we are apart, we are appreciated. and many other favors, a community at heart.” We have taken I realize how grateful this saying to many levels. First, we communicate with our Center Family by I am more than ever! creating weekly mailings to inform them Many thanks for the on what is happening in the community; information regarding provide them with information on the Japanese culture and traditions; and celebrations, customs My husband and I have sometimes deliver cookies or a bento. of my heritage. been doing quite well Second, we are now starting to Most are fascinated create online activities such as bingo, during this stay at home chair aerobics and cooking classes descriptions. I’m COVID-19 epidemic. provide lessons on how to use the learning for the first computer to connect to a Zoom Thanks to JCCCNC time. You are in my meeting or a casual conversation. for all your games and Third, we have expanded our outreach “kansha thoughts” activities to keep me to providing individual services for daily. Keep up the fine those who are no longer able to drive busy... As for my husband, or need to obtain groceries, clean or work you are doing. weed yards, pick up items for our Hidden I think he’s enjoying his Treasures sale or other chores and freedom of not driving tasks that pop up from week to week. me here and there. He’s Thanks so much We have thoroughly enjoyed providing still baking cookies. these services and feel that it has for your continued brought us even closer to our Center Our love for all of the support during Family, as they clearly know that we are friendship from JCCCNC. here for them throughout every step of this challenging this new environment we are living in. time. It is much Here are some of the thoughts and comments we have received: appreciated.

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Meet a Special Akabeko

BY DIANE MATSUDA

kabeko is a legendary cow Minako Hayakawa’s modern akabeko born in the Aizu Region of Fukushima Prefecture. His existence is based The Year of the Cow Aon a real story honoring a cow that helped rebuild the Enzo-ji Temple We all look forward to a in Yanaizu Town, Fukushima. better and healthier year in It is said that after the temple was 2021 and hopefully, we will destroyed by an earthquake in the year have the chance to come 1611, the priests and village people living together again to celebrate near the temple tried to rebuild the and enjoy all of the activities structure on their own, but carrying that we have put on hold for the supplies up the hill was so difficult the past several months. that they felt it was impossible. 2021 commemorates the Then one day, a red cow appeared Artist Minako Hayakawa and led all of the other cows to help Year of the Cow. People born in this year possess with the transport of the materials Eastern Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and to quickly build the temple that still Nuclear Disaster, Hayakawa created a diligence, dependability and stands today. Cow replicas were built special akabeko (Seigaihabeko) to pray determination and have an inside the temple grounds to show for the people of Tohoku and a hope honest nature. They have their appreciation and gratitude for his for recovery. She used an ocean motif great patience to achieve efforts, and people who touch the cow to represent the ocean and a red string goals through their constant will receive strength and happiness. that supports the neck to represent efforts and live a fairly Having an akabeko in your home “kizuna” — to bond us together. healthy and long life. also helps ward off illness and 2021 commemorates the 10th anniversary brings good luck and strength. of this tragic and devastating event. Prominent people born in A few years ago, the Center invited The Center will display the beautiful the Year of the Cow include akabeko artist Minako Hayakawa to akabeko Hayakawa donated to us former President Barack San Francisco to share her passion for throughout the entire year to remember Obama, cartoonist Walt keeping the traditional mingei craft of and reflect on the lives lost and forever Disney and artist Vincent akabeko alive. Hayakawa and her father changed by this event and to continue Van Gogh. are the artists and owners of Nozawa to hope for a full recovery in Tohoku. Cow years are: 1925, 1937, Mingei (Nozawa Folks Arts) located in Notes: Aka means the color red Nishi Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture. In in Japanese. Beko means cow 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, response to the March 11, 2011, Great in the Fukushima dialect. 2009 and 2021.

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Adapting the Center to a Virtual World: Cultural and Community Programs During COVID-19 BY HARUKA ROUDEBUSH

Traci Chee during virtual book event

Since COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place restrictions and vigorous sanitization efforts of our facilities and surfaces social distancing went into effect in mid-March and furniture physically contacted by programs participants of this year, the whole world has had to adjust or before and after all scheduled activities prior to the shut- down, placing a strenuous physical burden on staff. However, adapt to a “new normal” to meet the challenges of the pandemic quickly forced us to suspend all in-person these “unprecedented times,” and we have heard programs as various government-mandated social distancing these words so much now that they have become and Shelter-In-Place requirements were enacted. Our COVID platitudes for how differently our daily lives have response protocols then turned to identifying limitations on changed for the sake of everyone’s health and safety. our existing classes and workshops and to formulating an eventual phased re-opening plan once the pandemic abates.

he Center has experienced our share of challenges The challenges and restrictions we needed to work around and necessary adjustments to the times, as we included compliance with physical distancing requirements have had to temporarily suspend our in-person between participants in our conference rooms and maximum programs and activities while we have kept our capacity restrictions for gatherings. Facilities and equipment- Tdoors closed to the public. Just as workplaces and schools dependent activities such as our ceramics studio have had to have relied heavily on online solutions to keep operations remain closed. Our sports programs such as our volleyball and going while the world hopes and waits for our eventual basketball leagues, rentals to SF Kendo Dojo, SF Associates re-opening of our society, the Center’s Programs Department and the Waldorf school have been on hold while our building has also adapted to providing the community with virtual is closed to the public and are also due to the need to events, activities, classes and workshops that will certainly limit physical contact between participants. Our kitchen continue even after social distancing restrictions are lifted has been closed for our cooking workshops (fortunately and the Center re-opens and resumes in-person programs. Kimochi, Inc.’s senior meal programs were able to continue their operations in our kitchen as an essential service). In Challenges Presented by COVID-19 addition, our staff had to learn new skills to compensate As the Center first started addressing the beginnings of the for our limited prior experience putting on webinars and pandemic’s spread in the United States, we prepared initial producing programs and activities in live and recorded video COVID response protocols for minimizing exposure risk formats. Similarly, many of our instructors have had to learn to Center programs participants and staff. This included and adapt similar new skills to continue teaching virtually.

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Meeting Challenges and Going Virtual With shelter-in-place going into effect, the Programs Department was determined to continue serving the Total number of virtual Center’s mission of providing the community with events, programs, culturally enriching programs and spaces for members of our community to continue connecting and engaging classes and workshops with each other. As cabin fever started setting in for as of December many of us confined to our homes and limiting social 96 contact, the need for us to continue what programs and activities we could to keep morale up and sanity intact Total number was even more apparent. Our staff learned how to set of SF residents up and facilitate Zoom webinars, the Center increased our Zoom capacity to hold virtual events, and set out to registered for start growing our audience for virtual programs, reaching virtual program out to our existing membership base as well as using social media and our website as platforms to further 295 engage the community and to deliver digital content. Total number of virtual program registrations: 950

Adapting existing classes and workshops to virtual formats using Zoom was an immediate option. By the end of April, the Center began putting on webinars and virtual gatherings for several of our programs, including Community Karaoke, Community Kitchen, Ukulele 101 workshops, Book events/author talks, Sr. Chair Aerobics, Washi Ningyo, Beyond Basic Drawing, Yosakoi dance classes, as well as changing our quarterly Community Kitchen program to a monthly virtual potluck where participants shared prepared dishes over their webcams. In addition, as some of our larger annual events could no longer be held in Registrants from person, the Center adapted our Children’s Day Festival AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, and Japantown Halloween Carnival to be held virtually FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, using a combination of live broadcasting on Facebook and KS, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, pre-recorded video content. Similarly, our Development MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, Department successfully held virtual versions of our sweepstakes drawings and Tabemasho annual fundraiser. OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, 35states: VT, VA, WA, WI Shelter-in-Place caused many members of our community to be increasingly socially isolated, particularly our Nisei and International registrants from Australia, seniors, so finding ways to help get seniors engaged online Canada, India, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom continued on page 16

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Adapting to a Virtual World Our participation in this summer’s first continued from page 15 Tadaima! Virtual Community Pilgrimage organized by the Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages group and a so that they too could remain connected nation-wide coalition of volunteers to the community was an immediate and Japanese American community priority for the Programs Department. organizations also brought the Center to Our Kase interns Allie Umemoto, KC the screens of an international audience Mukai and Keiko Tsuyuzaki produced as part of a 9-week long schedule of over online tutorial videos for seniors on 370 virtual programs and film screenings. how to install and use Zoom, and we In some cases, we are able to leverage have been able to offer our senior a larger national audience based on chair aerobics class virtually and start the visibility of our program speakers, a weekly Zoom Bingo game for our which was the case with our virtual book seniors. It has been particularly heart- event with New York Times bestselling warming during these times to see how author Traci Chee, who presented her delighted our senior participants have new historical fiction novel, We Are Not been to see their friends’ faces and Free, to an audience that included many enjoy our virtual activities, but also to fans of her previous work from all over see younger family members helping the country. In addition, our virtual their loved ones get connected and tea tasting program in December with sometimes join in on the fun themselves! Center sponsor Ito-En shows additional opportunities to host virtual programs New Opportunities for Halloween Carnival, Most Creative Costume: Remi in direct partnership with our sponsors. Virtual Programs M., Kiki and her cat As our staff learned how to adapt our Offering virtual programs has presented programs to virtual formats, we were remotely has enabled us to reach a much additional benefits and options for the able to hold our first virtual program, larger audience beyond our immediate Center. Our increased reach and virtual Community Karaoke, on April 24, support base of Center members, the format has also enabled us to have 2020. Since then we have been able surrounding Japantown community, and larger class sizes in some cases, such as to hold several virtual workshops the Bay Area and Northern California for our virtual cooking classes that can and programs every month, including Japanese and Japanese American now accommodate over 100 participants cooking classes, book events, webinars community. Our marketing to the cooking along remotely from their and lectures on topics of interest to broader Japanese American community home kitchens, as opposed to our usual the community. We have also adapted on online Facebook group forums such workshop cap of 20 participants who our strategies to cultivate and grow as You Know You’re Japanese American would have to cram into the Center’s our audience for virtual programs When…, All Things Japanese American, kitchen. Some of our workshops also including how we use our social media Sansei Legacy, and Subtle Nikkei Traits enabled us to host timely discussions and the Center’s website as platforms and with other community organization and programming of immediate interest to further engage the community pages has also been effective in to the community, such as our 2-part and broaden our reach, as well as bringing in participants from Southern webinar series on mental health and create opportunities for partnerships California and other parts of the country, coping with the stress of COVID-19 with and collaborations with other including the east coast and Midwest, Dr.s Satsuki Ina and Kayoko Yokoyama. organizations and program sponsors. where many participants may not have In addition, through generous support immediate or local access to Japanese from The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Even with the challenges, and yes, and Japanese American community and Charitable Foundation, we launched occasional frustrations with virtual cultural programs. It has been exciting an entirely new genealogy and family programs in comparison to in-person for us to see and meet new program history webinar series with the sessions activities, virtual events and programs participants who are likewise excited being recorded and now accessible have presented several advantages and to be able to engage in our community as on-demand digital course content benefits for the Center. Having the ability virtually, sometimes for the first time. to registrants. Our recorded videos for participants to access the programs posted to our website and social media

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also remain accessible to the general public at any time. In addition, we have also been able to seek out new instructors and speakers from beyond our immediate area, such as with our August webinar on Asian American themes in the 2000’s animated TV Virtual Workshop Focus: show Avatar: The Last Airbender, led by Asian American studies and media Kenji’s Kitchen Online studies professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Lori Kido-Lopez, Cooking Class — Japanese and our November Shibori Japanese Soufflé Pancakes indigo tie-dying crafts workshop, This was our first online cooking class with taught remotely by our instructor the Center’s newest cooking instructor Kenji Catherine Ruhl in Brooklyn, New York. Yokoo, held on June 6, and was an immediate success, reaching maximum The Center, as well as our Japantown webinar registration capacity. Kenji’s first scheduled cooking workshop at community has been weathering this the Center on how to make udon noodles from scratch was unfortunately pandemic in part by invoking the spirit cancelled in mid-March just after the Center had to temporarily close due of gaman and perseverance of previous to COVID-19. Kenji had started making cooking instructional videos on his generations, while also drawing on own YouTube channel, Kenji’s Kitchen, and offered to put on a live online resourcefulness and innovation to cooking class with the Center, with ingredients and supplies lists provided bring us forward to a post-COVID to registrants in advance so people could follow and cook along with Kenji world. We appreciate everyone who at home while watching the virtual class. Kenji chose to teach how to make has supported our virtual programs and Japanese soufflé pancakes, a trendy Instagram-worthy dish recently popular activities so far, and we are looking in Japan and among foodies here in the US, which registrants could make out forward to continue providing you of easily found ingredients. The class attracted registrants from throughout with even more virtual content and California and beyond, including Connecticut, Hawaii, North Carolina, Texas, activities even after we can re-open! Washington state, Washington DC and Virginia. To view our current listings of ongoing The class was also broadcast on the Center’s Facebook page to meet excess virtual classes and programs, be sure to registration demand, and since then, has garnered over 2,700 video views on check the Center’s website and monthly Facebook. Due to the feedback and community response to this first class, e-newsletter, and check out our recorded Kenji has been providing the Center with online cooking classes every month webinar content at the URL’s below: since, and is donating his time and instructors fees back to the Center for the The Center’s Facebook video page: duration of the Center’s COVID-19 closure. We are so thankful for Kenji and all http://bit.ly/jcccncfacebookvideos. of our cooking class registrants for your support! The Center’s Programs Department To see Kenji’s other cooking videos, check out his YouTube channel at: YouTube Channel: www.youtube. http://bit.ly/kenjiskitchenyoutube. com/user/JCCCNC/videos.

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Preserving Culture One Class at a Time What's Happening Online at the Center

Greetings from the Center’s Programs Department! We welcome you to peruse the list below that feature all the fun that we offer. The first class session is free for any first-time participant (materials costs for select classes still apply). We encourage you to try something new! For more information or to register for a class, please visit our website www.jcccnc.org, email [email protected] or call (415) 567-5505.

MARTIAL ARTS AND FITNESS All ongoing classes are temporarily cancelled until further notice with the KARATE—MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY exception of the classes listed here. CLASS (VIRTUAL) Please make sure to visit our Karate is an Okinawan martial art meaning workshops/events on page 19. “empty hand.” Develop self-defense skills and strengthen yourself mentally and physically. Our class is part of the International Karate ARTS AND CULTURE League (IKL) which instructs a modified Shorin-Ryu style of karate. This class is open BEYOND BASIC ART CLASS (VIRTUAL) to all skill levels age 6+. Teaching ukulele online is a very This weekly art class is designed for both Instructor: Craig Hamakawa different experience from teaching intermediate and advanced students and will When: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. in the classroom. After eight months allow participants the opportunity to explore Cost: $28 M | $44 NM monthly of teaching ukulele on Zoom, I am Drop-in: $8 M | $13 NM new media, subject matter and ways of so grateful for the technology that thinking. This class will use basic drawing, painting concepts and subject matter, but will allows us to stay connected. There also look to expand participant’s artistic definitely is a place for virtual ukulele horizons. The atmosphere of the class is very instruction, even after the pandemic informal for creating art. It has been a great joy to virtually is over and we can all meet again! Instructor: Rich Tokeshi teach my chair aerobic class. I was —Don Sadler, Ukulele 101 instructor When: Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon unable to meet my class participants Cost: $3o M | $4o NM monthly (virtual rates) for almost five months, (since last Drop-in: $11 M | $14 NM (drop-in) included): $30 M | $40 NM March), but now, I can see their smiles every Thursday. One of the good things about a virtual class format is DANCE that it allows people to be involved, YOSAKOI DANCING WITH ITO YOSAKOI in their own space, which is much DANCE GROUP (VIRTUAL) easier and safer for everyone. As a Join the Ito Yosakoi Dance Group's weekly result of going virtual, we now have classes to learn the lively, energetic dance more participants than before. Some SENIOR CHAIR AEROBICS (VIRTUAL) style of Yosakoi dancing! Yosakoi dancing of our participants are in their 90’s, Designed for seniors who want to build basic physical strength in a low-impact class. features choreographed group dances with and are able to continue to exercise traditional movements mixed with modern, Students will use a chair to participate in uptempo music to make for a captivating and inspire everyone. In this pandemic, exercises to increase flexibility, muscle dance style that is growing in popularity in everyone is trying to live healthy and coordination and strength. Classes end with a Japan and abroad! No dance experience is strong. It brings me great joy to play hands-on massage to relieve any lingering necessary. Class members have the option of a part in helping to keep everyone stress. dancing with the class recreationally, or healthy during the pandemic! Instructor: Kaeko Inori learning the group's repertoire to perform in When: Thursdays, 10-10:45 a.m. public. —Kaeko Inori, Cost: $3 M | $4 NM drop-in (virtual rates) When: Fridays, 7-9 p.m. Senior Chair Aerobics instructor Cost: $12 M | $17 NM monthly M = Members | NM = Non-Members Drop-in: $3 M | $5 NM KEY

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Upcoming Virtual Workshops

KENJI'S KITCHEN MATCHA ROLL CAKE ONLINE COOKING CLASS COMMUNITY KITCHEN Sunday, December 13 VIRTUAL POTLUCK: NOODLES 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. SEIZE VIRTUAL BOOK AND HOLIDAY DISHES LAUNCH WITH WRITER $7 Members | $10 General public Tuesday, December 8 | 6-8 p.m. Register: http://bit.ly/matcharollcake BRIAN KOMEI DEMPSTER Free, advance registration required Saturday, December 5 | 11 a.m.-noon Register: http://bit.ly/ Learn how to make this fluffy, creamy Free, advance registration required communitykitchennoodles matcha roll cake dessert, perfect for Register: http://bit.ly/seizebooklaunch the holidays, with chef Kenji Yokoo Our monthly virtual community potluck at his monthly online cooking class. Brian Komei Dempster, professor of celebrates the holidays as participants rhetoric and language and a faculty prepare and share their favorite noodle member in Asian Pacific American and holiday dishes over Zoom. Studies at the University of San Francisco and former writing instructor at the Center, will share poems from his new collection, Seize, alongside photos and video clips at this virtual book launch event. His follow-up to his book, Topaz, Dempster's poems present the highs and lows of fatherhood. The speaker struggles to care for his young and ailing child — a child whose many medical VIRTUAL TEA TASTING problems create an obstacle course WORKSHOP WITH of moral and emotional dilemmas. RONA TISON OF ITO EN VIRTUAL FAMILY HOLIDAY Wednesday, December 16 | 6-7 p.m. CRAFTS WORKSHOP Registration deadline December 1 Saturday, December 12 | 2-3:30 p.m. $7 Members | $10 General public Fee, advance registration required Register: http://bit.ly/virtualteatasting Register: http://bit.ly/ familyholidaycrafts Experience a virtual tea tasting with tea industry expert and connoisseur Learn how to make bread dough Rona Tison of Ito En, the global Christmas ornaments and an origami leaders of green tea and innovators tsuru (crane) wreath online in this of Japan’s #1 unsweetened bottled family-friendly workshop taught by green tea- Oi Ocha. Registration Center board member Judy Hamaguchi. includes a variety pack of Ito En tea samples for use during the workshop.

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Tabemasho Goes Virtual! BY MATT OKADA

For the last ten years, the third an update on the Center’s COVID-19 Saturday in September has recovery programs for the Japantown been reserved for the Center’s community. Though closed due to the city’s Shelter-In-Place order, the Center largest fundraising event, has remained active in supporting the Tabemasho. Tabemasho brought San Francisco Japantown community the community together for a by creating recovery programs such as night that celebrated Japanese Picnic at the Plaza and Gambaro and culture and community. Over 400 outreaching to our community’s most guests and over 150 volunteers vulnerable members, our Nisei and seniors. Our virtual program concluded used to gather in the Center’s with our live auction and sweepstakes gymnasium for an evening of drawing. Congratulations to all of our Special thank you to Greg Viloria, Tech Producer, amazing food prepared by local winners, and thank you to those that and Susie Kagami, Fundraising Specialist! restaurants and community purchased tickets or bid on items in chefs. However, this year we both our live and online auctions! were unable to celebrate our We would like to extend our appreciation 10th anniversary of Tabemasho to our sponsors, donors and all those in person and elected to host who tuned into our live virtual program. the event virtually in order to We hope you enjoyed the program, prevent the spread of COVID-19. and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to the Center when it is safe to reopen our doors. We his year’s virtual Tabemasho, hope that next year we can gather Congratulations to our 2020 Sweepstakes Winners! Although we are apart, Grand Prize Winner: Keith and Priscilla K. again at the Center to celebrate our we are a COMMUNITY at 2nd Prize: George S. 10th anniversary of Tabemasho, but heart, featured a welcome 3rd Prize: Bobby N. until then, “Although we are apart, Tmessage from Executive Director Paul 4th Prize: Koichi F. we are a COMMUNITY at heart!” Osaki and Center staff, followed by

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and Ms. Donna L. Kotake Thank You to Our Tabemasho Sponsors Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream Foundation Christ United Presbyterian Church, Benefactor Sponsors ($5,000) Mr. Kaz Maniwa and Ms. Masako Mr. Wayne and Mrs. Christine Union Bank Fukunaga Hiroshima, Mr. Robert W. Kawano Mutual Express Company Patron Sponsors ($2,500) and Ms. Mary Eijima Minami Tamaki, LLP Mr. Allen and Mrs. Patricia Okamoto Mrs. Naoko Ito Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Yoshiko Ho Ms. Marilyn C. Oshiro Japanese Chamber of Commerce Community Sponsors ($1,800) of Northern California Mr. Robert and Dr. Alicia Sakai San Francisco Associates Ms. Sherilyn Chew and Mr. Peti Japanese Community Youth Council Arunamata, Mr. Paul Gamba, Mr. Lowell G. Kimura and Ms. Donna Sweepstakes Sponsors Mr. Charles Kagay and Ms. Teresa Ong-Kimura, Mr. Myron Okada and Japan Airlines Serata Ms. Lynne Ogawa, Mr. Eddie Wong Pyramid Printing & Graphics

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Auction Donors Ms. Jennifer Hamamoto and Ms. Samantha Mui Align Spinal Care Mr. Phil Owyoung Ms. Susan Ogawa Amici's East Coast Pizzeria Mr. Richard and Mrs. Ruby Hata Mrs. Rumi and Mr. Mitsufumi Okabe Bachan's Japanese BBQ Sauce Mr. Christopher Hirano and Mr. Matt Okada and Ms. Jessica Kataoka Balletto Vineyards Ms. Chiyomi Kuroki-Hirano Mr. Myron Okada and Ms. Lynne Ogawa Bay Area Discovery Museum In-N-Out Burger Mr. Ricky and Mrs. Glenda Okamura Benihana J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines Mr. Paul Osaki Berkeley Bowl Produce Ms. Akeisha Johnson Picaboo Ms. Sherilyn Chew and Mr. Peti Ms. Marcia Kawabata Rubio's Arunamata Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Laura Kimura Mr. Robert and Dr. Alicia Sakai Cole Hardware Ms. Susan M. Kobayashi and Ms. Mika Shimizu Ms. Stephanie Doi Mr. Charles S. Han The Broad Mr. Warren Doo Kokoro Care Packages Ms. Sharon Umene Easy Breezy Frozen Yogurt Let's Roam Ms. Kelly Yuka Walton Mrs. Marjorie Fletcher Marin Symphony Mr. Dick Yokota Ms. JoAnn Fujikawa and Mr. Les Ms. Lori Matoba and Mr. Jeff Wun Bowman Ms. Diane Matsuda Mrs. Judy Hamaguchi Mikami Vineyards Mission Cliffs

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Spring Annual Support Drive

We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to our donors for their support in our Spring Annual Support Drive. The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on our fundraising efforts and ability to earn income. You answered our call for help, despite the Shelter-In-Place and this being a time when many of you may also be reeling from the economic impact of COVID-19. Your generous donation and response in our time of need will never be forgotten or taken for granted. Throughout the years, donors like you have helped us keep our doors open and change the lives of five generations to ensure we remain a second home for all who walk through our doors. Your gift illustrates your unwavering belief in our mission and your stake in our community. Donations toward our Spring Annual Support Drive received from February 1 – July 31, 2020 are listed below.

Platinum ($5,000+) Mr. Sherman and Mrs. Dori Chan Emerald ($250 - $499) Mr. Satoru and Mrs. Carolyn Hosoda Ms. Kiki Goforth Ms. Keiko Akashi Ms. Nancy K. Nakai and Mr. Dale Spink Ms. Amy Hanamoto Dr. Mary Bitterman Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Yoshiko Ho Ms. Marion Dietzen Gold ($1,000 - $4,999) Ms. Mikiko Huang and Mr. Saburo and Mrs. Lucille Fukuda Anonymous Mr. Marshall Stoller Ms. Naomi Funahashi and Mr. Richard Ms. Mutsuko Arima Mrs. Mary Ishisaki Lee Ms. Yoneko Higashigawa Mr. Tom Kawakami Mr. Shig Furuta Mr. Don and Mrs. Christina Hirose Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Laura Kimura Mr. Sherman Gee and Ms. Jeanette Mr. Tom and Mrs. Gaylene Hoshiyama Mr. John and Mrs. Ruby Kobayashi Wong Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Judy Hruska Mr. Richard and Mrs. Grace Kono Ms. Naomi Gould Japanese Sword Club of Mr. Jonathon and Mrs. Janet Low Ms. Gabriella Grandilli Northern California Ms. Kazue Lowenstein Ms. Elayne Hada-Souza and Mr. Lawrence Kern and Mr. Kazuo Maruoka Mr. Thomas J. Souza Ms. Karen Nunotani-Kern Mr. Gary Masada Mrs. Judy Hamaguchi Mr. John and Mrs. Shannon Mandel Mr. Rick Matsuno Mr. Wayne and Mrs. Christine Mrs. Shirley and Mr. Kosaku Nakamura Mr. Dale Minami and Ms. Ai Mori Hiroshima Mr. Bobby Nakata Mr. Bruce and Mrs. Joy Morimoto Ms. Setsuko Ichimoto Mr. Gerald and Mrs. Gail Nanbu Mr. Charles and Mrs. Naurie Morimoto Mrs. Kazue Ihara Ms. Janet Ninomiya Mrs. Shirley Murakami Mr. Masahiko and Mrs. Kazuye Ikuma Ono Family Mrs. Cindy and Mr. Kaz Nakamoto Ms. Brenda Jow Dr. Jerry and Mrs. Eleanor Osumi Mr. Myron Okada and Ms. Lynne Ogawa Ms. Kathleen Kamei Mr. Robert and Dr. Alicia Sakai Mr. Roy S. Okuno Mr. Stephen and Mrs. LeAnn Katayama Ms. Marumi Suyeyasu Ms. Marilyn C. Oshiro Mr. Gary Kitahata and Ms. Arlene Mrs. Lorraine Suzuki Miss Angelica Ramirez Kimata Ms. Matty Taga-Allen Mr. Giichi and Mrs. Nancy Sakurai Mr. Thomas and Mrs. June Konno Ms. Michiko Tashiro Mr. Jason Sharp Ms. Kristy Kunisaki-Marino and Mr. John and Mrs. Marge Tsukamoto Mr. Randy and Ms. Linda Shigio Mr. Rick Marino Dr. Himeo Tsumori Mr. Richard Untalan and Ms. Sandi Matoba Dr. David L. Walton and Ms. Kerry Onishi Mr. Don Misumi Ms. Machiko Nakatani Mr. Eddie Wong and Ms. Donna L. Mr. Tosh Mitsuda Mr. Tim and Mrs. Jo Ann O. Wong Kotake Ms. Cynthia Miyashita Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Annabelle Yasuda YamaSho Mr. Robert and Mrs. Marisa Mizono Ms. JB Yee Mrs. Lois Yonemoto Dr. Leroy M. Morishita and Dr. Craig Yonemura and Ms. Barbara Hedani-Morishita Silver ($500 - $999) Ms. Pamela K. Matsuda-Yonemura Mr. Scott and Mrs. Sandra Nakamura Mr. Kazuyuki and Mrs. Alice Adachi Mr. Robert and Mrs. Susan Yoshioka Mr. Edward and Ms. Lois Oda Ms. Penelope Aiu Ms. Rose Oda Anonymous

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Mr. Roy and Mrs. Karen Okuhara Ms. Mary H. Ikenaga Mr. Robert and Mrs. Delphine Obana Mr. Gary Sada Ms. Cynthia Inaba Mr. Somao Ochi San Francisco Enchantees Ms. Cathy Inamasu and Mr. Jay Wang Ms. Jacqueline Octavio Mr. Gordon Shiozaki and Mr. Kazumaro Ishida Dr. Linda Oda Ms. Dona Fuchiwaki-Shiozaki Ms. Dawn Iwamoto Ms. Marsha Okada Mr. Takeo Shirasawa Ms. Erin Kagehiro Ms. Kumi Okamoto Mr. Gary and Mrs. Carolyn Soto Mr. Gary and Mrs. Sharon Kato Mrs. Nancy A. Okano Mrs. Sharon Suzuki Reverend Masato and Mr. Steve Omori and Mr. Ko and Mrs. Hisako Takemoto Mrs. Alice Kawahatsu Ms. Linda Sekino-Omori Ms. Wendy Tokuda and Mr. John Mr. David Kawano and Ms. Dianne Tong Ms. Teresa Ono Norheim Mr. Todd Kimoto Mr. Randal and Mrs. Laura Otsuki Dr. Reiko True Mr. Russell and Mrs. Harumi Kishida Ms. Nancy F. Ozaki Mr. Frank Wu and Ms. Carol Izumi Ms. Megan Kitagawa and Mr. Mark Pigram and Mr. Tim Armour Mr. Ted T. Yamasaki and Mr. Paul Blanchard Ms. Annabelle and Ms. Nadine Quan Mr. Brian M. Budds Mr. Alan and Mrs. Sylvia Kitashima Mr. Owen Randall Ms. Darlene Yee and Ms. Elaine Kwei Ms. Kayoko Kitsuda Mr. Don and Mrs. Ada Sadler Mrs. Kikue Kiyasu Mr. Hiroshi Sakamoto Ruby ($100 - $249) Mrs. Yunice and Mr. Chuteh Kotake Mr. David and Mrs. Cindi Sasaki Mrs. Sumiko Akashi Ms. Hiroko and Ms. Yaeko Kuwatani Mr. Bill Sato Anonymous Mr. Derek J. Lau and Ms. Remi Mrs. Karen Satow Anonymous Nakamoto Mr. Tony Shek Ms. Atsuko Awaya Ms. Cynthia Lee Mrs. Rosemary Shigematsu Benkyodo Company Mr. Warren and Mrs. Ellen Lew Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Shirley Shiromoto Dr. Emily Brewer Mr. Baldwin Louie Mr. Lawrence Sugimoto Mr. James Buchanan Mr. Harvey and Mrs. Carrie Louie Mr. Teruo Takeya Mr. Harold Chan Mr. John and Mrs. Shirley Lui Ms. Jane Tamano Mrs. Renee Cunanan Mr. Frank and Mrs. Yoko Lum Ms. Denise Teraoka Mr. Steven* and Mrs. Charlotte* Doi Ms. Rochelle Lum Ms. Karleen Tindall Ms. Tomoko Flynn Ms. Devi MacKay Mr. Kenji and Mrs. Mary Tomita Ms. E. Leilani Fox Mrs. Yoko Maeda Mrs. Betty Tsugawa Ms. Michiko Fu Mr. Chester and Mrs. Nanako Matsuoka Mr. Ben Tsutaoka and Ms. Stacey Fung Mr. Kell Fujimoto and Ms. Sandra Suzaki Mr. Jesse McDonald Ms. Patricia K. Wada Ms. Sachiko Fukami Ms. Ella Miyamoto Mr. William and Mrs. Irene Wu Mr. Koichi Fukuda Mr. Wayne and Mrs. Patricia Mizuiri Mr. Minoru and Mrs. Suzanne Yamada Mr. Brandt T. Fuse and Ms. Joni Mr. Tomohisa Mori Dr. Jim and Mrs. Carole Yamaguchi Kinoshita Mr. Pierre and Mrs. Gail Morin Mr. Dick and Mrs. Elaine Yamamoto Mr. Paul Gamba Ms. Haruko Nagaishi Mr. Gary and Mrs. Karen Yamamoto Mr. Alan Gee Mr. Kiyoshi and Mrs. Tazuko Naito Ms. Rachael Y. Yamashiro Ms. Katy Gough Mrs. Nanami Naito Mr. Michael Yamashita Mr. Michael Grant Ms. Haruko Nakamoto Ms. Lori Yamauchi and Mr. James Fagler Mr. Koji Hamada Ms. Chizuko Nakamura Ms. Valerie Yasukochi and Mr. James Mr. Masaru and Mrs. Marcia Hashimoto Mr. Dennis and Mrs. Deborah Nakamura Duff Mr. Bernard and Mrs. Joyce Hata Mr. William and Mrs. Louise Nakamura Mr. Benjamin and Mrs. Candace Yee Ms. Komi Hata Mr. Rod and Mrs. Dianne Nakanishi Mr. James Yonemoto Dr. Eddie K. Hayashida Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Jackie Nakano Ms. Misako Yoshinaga Mrs. Mary K. Hidekawa Mr. Henry Nakao Mr. Daryl Higashi Donation ($1 - $99) Mr. Henry Nakata, Jr. Ms. Diane Honda Anonymous Ms. Millie Ng Ms. Helen Hoy Mr. Yoshihiro and Mrs. Fumie Aoyama Mrs. Lynn and Mr. Wesley Nihei Ms. Takako Huang Mr. Zachary Bazarsky Dr. Harry Nomura Ms. Shizuko Ikeda Mr. Colin Bowers Ms. Kay Nomura Continued on page 26

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Spring Support Donors Mr. Tyler LeBrun Mr. Steven Santa Maria continued from page 25 Ms. Ibuki Lee Mr. Robert and Mrs. Momoe Sasaki Mr. Philip Lee Ms. Barbara Suyehiro Ms. Zhaoying Chen Mr. Teddy Lee Mr. Justin Tanisawa Ms. Mabel Cho Mr. Jerald and Mrs. Nina Lowe Ms. Sabrena Taylor Mr. Byron and Mrs. Jan Der Mr. Larry Martinez and Ms. Vera Poon Mrs. Shariann Tom Mr. Chris Eber Ms. Grace Masuda Mr. David Toshiyuki Mrs. Stephanie Fredericks Ms. Alice Matsumoto Ms. Christina Wong Ms. Nicole Hanusek Mr. Ben Michel Ms. Susan Woo Ms. Aiko Hashiyama Ms. Nita Mizushima Ms. Wendi Yamanaka Ms. Lily Ishizu Ms. Diane Nagura Ms. Liane Yanase Mr. Agus Karjono Mr. Samuel Nukazawa Mrs. Tamiko Yasuhara Ms. Kathy Kojimoto Ms. Margaret Olson Mr. Hongkai Zhang Mr. Mark Roark

Honoring the Special People in our Lives 2020 Spring Annual Support Drive Tribute Gifts

In this edition, we would like to recognize the tribute gifts made In Memory or In Honor of someone special through our 2020 Spring Annual Support Drive from February 1 to July 31, 2020. We thank you for remembering and honoring those extraordinary individuals who have helped to make your lives and our community exceptional.

In Memory of

LUCY ADACHI KIYO HIROSE SADAME AND MITS KOJIMOTO Mr. Kazuyuki and Mrs. Alice Adachi, $500 Mr. Don and Mrs. Christina Hirose, $1,000 Ms. Kathy Kojimoto, $70 NOBUYSHI ANDO (June 2020, Tokyo) GEORGE HONMA NELLIE KONO Ms. Karleen Tindall, $100 Mr. Rick Matsuno, $250 Mr. Tony Shek, $50 DR. RICHARD BREWER MICHIKO HORIO DONALD LAM Dr. Emily Brewer, $100 Ms. Janet Ninomiya, $1,000 Ms. Darlene Yee and Ms. Elaine Kwei, $250 MS. E. LEILANI FOX'S SISTERS WILLIE AND FUMI HOSHIYAMA RALPH LOWENSTEIN Ms. E. Leilani Fox, $100 Mr. Gerald and Mrs. Gail Nanbu, $500 Ms. Kazue Lowenstein, $500 MUTSUKO FUKUDA GEORGE AND TAE IKENAGA JOHN SR., JR., PAULINE AND Mr. Koichi Fukuda, $100 Ms. Mary H. Ikenaga, $200 MICHI LUM Ms. Rochelle Lum, $100 TERRIE FURUTA BEN ISHISAKI Mr. Kazuo Maruoka, $500 Mrs. Mary Ishisaki, $500 AL AND SHIGE MAMIYA Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Judy Hruska, $1,000 Mr. Shig Furuta, $300 MISAO OSHIMA IZUMI Mr. David and Mrs. Cindi Sasaki, $100 Mr. Frank Wu and Ms. Carol Izumi, $250 GREG MARUTANI Mrs. Judy Hamaguchi, $250 MUTSUMI HADA VIOLET KIMOTO Ms. Elayne Hada-Souza and Mr. Todd Kimoto, $10 Mr. Lawrence Kern and Mr. Thomas J. Souza, $250 Ms. Karen Nunotani-Kern, $100 MUTSUO "MIK" KITAGAWA Dr. Linda Oda, $100 YO HIRONAKA Ms. Megan Kitagawa, $100 Mr. Gerald and Mrs. Gail Nanbu, $500 Mrs. Sumiko Akashi, $50 BUTCH AND YUKI MASUOKA Ono Family, $1,000

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TONY MATSUDA WALLACE AND MITSUO TSUMORI Mr. Gary and Mrs. Sharon Kato, $100 KATHERINE NUNOTANI Dr. Himeo Tsumori, $2,000 JAMES AND MARY MATSUNO Mr. Lawrence Kern and YORI AND CHIYO WADA Mr. Rick Matsuno, $250 Ms. Karen Nunotani-Kern, $1,000 Ms. Patricia K. Wada, $100 PHILIP MIYAMOTO YURI OKA FLO YAMADA Ms. Ella Miyamoto, $100 Mr. Pierre and Mrs. Gail Morin, $100 Mr. Tony Shek, $50 Mr. Larry Martinez and Ms. Vera Poon, $50 KIMIYE ONO NOBORU AND DOROTHY MAE AND JOHN MIZONO Mr. Tim and Mrs. Jo Ann O. Wong, $1,000 YAMANAKA Mr. Robert and Mrs. Marisa Mizono, $250 TOMI OSHIRO Ms. Wendi Yamanaka, $50 BABE AND MARY MORINO Mrs. Cindy and Mr. Kaz Nakamoto, $500 TOSHIKO, FRANK AND LARRY Mr. Derek J. Lau and Ms. Marilyn C. Oshiro, $500 YAMASAKI Mr. Ronald and Ms. Remi Nakamoto, $100 JEFFREY SADA Mrs. Shirley Shiromoto, $100 HIROSHI NAKAI Mr. Gary Sada, $300 JOE AND KAY YAMAUCHI Mrs. Sumiko Akashi, $50 CLARA SATO Ms. Lori Yamauchi and Mr. Bill Sato, $100 HARRY AND FLORENCE NAKAMURA Mr. James Fagler, $100 Mr. Scott and TETSURO, KIEKO AND KEIKO HATSY YASUKOCHI Mrs. Sandra Nakamura, $250 TAKEDA Mr. John and HENRY S. NAKAO Ms. Tomoko Flynn, $100 Mrs. Marge Tsukamoto, $1,000 Mr. Russell Kishida and YOSHIKO IGARASHI THADANI Mrs. Harumi Kishida, $100 Ms. Marilyn C. Oshiro, $100 Ms. Devi MacKay, $200 Ms. Valerie Yasukochi and SATOYO NAKAO THOSE WE LOST DUE TO COVID-19 Mr. James Duff, $100 Mr. Henry Nakao, $100 VIRUS Mrs. Sumiko Akashi, $50 ANNA NOMURA Ms. Teresa Ono, $125 MARY YONEMOTO Dr. Harry Nomura, $100 JOE AND YAE TONDO Mr. James Yonemoto, $100 Mr. Gary and Mrs. Sharon Kato, $100

In Honor of

MARJORIE FLETCHER TOM AND JUNE KONNO JUDY TONG Ms. Jacqueline Octavio, $150 Mr. Stephen and Ms. Annabelle and Ms. Nadine Quan, $100 Mrs. LeAnn Katayama, $250 Dr. Linda Oda, $100 ROSALIND UNO JENNIFER HAMAMOTO MATT OKADA Mr. Dale Minami and Ms. Ai Mori, $500 Mr. Henry Nakata, Jr., $200 Ms. Marsha Okada, $100 MICHAEL YAMSHITA TAKEKO INOUYE 90TH BIRTHDAY PAUL OSAKI Mr. Don and Mrs. Ada Sadler, $200 (June 2020) Mrs. Shirley Murakami, $500 * denotes deceased Ms. Karleen Tindall, $50 Dr. Mary Bitterman, $250 JCCCNC STAFF DON AND ADA SADLER Ms. Mikiko Huang and Ms. Margaret Olson, $20 Every effort is made to include gifts Mr. Marshall Stoller, $500 received toward our 2020 Spring MIKA SHIMIZU Ms. Brenda Jow, $250 Annual Support Drive, but if a name Ms. Amy Hanamoto, $500 has been inadvertently omitted, please Mr. Gary and Mrs. Sharon Kato, $200 DR. MARSHALL STOLLER AND let us know at (415) 567-5505 or email AL KITASHIMA DR. MIKIKO HUANG AND FAMILY [email protected]. All unsolicited Mr. Warren and Mrs. Ellen Lew, $100 Reverend Masato and donations and tributes are recognized Mrs. Alice Kawahatsu, $100 on pages 29-31.

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Tabemasho Donors

We would like to extend a special thank you to those who donated to Tabemasho. Due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, we were not able to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our annual fundraising event Tabemasho with you. However, the need for the funds we raise from our annual event remained the same. We appreciate all those who generously gave to support our fundraising efforts.

Mr. Yasunari G. Yamada, $1,000 Ms. Yaeko and Ms. Hiroko Kuwatani, $200 Ms. Yaeko Kuwatani, $100 Mrs. Lyn and Mr. Brian Hirahara, $500 Mrs. Yoko Maeda, $200 Ms. Sharen Langewisch, $100 Mr. Wayne and Mr. David Sakamoto, $200 Ms. Katie Linder, $100 Mrs. Christine Hiroshima, $500 Mr. Takeo Shirasawa, $200 Ms. Kim Liu, $100 Ms. Janet Kashiwada, $500 Mr. Byron and Mrs. Jan Der, $150 Mr. Kazuo Maruoka, $100 Ms. Lori Murakami and Mr. Saburo and Mrs. Lucille Fukuda, $150 Ms. Sandi Matoba, $100 Mr. David Chan, $500 Ms. Kay Nomura, $150 Mr. Jeffery Matsuoka and Mrs. Shirley Murakami, $500 Ms. Helen Rohr, $150 Ms. Akemi Takagi, $100 (In Memory of Hatsy Yasukochi) Mrs. Harumi Serata, $150 Mr. Wayne and Mrs. Patricia Mizuiri, $100 Mr. Bobby Nakata, $500 Mrs. Sumi Suda, $150 Mrs. Nanami Naito, $100 Mrs. Kay K. Onishi, $500 Mr. Ko and Mrs. Hisako Takemoto, $150 Mr. Tony Nakamoto, $100 Mr. Paul Sakai and Dr. Reiko True, $150 Ms. Merry Nishimura, $100 Ms. Carol Edmiston, $500 Mr. Gary and Mrs. Karen Yamamoto, $150 Mrs. Delphine and Mr. Robert Obana, $100 San Francisco Drakes, $500 Ms. Wendi Yamanaka, $150 Mr. Alan Sakamoto, $100 Mr. Kyle Tatsumoto and Ms. Melinda Yee Franklin, $108.50 Mr. Mark Shigenaga, $100 Ms. Carole Hayashino, $500 Benkyodo Company, $100 Mr. Jonathan and Mrs. Joyce Shindo, $100 Mr. Gary and Mrs. Lorraine Suzuki, $100 Mrs. Camellia Joo Uyeda, $500 Dr. Emily Brewer, $100 Mr. Seiji and Mrs. Nancy Suzuki, $100 Ms. Eiko Aoki, $300 Ms. Naomi Funahashi and Mr. Richard Lee, $100 Ms. Diane Tokugawa, $100 Mr. Nobusuke and Mrs. Fumi Fukuda, $300 Mr. Masaru and Ms. Lisa Tsukamoto, $100 Mr. Robert and Mrs. Marisa Mizono, $300 Mrs. Marcia Hashimoto, $100 Mrs. Kristi Ushiro, $100 Mrs. Shirley and Ms. Diane Honda, $100 Mr. Kosaku Nakamura, $300 Mr. Jared Wong, $50 Ms. Grace Horikiri and Mr. Gary Takeoka, $300 Mr. Tim and Mrs. Jo Ann O. Wong, $100 Mr. Kalen Lowe, $100 J-Sei, $250 Mr. Tom Kawakami, $50 Ms. Brenda Jow, $100 Mr. Gary and Mrs. Sharon Kato, $250 Mr. Frank and Mrs. Yoko Lum, $50 Mr. Harvey and Mrs. Gay Kaplan, $100 Mr. Robert L. Nakamura and Ms. Lori Matoba and Mr. Jeff Wun, $50 Reverend Masato and Ms. Linda Chen, $250 Mr. William and Mrs. Louise Osada, $50 Mrs. Alice Kawahatsu, $100 Mr. Dean Osaki and Ms. Diane Endo, $250 Ms. Lori Ann Yagi-Doi and Mrs. Vera and Mr. Eric Kawamura, $100 Ms. Yasuyo Satoh, $250 Mr. Hiroshi Doi, $50 Mr. Russell and Mrs. Harumi Kishida, $100 Ms. Joyce S. Wong, $250 Ms. Piper Murakami, $32.34 Reverend Ronald and Mrs. Carole and Dr. Jim S. Yamaguchi, $250 Ms. Jessica Huey, $25 Mrs. Sayoko Kobata, $100 Mr. Jimmy and Mrs. Caroline Wong, $25 Mr. Roy and Mrs. Beverly Yoneshige, $250 Mr. Thomas and Mrs. June Konno, $100 Mr. Masahiko and Mrs. Kazuye Ikuma, $200

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Community and Memorial Gifts

We would like to extend a special thank you to those who remember the Center when making unsolicited community gifts. We are especially grateful to those who acknowledge the hardship caused by COVID-19. These unsolicited gifts remind us how important the Center is to many in the community who appreciate the work that we do— whether it is a place for them to socialize with friends, share cultural traditions with their children or grandchildren or a place where they can feel comfortable coming to in the community. We thank you for thinking of us and allowing us to share in remembering or honoring the special people in your life. Gifts received from May 1, 2020 – October 31, 2020 are listed below. Annual Support Drive donors are listed in the previous pages.

In Memory of

DR. RICHARD BREWER Mr. Les and Mrs. Alyce Kyono, $100 MIKIO SUZUKI Dr. Emily Brewer, $100 Mr. Jim and Mrs. Darlene Masamori, $100 Mr. Will and Mrs. Myrna Tsukamoto, $50 Mr. Calvin Tong, $100 CEDRIC CHAN JUDGE TAK TAKEI Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Yoshiko Ho, $50 Mr. Warren Doo and Mr. Will and Mrs. Myrna Tsukamoto, $50 Ms. Marcia Kawabata, $100 Mrs. Marianne and Mr. Ray Kyono, $50 Mrs. Gail and Mr. Robert Mametsuka, $50 MARY KAU WONG EVA CHANG Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Jackie Nakano, $50 Mr. Shig Furuta, $100 Mr. Steve Omori and Mr. Keith R. Onishi, $50 Ms. Linda Sekino-Omori, $50 WING WHYE WONG SF Nisei Bowling Association, $50 Ms. Joyce S. Wong on behalf of Mr. STEVEN J. DOI Mrs. Nanami Naito, $25 Hiroshi and Mrs. Yuki Hashikawa, Anonymous, $100 EDDIE MORIGUCHI $160 CARVIN DOWKE Mr. Toby and Mrs. Tomoko Yeh, $150 Ms. Joyce S. Wong on behalf Mr. Will and Mrs. Myrna Tsukamoto, $50 of Mr. Ralph and HIROSHI NAKAI Mrs. Gloria Iwamoto, $30 KIKU FUNABIKI Mr. Robert and Mrs. Lynne Myers, $50 Ms. Denise Teraoka, $100 SATOSHI YAMAKAWA Mrs. Judy Hamaguchi, $50 TOM NARA Ms. Nancy K. Nakai and Mr. Wayne and Mr. Dale Spink, $25 TERRIE T. FURUTA'S SECOND Mrs. Christine Hiroshima, $250 CORA YANO ANNIVERSARY OF HER PASSING Mr. Kenneth Kawabata, $100 Ms. Diane Misumi, $50 Mr. David and Mrs. Cindi Sasaki, $250 Mr. Alan and Mrs. Sylvia Kitashima, $100 Mr. Byron and Mrs. Jan Der, $50 HATSY YASUKOCHI YUTAKA HANDA Mr. Jerald and Mrs. Nina Lowe, $50 Anonymous, $100 Mrs. Emiko Nakahiro, $50 Mrs. Judy Hamaguchi, $50 Mr. George and Mrs. Joyce Kuwatani, $25 TOMI OSHIRO Mr. Eddie Wong and Ms. Lori Matoba and Mr. Jeff Wun, $100 SUMI HONNAMI Ms. Donna L. Kotake, $50 Mr. Kaz Maniwa and Ms. Renee Renouf-Hall, $50 Mrs. Joyce Yamamoto, $50 Ms. Masako Fukunaga, $50 YOKO KAWATA Mr. Eddie Wong and JOHN YASUMOTO Mr. Lowell Kimura and Ms. Donna L. Kotake, $50 Mr. Will and Mrs. Myrna Tsukamoto, $50 Ms. Donna Kimura-Ong, $100 HARRY SUZUKI CALVERT KITAZUMI Ms. Joi Ninomoto (The Blackbaud Mr. Douglas Kyono, $100 Giving Fund), $200 Continued on page 30

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Community and Memorial Gifts continued from page 29

In Honor of

MARJORIE FLETCHER, LORI KASE INTERNS DON AND ADA SADLER MATOBA, JENNIFER HAMAMOTO Mrs. Shirley Murakami, $500 Mr. Gordon and Mrs. Kaeko Park-Li, $100 AND TERESA ONO AL KITASHIMA Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Tom, $25 Mr. Wilfred Lim and Ms. Susan Sakuma, $150 Mrs. Karen Wong-Lee, $500 NA HOALOHA AND THE SADLERS FOR KEEPING UKELELE ALIVE ON NOB FUKUDA HILLARY NAKANO ZOOM! Mr. Will and Mrs. Myrna Tsukamoto, $50 Mr. Shig Furuta, $200 Ms. Evelyn Ho, $500 DON SADLER CHRIS AND CHIYOMI HIRANO GRANT TOMIOKA Mr. Shawn Okumura, $25 Ms. Rita Wong, $100 Ms. Jeanne Skybrook, $60 Mr. Lowell Kimura and Ms. Donna Kimura-Ong, $100

In Recognition of

CORONAVIRUS Mrs. Tamiko Yasuhara, $40 Ms. Nicole Hanusek, $25 Mr. Thomas and Ms. Grace Yagi, $25 Mr. Tyler LeBrun, $25 Mrs. June Sugihara, $2,400 Mr. Philip Lee, $25 MASKS Mrs. Harumi Serata, $1,117 Mr. Eric Luce, $25 Mr. Tom Kawakami, $50 Mr. Kazuo Maruoka, $500 Mr. Ben Michel, $25 Mr. George and Mrs. Doris Sasaki, $500 NISEI BENTO Mr. Kevin O'Donnell, $25 Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Carolyn and Mr. Satoru Hosoda, $100 Mr. Mark Roark, $25 Mrs. Annabelle Yasuda, $500 OCHAZUKE INGREDIENTS Mr. Agus Karjono, $10 Mrs. Yoko Sumida, $300 Mrs. Sumi Suda, $25 Mr. Chris Eber, $5 Mr. Nobusuke and Mrs. Fumi Fukuda, $250 Mr. Teddy Lee, $5 SAKE DAY Mrs. Jean and Dr. Yoshio Nakashima, $250 Miss Nanda Te, $2 Mrs. Alyce Furuya, $200 Mr. Michael Grant, $100 Mrs. Kay K. Onishi, $200 Mr. Jesse McDonald, $100 SENIOR LETTERS Ms. Asaye Takagi, $100 Mr. Shig Furuta, $150 Mr. Owen Randall, $100 Mr. Atlas and Mrs. Janet Arakawa, $100 Mr. Colin Bowers, $50 SUPPORTING SADAKO SASAKI'S Mr. Shig Furuta, $100 Mr. Tyler Edell, $50 PASSING AND HISTORY OF ATOMIC Mrs. Margaret Kusaba, $100 Mr. Joshua Tidsbury, $50 BOMB Mr. Kazuo Maruoka, $100 Mr. Hongkai Zhang, $50 Mr. Ben and Mrs. Fumiko Takeshita, $100 Mrs. Emiko Nakahiro, $100 Mr. Roger Allen, $35 Mrs. Nell Noguchi, $100 Mr. Zachary Bazarsky, $25 Mrs. Mickie Ochi, $100 Mr. Donato Cabal, $25 Mr. Somao Ochi, $100 Ms. Zhaoying Chen, $25 Mrs. Lorraine Suzuki, $100 Ms. Mabel Cho, $25 Ms. Naomi Gould, $50 Mr. Thomas Donnelly, $25 Ms. Kay Mizuire, $50

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Community Donations Ms. Piper Murakami Ms. Yuki Takahashi Dr. Alaric and Ms. Pauline Akashi Mr. and Mrs. Roy S. Mutobe Mr. Vernon Takasuka Ms. Keiko Akashi Ms. Ella Toshiko Nakabe Mr. Ko and Mrs. Hisako Takemoto Ms. Eiko Aoki Dr. Yoshio and Mrs. Jean Nakashima Mr. George Takenami Ms. Lillian Bloom Mr. David Nishimoto Mrs. Takeko Tanisawa Mr. Robert Chan Ms. Judy Nishimoto Ms. Yvonne D. Tom Community Health Charities Dr. Harry Nomura Mr. David and Mrs. Teruko Turner Ms. Sharon M. Fujii Ms. Susan Obata Ms. Patricia K. Wada Ms. Kazuko Fukumoto Mr. Somao Ochi Mr. Jones and Mrs. Michele Wong Mr. Shig Furuta Mrs. Linda Omori Ms. Jeanette Wong and Mr. Sherman Gee Ms. Naomi Gould Mr. Jason Petersen Ms. Margaret Wong Ms. Kiki Hamada Mr. Ryan Quan Mr. Jimmy and Mrs. Caroline Wong Ms. Yukiyo R. Hayashi Ms. Angelica Ramirez Mr. Aaron Wong Mrs. Kazue Ihara Mr. Daniel Rolandi Mr. Ron and Mrs. Emiko Yamada Mr. Masahiko and Mrs. Kazuye Ikuma Ms. Cary Rosko Mr. Takeshi and Mrs. Patricia Yamamoto Mr. Kenneth Ina Ms. Yasuyo Satoh Mr. James Yonemoto Ms. Kristine Ina Mr. Roy Sexton Mr. Robert and Mrs. Susan Yoshioka Mr. Gaku Ito and Ms. Aya Ino Mrs. Jamie and Mr. Mark Shimomura Ms. Audrey Yu Ms. Laurie Itow Mr. Hideki and Mrs. Marie Shiohira Ms. Vi Yuen Ms. Dawn Iwamoto Mr. Takeo Shirasawa Ms. Miyako Kadogawa Ms. Elizabeth Smith Every effort is made to include gifts Mr. Alexander Lozano Ms. Alison Sunahara received, but if a name has been Mr. Michael Mak Ms. Yukiko Suzuki inadvertently omitted, please let us know at (415) 567-5505 or email Mr. Kazuo Maruoka Mr. Tom and Mrs. Marilyn Swartz [email protected]. Ms. Barbara Mow

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