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75th Anniversary of Commemorative Edition Message from the Executive Director The JCCCNC Community: WHAT'S NEW

Journey to Tanforan

o commemorate To editorialize some of the words of a JCCCNC Board O!cers the 75th anniver- President, so dedicated to the freedom, Robert Sakai | President saryT of the signing of equality and democracy of this great Myron Okada | Vice President Presidential Execu- nation. Donna Ong-Kimura | Vice President tive Order 9066 and We cannot dedicate—we cannot Marilyn Oshiro | Corporate Secretary the 7,000 persons of consecrate —we cannot hallow— Kyle Tatsumoto | Chief Financial O!icer Japanese ancestry this ground. The men, women and Donna Ong-Kimura | Ex-O!icio that were sent to the children, living and dead, who strug- | Chairman Executive Director Kaz Maniwa Tanforan Assembly gled and persevered here, have PAUL OSAKI Center in San Bruno, consecrated it, far above our poor JCCCNC Board of Directors New Board Member CA, during World War power to add or detract. The world Terry Akiyama Naomi Funahashi II, the JCCCNC remembers and reflects on that will little note, nor long remember Sherilyn Chew In 2016, the JCCCNC celebrated our 30th anniversary historic experience. David Fukuda since opening our doors to the community. what we say here today, but it can It’s great to be back at the Naomi Funahashi In 2007, on the occasion of remembering the never forget what happened here. In commemoration of this important milestone, we would like to pay Chris Hirano JCCCNC, where I was taught 65th anniversary of the Tanforan Assembly It is for us the living, rather, to be special tribute to many of our past board members, most of them Nisei, Ryan Kimura the value of community and Center, the JCCCNC organized an event at dedicated here to the unfinished who have since passed away after serving the organization. Although Rumi Okabe strength of generational the Shops at Tanforan Shopping Center. Over work, which they su!ered. It is rather they are gone, they will always be remembered as an integral part of Allen Okamoto wisdom when I was on sta! a thousand people attended the event and for us to be here dedicated to the turning the dream of a Japantown community center into a reality. Teresa Serata former internees came from as far away as great task remaining before us, that from 2004 to 2006. Since Jon Shindo this should never happen again. those days when I worked New York and Canada. The event was called Kelly Walton Yasuo Abiko Seizo Oka (Edited from President Abraham on the Nisei High Journey to Tanforan. Peter Weber Hatsuro Aizawa George Okamoto, Sr. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, 1863) School Diploma Project and Below is an excerpt from my opening remarks Ken Chan Takeo Okamoto JCCCNC Sta" the 100th Anniversary of SF that morning: To commemorate Journey to Tanforan, I wrote Wes Doi Guy Ono Paul Osaki | Executive Director and read this poem reflecting on the some- Yo Hironaka Michi Onuma Japantown, I’ve continued Some say they never knew that this place Marjorie Fletcher | Executive Assistant times cold, foggy, windy weather of the former Christopher Hirose Wayne Osaki my career in education at the ever existed, some say it wasn’t that bad, Lori Matoba | Deputy Director Assembly Center site. Stanford Program of Inter- others wish the memories would just go Tad Hirota Tosh Otsubo Aya Ino | Director of Development and national and Cross-Cultural away… It just happened to be freezing that day… Communications Shoji Horikoshi Clem Oyama Education (SPICE) at Stanford Matt Okada | Director of Programs Willie Hoshiyama Katherine Reyes Today, we are gathered at the place called If we listen to the wind Jennifer Hamamoto | Programs and University. My work primarily Tanforan to commemorate, educate, We can hear the voices of those Nitten Ishida Katherine Sakai Facilities Manager focuses on helping teachers remember and pay tribute to the lives who were interned here sixty-five years Isao Kawamoto Kaz Sakai Haruka Roudebush | Programs Manager and students to be more glob- that were impacted 65 years ago at the ago Ken Kiwata Sam Sato Teresa Ono | Cultural Heritage Fund Manager ally-minded through critical Tanforan Assembly Center. Although this Toshi Koba Iwao Shimizu If we listen to the wind Susie Kagami | Development Coordinator thinking and diverse perspec- place looks very di!erent than it did back Seiji Kobara Jozo Sugihara Their voices are not still Mika Shimizu | O!ice Manager/Receptionist then, the sky remains the same, the moun- tives. I’m really excited to Jerry Kika | Volunteer Coordinator Robert Kojimoto Marshall Sumida tains still sit in the background and, if we If we listen to the wind Yukio Kumamoto Martha Suzuki contribute as a board member really listen, the wind still echoes with the Their voices say, don’t forget me Kanji Kuramoto Taro Takahashi to the mission of the JCCCNC voices of the seven thousand men, women Mission and the amazing people who Don’t forget what happened here… Kazuaki Kuwada Tomoye Takahashi and children whose lives were forever make up this vibrant commu- The JCCCNC is a non-profit organization William Kyono Yoshinori Takao changed here. From one generation to the next, let us never which strives to meet the evolving needs Wynn Matsumura Edison Uno nity, and am passionate about forget what happened here. of the Japanese American community by As an American, nothing could be worse Jack Matsuoka Cli!ord Uyeda ensuring its future for genera- offering programs, affordable services than to lose your freedom, your civil liber- tions to come. If you see me, Sincerely, and administrative support and facili- Frank Morino Yori Wada ties and your right to pursue happiness. my husband, or my three- ties for other local organizations. The Kenji Murase Yukio Wada But that is what happened here and it was JCCCNC also provides educational, cultural Seiji Nakata Alan Watahara year-old son around town, just the beginning of the journey that has and recreational programs that meet and Don Negi David Yamakawa, Jr. please stop and say hello! brought us back again today. address the interests and concerns of the community. Our goals remain rooted in Katherine Nunotani Carl Yano

Paul Osaki preserving the Japanese American cultural Wallace Nunotani Nancy Yokoyama Executive Director and historical heritage as well as fostering Shun Ochi the foundation for future generations of Japanese Americans.

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The Story of Fred Nicholas Journey The military guard who tore down Tanforan n 1941, Fred Nicholas was drafted into the U.S. I learned all about her Army; he was assigned as an armed guard at the plight, her di!iculties and her family. It to Tanforan ITanforan Assembly Center and later rose to the rank was a sad duty for of Captain, earning a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He me. But it was also would go on to become a lawyer and founded Public i n t e r e s t i n g a n d Counsel, the largest pro-bono law organization in the rewarding, because I did make friends, world helping the poor and needy. He later started a real not of the soldiers estate business building shopping centers throughout but of the people America including the Shopping Center in being guarded.”

San Jose, the Supermall of the Great Northwest. He also “...I mean, I would developed the Ronald Regan Building in Washington be on duty at three D.C., and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. or four o’clock One of the first shopping malls he built started with in the morning and there would tearing down the former Tanforan Assembly Center. b e p e o p l e o u t (The following is an interview excerpt with Fred Nicholas in 2001) there talking to me... We’d talk about everything – politics, religion, the state of the world. I asked, what about changing the I was assigned to military police up in the area, and the situation? Was it possible to change the situation? No, it was not first assignment I had, I was a private, and I remember being part of possible.” the squad that went from house to house in the Japanese community and delivered orders for them to vacate their houses. Later, I was part In 1975, a few years a!er the Tanforan Shopping Center opened Fred of a detail which helped them leave, helped them get their stu! out and put up a plaque, which mentioned the Tanforan Assembly Center. guided them and drove a guard truck to the ... relocation depot.”He spent This was unusually early for an internment commemoration. Most three or four months at Tanforan — the camp only operated for a little of the internment signage and plaques didn’t go up until the redress over five months. During that time he “walked perimeter” in uniform and movement in the 1980’s. But Nicholas never forgot. He knew the helmet — “an assigned post, with a rifle which was loaded” four hours Tanforan story from personal experience. He was there in 1942 as a on, four hours o!. “I had two tours a day, and then was reassigned to reluctant Army dra!ee assigned to military police guard duty at the other duties and then back.” With the other soldiers he camped in tents camp. He took the time to get to know and befriend the enemy when at the racetrack. most would not.

“I remember I was up on one of the guard towers with the lights, and it A former internee once said, “Fred was chastised for talking to me. He looked like a prison... I was 21 years old. I had just come from senior year didn’t tell you that, but he was chastised for talking to the inmates.” at USC in journalism, and I was very, very upset about it.”

“I became friendly with various of the Japanese who were interned there. They used to give me notes or they used to sit by the fence where I was guarding.” He said he ran errands, bought clothing and food for people that they couldn’t get in the camp. “It was a very traumatic experience for me. It was very di!icult for the people behind the fence and it was very di!icult for some of the guards. I’m not saying all of them, but some of them, like me...”

“Most of the people that I talked to were young, mostly young men and girls who had come out of Berkeley, taken out of school, or other schools in the neighborhood, and so we used to talk. I became friendly with one of the girls behind the fence, and I corresponded with her for many years during the time I was in the Army. I met her a"er I got out of the Army and became a lawyer, and so I had this correspondence relationship with this young girl who was from Berkeley, who was about my age, and

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Relocation —Living in Hope— Seabiscuit’s Stall Odyssey of a Teenager

Kaya Kitagawa Sugiyama (The following excerpt- Fumi Hope Hanyu McIrvin (The following story was extracted from an was extracted from Hometown: San Francisco article, which appeared Hometown: San Francisco Brian Doyle’s book, in a publication issued by The Wet Engine, dedi- University of San Francisco’s Fromm Institute) cated to Fumi’s son, Dr. David McIrvin, pediatric cardiologist who saved Brother Koichi Fukuda the life of the author’s son) uring the spring of 1942, the stall for Seabiscuit (legendary race Born in Tanforan horse and winner of the Kentucky Derby) at the Tanforan Race ave’s mom is named Hope. She was born in San Francisco’s Track in San Bruno became the temporary home for our family. Japantown. Her mother was a nurse. Her father grew flowers. Nob Fukuda rs. Shinko Fukuda, D When she was an infant her father was crushed by a train. When Tanforan M o n d a y m o r n i n g , and her six children, Dshe was seven her brother drowned in the bay. When she was 17 she, Hometown: San Francisco ranging in age from December 8, 1941, the Seabiscuit’s stall was e boarded a bus in her mother, brother and sister were evicted from their home by order M11 months to 10 years, are Masako Hanyu Iwase entire student body at the front of the Kinmon assigned to our family of the federal government of the United States and sent to live in a awaiting forced evacuation in April of 1942 to the Tanforan Assembly old San Francisco State Hometown: San Francisco Hall on Bush Street for it was the highest horse stall at a race track with other men and women and children of Center. Kinmon Gakuen in San Francisco’s Japantown is one of the College on Buchanan inW San Francisco for the Japanese ancestry. points of departure for the city’s Japanese and Japanese American Street was requested to in the hierarchy of stall Tanforan Assembly Center which was the former Tanforan Race Track population. attend an emergency assignments, and perhaps It was raining on the night they arrived at the Tanforan Assembly Center, in San Bruno. Our family was one of the early arrivals. Our I.D. number c o n v o c a t i o n w h e r e once a racetrack. They were given Army mattress covers and told to go Mrs. Fukuda gave birth to her was 23, making us the 23rd family to register. We were assigned to an honor bestowed on the magnetic voice of to the barn and fill them with hay. Her life was soon turned topsy turvy Mrs. Fukuda gave seventh child, Koichi Fukuda, two a horse stall: B-8-C, which was next to the manure pile. My mother President Franklin Delano Father for accepting the and embarked Hope on an odyssey when she and her family were sent months later while incarcerated planted seeds nearby and raised healthy lettuce, radishes, green birth to her seventh Roosevelt came over the position along with the to a permanent concentration camp in Topaz, Utah in the high desert. at Tanforan. In the meantime, onions, etc. The first night, mice child, Koichi Fukuda, radio, declaring “the United $19 a month salary … Hope attended high school and became engaged to a boy named her husband and father of all the were running between the walls. two months later States of America is now at Hiroshi. She revealed a little known historic story. She accompanied children, Rev. Yoshiaki Fukuda of People who lived in In fact, one jumped on our bed. To war with Japan…” Curfew Hiroshi’s family when they were ordered to Japan in 1943 on a prisoner while incarcerated the Konko Church of San Francisco, get rid of the smell of hay and the the barracks claimed was immediately enforced, movements restricted, and notices issued of war exchange between the two countries. They spent two months had been arrested and detained manure which stuck to the walls, at Tanforan. our clothes smelled that everyone of Japanese descent was to be evacuated from the West at sea, sleeping on the deck of the ship Gripsholm, which belonged to by the F.B.I. on December 7, 1941, my mother gathered up some like the horse stalls. Coast to an undisclosed inland destination for the duration of the war. Sweden, a neutral country during WWII. The ship went around Africa. immediately a!er the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He was classified and eucalyptus leaves and nailed them The ship’s captain announced that Japan was losing the war and there With these actions taking place, Father, a"iliated at that time with the imprisoned as a “dangerous enemy alien,” as were many of the Issei to the walls. My mother, sister and wasn’t enough food in Japan and he would let them o" the ship before Stanford-Lane Hospital in San Francisco, was appointed as the chief religious and community leaders of the various West Coast cities. I slept in the back of our stable they got to Japan if they wanted to disembark. The young people on stall and my brother slept in the front – four of us in a stable that once administrator of both the hospital and medical units at the Tanforan Mrs. Fukuda was only 36 years old and she struggled to take care of her the ship had a meeting and decided to get o" the ship in Singapore. All housed one horse. People who lived in the barracks claimed our Race Track. Tanforan was the temporary assembly center for most of seven children without the assistance of her husband. the ones who got o" in Manila died. When the war ended in 1945, all the displaced Area persons of Japanese descent. clothes smelled like the horse stalls. Hope had were the clothes on her back. The Fukuda family would stay separated until reunited permanently For privacy we hung a towel in front of the communal shower stalls and Seabiscuit’s stall was assigned to our family for it was the highest in in a Department of Justice Internment Camp in Crystal City, Texas Hope finally reached Japan a!er the end of the war. She eventually le! stood in a tub to conserve on water. I saw a lady brushing her false teeth the hierarchy of stall assignments, and perhaps an honor bestowed in February 1944. They were eventually released from custody in Hiroshi and later found a job with the United States Eighth Army. That with Dutch cleanser. The barracks frequently lost electricity because of on Father for accepting the position along with the $19 a month salary September of 1947, two years a!er the end of the war, at which time is where she met her future husband, Art McIrvin. the low power. paid to him by the federal government. they returned to San Francisco.

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The Epilogue

The Journey to Tanforan event consisted of a public ceremony, dedication of a memorial garden and a historical exhibit inside the Shops at Tanforan. The final leg of the journey was a former Tanforan Assembly internee luncheon held at the JCCCNC. Over 400 former internees crammed into the gymnasium at the Center. The Center Memorial Garden The Program program consisted of former internees Tomoye Takahashi and Fred Hoshiyama s the Journey to Tanforan program began, the crowd reminiscing about their experiences from he Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Garden located at the Shops of Tanforan Shopping the evacuation, to their first impressions noise of over one thousand people was silent. The only on their arrival at Tanforan and through- Center in San Bruno was dedicated in 2007 to the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the out their stay at the assembly center sound heard was the haunting low tone of the shaku- opening of the Assembly Center in 1942. A before being shipped o! to Topaz, Utah. hachi as an old gray army bus entered the Tanforan parking “As I reflect back, one of the best experi- T lot and drove to the front of the stage. ences about organizing the Journey to The 20 x 50 !. garden was created to remember being built in the race track in-field. Out of the Mr. Isao Ogura has been in the landscape Tanforan event was the opportunity to and reflect upon a time when individuals 180, 26 were converted horse stalls. Originally, profession for over 44 years in the Palo Alto area. of Japanese ancestry residing in the San it was constructed to hold 8,033 inmates, and it He is the co-author and financial supporter Many in the audience were moved to tears as back old memories for them. The eyes of the work with so many Nisei who were actu- Francisco Bay Area were forcibly removed from held 7,816 persons of Japanese ancestry from of the book entitled “Plant, Preserve and the bus rolled up carrying people depicting Sansei were also swollen as they saw for the ally interned there. Every meeting was a their homes and brought to the Tanforan Race April 28 to October 13, 1942 Protect” to share the story of the Professional Issei and Nisei exiting the bus wearing period first time what seemed like an actual scene of history lesson as they recalled their expe- Track to live in hastily created barracks and Gardener’s Federation of Northern California, a clothing from the 1940’s holding suitcases, their parents’ and grandparents’ long journey riences, but just as meaningful was really The memorial garden was created by the freshly painted horse stalls. nonprofit organization composed of Japanese into internment. getting the sense of how important their landscaping team led by Shigeru Namba and large bundles of cloth filled with personal American gardeners. items, a young boy with a baseball mitt and a friendships were and how that’s really The boulders placed in the garden represent Isao Ogura. "Taking into account the age of many of the the thing that got them through it all. We woman carrying her baby. the Japanese American community and their Mr. Shigeru Namba was a master landscape Together they also partnered with Ruth Nisei who wanted to attend the event but were could have never done this event without physical separation from the rest of society. A gardener in Japan before making his home Asawa on the Garden of Remembrance at A soldier with a rifle escorted them onto the not able to drive, we rented buses that they them. The entire event was the idea of flat stone bridge signifies their entry back into in Berkeley, CA. He is widely considered the San Francisco State University that recognizes stage as barbwire and large photos taken by boarded from throughout the entire Bay Area,” Daisy Satoda who reminded all of us how the 19 Nisei students forced out of the school society after the war and their subsequent foremost Japanese rock landscape gardener in photographer Dorothea Lange of actual in- stated Paul Osaki, one of the event organizers. significant commemorating the 65th an- and also the 120,000 Japanese Americans impact on contributions to our society. the United States. One of his projects included ternees at Tanforan hung in the background. The buses brought hundreds of Nisei to the niversary was going to be because many forced into Concentration Camps during The Tanforan Race Track built in 1899 became the placement of over 3,500 tons of rocks and Some of the actors playing the Issei and Nisei event. For many of them it was the first time to of the Nisei were not going to be around the war. They will also be creating the Issei the second largest assembly center out of the 500 trees in the private garden of Larry Ellison, were cast members of the Grateful Crane En- return to the former Assembly Center, and their for the 75th anniversary. She was right, Commemorative Garden in San Francisco’s 17 established by the U.S. Army during WWII. the former CEO of Oracle, which is the largest semble who began to sing God Bless America. journey back to Tanforan came the same way probably 80% of them have since passed Japantown celebrating the 110th anniversary Many of the Nisei, both men and women in that they had sixty-five years ago, by bus. The Tanforan Assembly Center had about Japanese garden in North America (almost away” – Paul Osaki dating back to 1906. the crowd, had tears in their eyes as it brought 180 barracks with approximately half of them twice the size of the Japanese Tea Garden).

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Na Leo Returns to the JCCCNC for 2016 Holiday Concert Programs and Events Greetings from the JCCCNC Programs Department! We welcome you to peruse the list below of all the fun and enriching cultural and recreational classes that we o!er. 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 jcccnc.org or call (415) 567-5505.

Tougei: Ceramic Art enrollment for new students will be on Satur- M = Members Learn various ceramics techniques including day, March 4, 2017.

KEY NM = Non-Members hand-building, wheel throwing and surface Instructors: Denise Teraoka and Alice Jeong decoration to create unique sculptures and/or When: Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. functional wares. During this eight-week class Cost: $32 M/$48 NM/monthly you will also learn glazing techniques to create $70 M/$100 NM/stamp card (10 classes) Arts and Culture personalized pieces. $35 M/$50 NM/stamp card (five classes) Basic Drawing Instructor: Tomoko Nakazato On Sunday, December 18, 2016 the Following the concert, Chef Les Tomita of Da $10 M/$15 NM/drop-in This eight-week course will teach you basic When: Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. Kitchen Maui brought the best of contempo- JCCCNC welcomed over 300 guests drawing skills and techniques. Join instructor Cost: $175 M/$225 NM (eight consecutive rary Hawaiian local cuisine for the VIP Recep- Rich Tokeshi, an original instructor of Japan- weeks) to Na Leo’s holiday concert held in tion where guests had an opportunity to meet town Art and Media (JAM) which flourished and greet the three, mingle and purchase their in the '80s and '90s. The class is open to all Washi Ningyo our Nisei Community Hall/Gymna- latest CDs and merchandise. Guests enjoyed skill levels. Single date drop-in classes are Discover the art of Japanese paper doll making sium for their Holiday Tour and local favorites such as Slow Braised Kahului available. and create your own beautiful Japanese washi Korean Short Ribs, House Sweet Kimchee Instructor: Rich Tokeshi paper dolls. Learn the basics or perfect your return to San Francisco’s Japantown When: skills in this class of all skill levels. First time Crab Cakes, Pan-Seared Furikake Salmon with Top: Unity by Aiden Fujimoto; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon Ver Blanc, Hawaiian Fresh Ahi Poke and Char- Cost: $70 M/$90 NM (eight consecutive participants must register by phone for class since 2014. With opening remarks from bottom Happy Year of the broiled Da Kitchen Maui Kalbi. weeks) by the first Saturday of the month. Class fees Kristi Yamaguchi, the trio, N%lani Choy, Lehua Rooster by Oliver Chin $11 M/$14 NM drop-in include all materials. For ages 18+ It was a busy weekend for the JCCCNC, but we Kalima Heine and Angela Morales, performed Instructor: Rochelle Lum holiday classics and some of their popular hits were honored to welcome back Na Leo to our Ikebana When:Third Saturday each month, such as Rest of Your Life and I Miss You Hawai’i. community for the holidays and we thank you JCCCNC Annual Learn the traditional art of Ikebana flower 9 a.m.-noon and 12:30-4 p.m. for making it a memorable night! arrangement. Create a harmony of linear Cost: $10 M/$15 NM (+$10-$25 materials fee) Shikishi Exhibit construction, rhythm and color. You will create Give the gift of hula to your child. S/he will your own Ikebana flower arrangement each Watercolor From January 16 through February learn coordination, grace and teamwork week. Participants are encouraged to bring a Learn the basics of watercolor painting and 17, the JCCCNC hosted its annu- through both modern and traditional hula. vase but it is not required. bring your artwork to life with the help of al Shikishi Exhibit featuring over 2016 Mochitsuki Workshop Instructor: Chizuko Nakamura Instructor Wendy Yoshimura. This class is open 100 individually decorated shiki- Hula: Gracious Ladies (Adults) When: Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. to all skill levels. shi boards. Shikishi are Japanese Learn both Auwana (modern) and Kahiko Thank you to everyone who joined us on Cost: $70 M/$90 NM/monthly Instructor: Wendy Yoshimura art boards that are outlined with (ancient) hula. You will experience anaerobic Saturday, December 17 for our annual Mochit- $198 M/$252 NM/stamp card (10 classes) When: Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon a gold rim frame. In Japan, shiki- (low impact) exercise while learning to dance suki Workshop. Despite having technical issues $99 M/$126 NM/stamp card (five classes) Cost: $100 M/$120 NM/stamp card (10 shi have been used to display the hula. (Class participants also must join the with the motor of our mochi machine, we were $22 M/$28 NM/drop-in classes) autographs of famous people or Hālau, Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea for happy to see the community neighborhood exhibit the work of famous callig- $50 M/$60 NM/stamp card (five classes) come together, bringing their personal mochi an additional fee.) Open enrollment for new raphers’ poems or expressions. For Asian American Senior Writing $11 M/$14 NM/drop-in makers from home to help make the mochi students will be on Saturday, March 4, 2017. our exhibit we asked participants Preserve the stories and memories of our rice that was generously donated by Nomura Instructor: Mary Leong of all ages to decorate their shiki- Asian American community by sharing and and Co. so that it would not go to waste – When: First and third Thursdays, shi around the theme of “unity” or writing about the experiences of you, your Mottainai! Thank you to volunteers for helping Dance 5:30-7 p.m. the “year of the rooster.” Thank you family and others. This class welcomes both to set up, clean, and make calls to registrants Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. to all participants who contributed new and experienced writers. Hula: Beginning who were unable to participate this year. We Learn both Auwana (modern) and Kahiko Cost: $23 M/$28 NM/monthly (Thursdays) towards the beautiful hall of creativ- Instructor: Genny Lim sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but (ancient hula). You will experience anaerobic $45 M/$55 NM/monthly (Saturdays) ity. If you did not get a chance to When: Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon are happy to announce that the motor is up (low impact) exercise while learning to dance. $60 M/$75 NM/monthly (Thursdays and view the Center’s exhibit, be sure Cost: $110 M/$125 NM/stamp card and running again and hope you will come No dance experience required. (Class partici- Saturdays) to see photos via our online exhibit: (10 classes) back and join us in December 2017. pants also must join the Hālau, Hālau Ka Liko $126 M/$153 NM/stamp card (10 classes) http://bit.ly/2017shikishi. $55 M/$62.50 NM/stamp card (five classes) Pua O Kalaniākea for an additional fee.) Open $14 M/$17 NM/drop-in $14 M/$16 NM/drop-in continued on page 16

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Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea for an additional Instructor: Craig Hamakawa Instructor: Janet Cordova Ensemble Shiki Social fee.) Open enrollment for new students will be When: Sundays, 10 a.m.-noon When: Sundays, 10:30am-11:30am Be part of a mixed chorus group and sing a on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Cost: $15 M/$24 NM/Monthly Cost: $32 M/$37 NM/monthly variety of songs, mainly in Japanese with some Bambi Instructor: Mary Leong $9 M/$14 NM/Drop-In $10 M/$12 NM/drop-In English. Meet with Japanese speaking parents and When: Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Instructor: Ruriko Miura their children for a morning of play. Cost: $45 M/$55 NM/monthly Senior Chair Aerobics When: First, third and fi"h Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. When: Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Cost: $126 M/$153 NM/stamp card (10 classes) Designed for seniors who want to build basic Music Cost: $25 M/$31 NM/monthly Free $14 M/$17 NM/drop-in physical strength in a low-impact class. Stu- $15 M/$18 NM/drop-in dents will use a chair to participate in exercises Chorale May Bridge Line Dancing to increase flexibility, muscle coordination and Be part of a male chorus group and sing a Minyo/Hauta/Shamisen Keep your mind sharp while playing bridge in Learn dance steps to smooth R&B and pop strength. Classes end with a hands-on mas- variety of songs, mainly in Japanese with some Improve your voice, tone and projection while a fun, social environment. music and keep in shape while making new sage to relieve any lingering stress. English. singing popular contemporary Japanese Coordinator: Alice Moriguchi friends. This fun anaerobic (low impact) dance Instructor: Kaeko Inori Instructor: Ruriko Miura songs and learn how to play the traditional When: Fridays, 1-4 p.m. class is open to all skill levels. No dance experi- When: Mondays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. When: Second and fourth Tuesdays, Japanese stringed Shamisen. Cost: $2 M/$3 NM/drop-in ence required. Cost: $4 M/$5 NM/drop-in 7-9 p.m. Instructor: Hideko Nakajima Instructor: Alan Kitashima Cost: $25 M/$31 NM/monthly When: Second and fourth Sundays, Hanafuda Open Enrollment for When: Tuesdays and Fridays, 1:15-2:45 p.m. $15 M/$18 NM/drop-in individual lessons between 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn Hanafuda, flower card, a traditional all Hula Classes Cost: $4 M/$5 NM/drop-in Cost: $40 M/$50 NM/monthly Japanese game dating back over 350 years, with varying styles similar to Gin Rummy. On Saturday, March 4, The JCCCNC’s hula classes will host Taiko Coordinator: Bobby Hirano Develop rhythm, strength and agility through When: open enrollment for anyone Martial Arts and Fitness Wednesdays, 12:30-4 p.m. the matsuri (festival) style of Japanese taiko Cost: $2 M/$3 NM/drop-in interested in learning to dance Karate—Monday and Wednesday Class drumming. A variety of classes are offered hula. Current classes are held Karate is an Okinawan martial art meaning for di"erent skill levels and ages (4½ years to Mah Jongg for youth ages 5+ (Keiki), adults “empty hand.” Develop self-defense skills and adult), give us a call to find out which class fits Engage in social activity and develop creative (Gracious Ladies) and seniors strengthen yourself mentally and physically. your needs. strategy skills by playing this popular Chinese Our class is part of the International Karate (Kupuna) on a weekly basis. This is Instructor: Melody Takata tile game. League (IKL) which instructs a modified Shorin- the perfect opportunity to come When: Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Ryu style of karate. This class is open to all skill Coordinator: Yone Higashigawa and try out the class free of charge Saturdays (three times a month), call or levels age 6+. When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-4 p.m. and to meet new friends. Classes email for class times Cost: $2 M/$3 NM/drop-in begin as early as 9:30 a.m. or as Instructor: Craig Hamakawa Cost: $55 M/$65 NM/monthly When: Senior Chair Aerobics: Build basic physical late as 11:30 a.m. every Saturday. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. $23 M/$27 NM/drop-in Cost: $30 M/$48 NM/monthly strength through low-impact exercises Class times vary depending on the $9 M/$14 NM/drop-in Zumba Gold is back age of the participant. If interested Ukulele: Beginners in attending or to learn more, Workout Taiko We are happy to announce that This weekly entry level class is for beginning contact Director of Programs An exhilarating recreational class to those Zumba Gold classes have returned ukulele players. New students who have no Matt Okada at mokada@jcccnc. new to taiko drumming, young, old or just to the JCCCNC. Be sure to join prior experience are encouraged to take a Uku- lele 101 workshop which will be held on the org or by calling (415) 567-5505. interested in Taiko. This is an aerobics exercise instructor Janet Cordova as class in which students will learn commonly she hosts Zumba Gold classes first Thursday of each month (upon request, used Taiko techniques and drum patterns in every Sunday mornings from please contact [email protected]), to learn ukulele basics, before joining the the course of a cardio workout with low to high 10:30–11:30 a.m. Hula: Keiki (Kids) impact movements. ongoing beginners’ class Janet began participating in Instructor: Give the gi! of hula to your child. S/he will learn Instructor: Melody Takata Don Sadler Zumba in June of 2010. After When: coordination, grace and teamwork through When: Three Thursdays every month Saturdays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. taking her first class, she became Cost: both modern and traditional hula. For children (please call for exact schedule), $60 M/$80 NM/monthly ages 5+. Open enrollment for new students will 5:30-6:40 p.m. a die-hard Zumba enthusiast. $170 M/$220 NM/stamp card (10 classes) be on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Classes are for Cost: $55 M/$65 NM/monthly During the summer of 2014, $21 M/$25 NM/drop-in both boys and girls. Karate: Develop self-defense skills and $23 M/$27 NM/drop-in she decided to take her Zumba Basketball: Sign up and participate in games Instructor: Mary Leong strengthen yourself mentally and physically. journey a bit further by becoming a Ukulele: Advanced that are competitive, but friendly. When: Saturdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Zumba Gold Zumba instructor. Since then, she Emphasis of this class will be primarily on Cost: $30 M/$40 NM/monthly Karate—Sunday Class Participate in a fun and energetic workout has attended three international Hawaiian song traditions. This class is for $90 M/$108 NM/stamp card (10 classes) Karate is an Okinawan martial art meaning while dancing to upbeat music. Join instructor Zumba Instructor Conventions. those who already have experience playing Sports $10 M/$12 NM/drop-in the ukulele. "empty hand." Develop self-defense skills and Janet Cordova as she hosts Zumba Gold class- We are happy to welcome such an Community Volleyball strengthen yourself mentally and physically. es every Sunday. Whether you are looking for Instructor: Don Sadler experienced instructor as part of Create a team for your non-profit/service/ Hula: Kupuna (Seniors) Our class is part of the International Karate an energizing workout or to make new friends, When: Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. our team and the JCCCNC family interest organization and join us for a league Learn ancient and modern hula while keeping League (IKL) which instructs a modified Shorin- come and enjoy this fun ongoing class. This Cost: $60 M/$80 NM/monthly and hope that you will join us filled with fun, food and volleyball! Each team your coordination and memory sharp. (Class Ryu style of karate. This class is open to all skill class is open for all skill levels. (see sidebar) $170 M/$220 NM/stamp card (10 classes) every Sunday morning! participants also must join the Hālau, Hālau levels age 6+. $21 M/$25 NM/drop-in continued on page 18

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must consist of either board/sta" members or volunteers. When: Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m. Cost: $35 M/$45 NM/Season

30 and Over Basketball Sign up for our Monday Night (dra!) League. Participate in games that are competitive, but friendly! See our website for league informa- Noodle in a tion. Haystack Ramen When: Mondays, 6-10 p.m. (up to 15 weeks per season) Pop-Up Brunch Cost: $90 M/$115 NM/per season Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon WITH CHEF CLINT TAM 40 and Over Basketball Get your friends and join the mature, wise and ver 80 guests gathered for the teers. We honored Line Dance Instructor Alan The JCCCNC, in collaboration with Chef Clint friendly competition in our Wednesday Night JCCCNC’s 2016 Volunteer Apprecia- Kitashima for bringing together hundreds of Tam of Noodle in a Haystack, presents a very (draft) League. See our website for league tion Luncheon on Sunday, December individuals through his love for music and special pop-up restaurant ramen brunch information. O4 for exciting rounds of bingo, dim sum and dance and recognized our hardworking mail- experience! Pop-up restaurants have gained When: Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. (up to 15 a special program honoring longtime volun- ing volunteers who helped us send over 20,000 Spring Kaiseki popularity in recent years in metropolitan Japanese weeks per season) pieces of mail last year. foodie scenes where independent chefs can Pantry Cooking Cost: $85 M/$110 NM/per season Cooking bring to life imaginative menus for one-of-a- "I enjoy volunteering at “When someone praises the work of the Center, makes a donation because they believe in Workshop kind dining experiences. Noodle in a Haystack Workshop Series: Notice: Class Payment System Changes the Center because it's what we do or comes to a class with a smile, is a ramen pop-up conceived by native San WITH LARRY SOKYO TISCORNIA Franciscan Clint Tam, who relocated back home Asian Dumplings Beginning April 1, 2017, the sale of our five multi-generational and we are reminded of our volunteers. It doesn’t AND KIMIKA SOKO TAKECHI with his wife Yoko a!er spending seveninspiring and ten-class stamp cards will be discontin- corsses all racial barriers, matter how many hours or times, just that you WITH SONOKO SAKAI ued. Only drop-in and monthly options will do because it takes all of us doing things big years in Tokyo. Completely self-taught, and Come experience the art of elegant and LA-based food writer Sonoko Sakai’s next be available. Current participants who own welcoming people from and small to make us a COMMUNITY center,” a!er over a year of trial and experimentation, healthy kaiseki cuisine! Japanese kaiseki cooking workshop at the JCCCNC will feature a stamp card will be able to use their stamp Lori Matoba, Deputy Director. they were able to develop original recipes every background. It's cuisine follows a rich tradition of austere meals Asian dumplings. This three-hour workshop card for remaining classes and those cards inspired by all of the delicate and refined flavors will not expire. Monthly cards will be prorated Your generosity reminds us how fortunate we prepared by Zen monks and formal tea cere- will cover a variety of Chinese and Japanese also a very imprtant place they love and longed for, but were unable to if there are classes cancelled by the JCCCNC or are to be part of such a supportive and caring monies, featuring multi-course meals using dumplings using shrimp, pork and seasonal by instructors who may be away on vacation for the San Francisco find outside of Japan. Their pursuit is to simply community. We thank you for your unwaver- fresh ingredients and colorful arrangements vegetables. Sonoko will show you how to use or ill. For questions regarding the class pay- bring the highest level of modern Japanese Japantown community.” ing support and dedication from the bottom to match the season. Our popular seasonal prepared dumpling wrappers as well as how ment change, contact Matt Okada, Director ramen to the Bay Area without compromise; of our hearts. We could not have come this far kaiseki workshops continue this spring with to make homemade wrappers from scratch. of Programs, at (415) 567-5505 or by email at —Elaine Low, JCCCNC volunteer painstakingly crafted in small batches with [email protected]. without you. a full menu featuring: kaibashira kimizuae Varieties of dumplings to be prepared include love. Noodle in a Haystack will be offering (chilled seared scallops with vinegar egg yolk mushroom and pork gyoza, pork mochi dango, two limited seatings of a special multi-course sauce), yomogi gomadofu (sesame custard pork and cilantro shumai, shrimp dumplings, brunch menu including appetizers, tsukemono, with mugwort herb), moyashi to shungikuae as well as steamed Chinese dim sum cake. as well as two modern styles of ramen—a (bean sprout and chrysanthemum leaf salad), Participants should bring empty containers soup-based ramen as well as a dry ramen takenoko gohan (bamboo shoot rice) and to bring home dumplings prepared at the Do you need a space dish. If you love ramen, you won’t want to miss ichiban dashi soup stock made from konbu workshop. to host your family gathering, (kelp) and katsuobushi (shaved dried bonito). this! Sign up ASAP, as seating is limited to 12 The workshop is mainly demonstration with diners per seating. You can learn more about Saturday, May 20 birthday party, meeting, lecture, Clint and Noodle in a Haystack at their blog at: some final dish arrangements by participants, 10 a.m– 1 p.m. film screening, conference, with easy to follow recipes provided. noodleinhaystack.com workshop or other function? $120 JCCCNC Members Saturday, March 18 Saturday, April 29 $130 General Public First Seating: 11:30 a.m. The JCCCNC is here to meet your needs. noon–3 p.m. Register online: http://bit.ly/ Second Seating: 1:30 p.m. For more information, please visit our website $45 JCCCNC Members sonokodumplings at jcccnc.org/about/facility-rental/rentals $55 General Public $55 JCCCNC Members or email [email protected] $65 General Public Register online: http://bit.ly/ kaisekispring2017 Register online: http://bit.ly/ jcccncpopupramen

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Big Break J-Town Golf Tournament A Golf Tournament Like No Oth- Japanese Heritage er—A Fundraiser for the Shinzen Nikkei Youth Goodwill Program Night with the SF Giants Sunday, March 26, noon Giants vs. Washington Nationals Lincoln Park Golf Course GIVEAWAY: Limited-edition $175.00 per player | Japanese-themed Giants cap 25th Annual $50 dinner only Wednesday, May 31 Nine Hole Team Shamble Golf, Big Break Skills Children’s Day Challenges (Break the Glass and Over the 7:15 p.m. Festival and e are excited to rein- Wall), other fun events, awesome prizes, lunch Seats: Section VR325 & VR326 and dinner. $18 JCCCNC Members School Visits troduce the JCCCNC’s 8th Annual Colma $21 General Public Can you believe it’s been 25 years W Baachan’s Kitchen Japanese Cemetery Join us on May 31 to cheer on the San Fran- since we first started hosting our program started last year with a cisco Giants as they take on the Washing- Annual Children’s Day Festival? new name, the JCCCNC Commu- Clean-Up Day ton Nationals. The Giants will be celebrat- ing Japanese Heritage Night with cultural Children’s Day Festival nity Kitchen! Don’t forget to save the date for performances to entertain fans at the pre- the JCCCNC’s 8th Annual Colma Sign up for individual workshops that o!er unique game festival along with a limited edition Saturday, May 6 Japanese Cemetery Clean-up Day. hands-on and demonstrative cooking lessons that will add a cultural element Nikkei Youth Ra#e Japanese-themed Giants cap. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Japan Center Peace Plaza to your kitchen repertoire. Workshop dates and prices are listed below. Saturday, May 20 Your special event ticket package includes Grand Prize: Two Roundtrip 1610 Geary Blvd., San Francisco 10 a.m.–2 p.m. a seat in one of the Japanese Heritage For updated information including workshop menus and registration, be sure Economy Airline Tickets sections at the game, admission to the Free and open to the public to check the JCCCNC website at jcccnc.org or call us at (415) 567-5505. O!en times we find ourselves too busy in our (Good for travel in the continental pre-game Japanese Heritage Night festival We’ve opened up our program for members of the community of all genera- daily lives to honor our past and remember United States) Children’s Day School Visits those who have passed on. The Japanese from 5–7 p.m., as well as a limited-edition tions, not just baachans, to come share Japanese and Japanese American Cemetery in Colma is a unique cultural Tickets available on March 1 Japanese-themed Giants cap! Make sure April 24–27 and May 1-3 home cooking recipes to be prepared and enjoyed as a communal meal. treasure that deserves our attention and $6 each | $30 for six to arrive early, as cultural performers will Our volunteer program coordinators Makiko Kitago, Bret Truchan and Peter

respect. The place represents our history, our entertain fans only at the festival and on 9 a.m.–noon Weber will coordinate a dinner menu with easy-to-follow recipes each quar- Support our youth programs for 2017 and loved ones, friends and family. For many of us, the field pre-game. Partial proceeds from ter for participants to come together at the JCCCNC kitchen to share a great help us provide invaluable opportunities JCCCNC it’s the place where our grandparents, great every special event ticket will benefit local for them to build, engage and collaborate Be sure to mark your calendars and join us as meal and cooking experience with the rest of the community. This is a great grandparents, parents, family and friends are Japanese charities. with our community. we celebrate 25 years celebrating the Japa- intergenerational program for the whole family. Our quarterly Community laid to rest. For all of us, the loved ones that Japanese Heritage Night item redemption nese national holiday, Kodomo No Hi (Chil- Kitchen schedule for the year is as follows: April 4, July 11, October 10 and rest there represent our history. We hope you, Purchase your tickets online, at the JCCCNC location: Festival Location TBD from 5–7 dren’s Day). Bring the whole family to enjoy November 28. If you’re interested in sharing a recipe for the program, contact your friends and family members can join the or by calling (415) 567-5505. p.m., or View Reserve 334 until end of fi!h games, cra!s, live performances and so much [email protected] or call (415) 567-5505. community in cleaning and maintaining the Drawing will be held on Saturday, May 6 at inning. more. We are currently looking for performers cemetery grounds at our annual volunteer the JCCCNC’s Children’s Day Festival in SF for the festival and volunteers for school visits. event. Seats are limited. To purchase a ticket, JCCCNC Community Kitchen Japantown’s Peace Plaza. Winner need not or to view a listing of all SF Giants Special If interested in performing or volunteering, Please contact [email protected] Tuesday, April 4, 2017 | 6:30–9 p.m. be present to win. Event games visit jcccnc.org. For more info, call (415) 567-5505 or email programsev- or call (415) 567-5505 for more information, to call (415) 567-5505 or email membership@ $16 JCCCNC Members | $20 General Public donate or to sign up as a volunteer. More info: jcccnc.org. Questions? Contact [email protected]. development@ jcccnc.org jcccnc.org. Register online: http://bit.ly/jcccnckitchenapril2017

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The Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee (TACMC) is creating a memorial at the What is San Bruno BART station next to the Shops at Tanforan to honor those persons who were unjustly imprisoned a Nisei? and whose civil, human and constitutional rights BY DIANE MATSUDA were ignored.

hen I looked up the word “Nisei” for this article, hundreds of entries popped up. Many of the websites Wdefine a Nisei as a second genera- tion Japanese American—more specifically, a person of Japanese descent born in the U.S. by Issei immigrant parents.

That definition, however, does not really capture the characteristics and values of a Nisei, and the long term positive impact they have had on the lives of their descendants in particular, and the contributions made to the nation as a whole. Many people characterize a Nisei as one who never throws anything away and is a person who stayed with a job for life even though they were amply qualified to take on higher positions and is a person who remained fiercely loyal to the U.S. even though they were incarcerated into concentration camps located in desolate parts of the country, and even sacrificed their lives to fight for this country. This memorial will ensure that this tragic and illegal action in U.S. Nisei are not big spenders and never flash money around even if they have a lot of it. They never really worry about having enough to retire because they history will never be forgotten and believe in keeping a stash for a rainy day. They also have remained true and that the stories of our ancestors’ faithful to their community as seen by the institutions they created that we perseverance (Gaman) will be told now take for granted. for all who see it. This important American story cannot be forgotten I have many friends who are Nisei even though there is a slight age gap between us as well as two generations. To me, they are very ‘real.' They tell me and the memorial is planned for the truth when they think I am out of line, tell me when I am wasteful, tell me to completion while the remaining find a stable job that will provide me with good retirement and health benefits survivors who were young adults or but support me without question. I have been taught by way of example what children in Tanforan are still alive to it really means to be a community member, and to keep on pushing forward see their story memorialized. as life and its challenges really will get better. To donate or for more info visit So when people tell you that you are starting to act like a Nisei, take it as a tanforanmemorial.org. compliment and smile. You will actually start to see that saving those plastic tofu containers, rinsing out used Ziploc bags and not being so quick to throw Tanforan Assembly Center things away is not a bad thing. You will find a purpose for them one day. Memorial Committee P.O. Box 5285, Richmond, CA 94805

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Honoring the Special People in our Lives In Memory of MICHIKO HORIO In Memory of SACHIKO Ms. Janet Ninomiya, $1,000 UMEHARA 30th Anniversary Tribute Gifts Mr. Lucky Fung, $100 In Memory of SHIRO HORITA Mrs. Viola and Mr. Sakae Horita, $1,000 The year 2016 marked the 30th Anniversary since the JCCCNC opened its doors for the first time, an historic event for our community as it was one full of hope and In Memory of HATSUMI ISHII dreams to be fulfilled. Since then, we see our vision come alive everyday and it’s be- Mr. Ricky and Mrs. Glenda Okamura, $100 cause of our generous donors who have helped make the Center into what it is today. We all know of individuals who have made a lasting impact on our lives and the lives of others In Memory of TONY MATSUDA and we are honored that the following donors have chosen the JCCCNC’s 30th Anniversary – Mr. Gary and Mrs. Sharon Kato, $50 2016 Year End Annual Support Drive to recognize them. Mrs. Yae Tondo, $50

In this edition, we would like to recognize our 30th Anniversary donors who have made con- In Memory of CAROLYN MITSUDA In Memory of FLORENCE tributions to the JCCCNC in honor or in memory of someone special through our 2016 Year Mr. Tosh Mitsuda, $100 End Support Drive during the period November 15, 2016–January 31, 2017. We thank you for SHIGEKO YAMADA In Memory of TOKUO MURAKAMI Mrs. Mary Shek, $50 honoring and remembering those who have helped to make our community exceptional. Mr. Kahn Yamada, $500 Mrs. Shirley Murakami, $500

In Memory of TAKESHI PETER ITO In Memory of BARON IN HONOR OF In Honor of JCCCNC STAFF IN MEMORY OF and Ms. Janis K. Ito, $200 ALICE NISHIHARA Mrs. Janis K. Ito, $100 Mrs. Naoko Ito, $500 In Honor of MARJORIE FLETCHER In Memory of ROY ABBEY Ms. Julie Nishihara, $250 The Honorable Patricia Ito, $100 The Honorable Patricia Ito, $500 Ms. Janis K. Ito, $100 Mrs. Ayako and Mr. Peter Yee, $1,000 In Memory of ANN OKAMURA Dr. Linda Oda, $100 In Honor of JCCCNC VOLUNTEERS In Memory of MARY S. KAWANO In Memory of JEAN ABEY Mr. Thomas and Mrs. June Sugihara, $500 Ms. Sharon M. Fujii, $300 Mrs. Barbara Y. Okumura, $100 In Honor of JENNIFER Mr. Kazuo Abey, $1,000 HAMAMOTO In Memory of TETS E. OKANO In Honor of MASATO and ALICE In Memory of SAKAE KAWASHIRI In Memory of INAKO SASAKI Mrs. Nancy A. Okano, $100 Ms. Janis K. Ito, $100 KAWAHATSU Mrs. Mitsuko Kawashiri, $500 BARSCH Ms. Mikiko Huang and Marshall Stoller, $500 Ms. Jean Barsch, $100 In Memory of JUDY YASUKO ONO In Memory of HISAKO B. KIMURA In Memory of YONEO "BO" Mr. Victor K. Ono and In Honor of ALAN KITASHIMA Mr. Robert T. Tucker and YOSHIMURA In Memory of RON CHINA Ms. Jennifer Tambara-Ono, $250 Mr. Warren and Mrs. Ellen Lew, $100 Ms. Keija Kimura, $50 Ms. Janis K. Ito, $100 Mrs. Mary China, $500 In Memory of WAYNE OSAKI Mrs. Naoko Ito, $500 In Honor of LORI MATOBA In Memory of PETER and In Memory of YAS FURUYA Mrs. Sally Osaki, $1,000 The Honorable Patricia Ito, $200 Ms. Janis K. Ito, $100 MARGARET KITAGAWA Mr. Milton K. Wong and Ms. Dianne K. Mr. Neil and Mrs. Rita Wun, $40 Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Ella Kitagawa, $250 Furuya-Wong, $100 In Memory of MARK and MARJORIE SATO In Honor of TERESA ONO In Memory of NELLIE N. KONO In Memory of MUTSUMI M. HADA Mr. Hiroshi and Mrs. Janice Fukuda, $250 Mrs. Mary Shek, $50 Ms. Janis K. Ito, $100 Mrs. Kazue Ihara, $20 In Honor of CASEY IKEDA In Memory of KATSUTO and Every e!ort is made to include gi"s Ms. Aya Ino, $250 In Memory of ALBERT K. and In Honor of PAUL OSAKI In Memory of MAKIKO FUKUDA BESSIE TAKEI received toward our 2016 Year End Annual Mr. Paul Osaki, $500 Mr. Frederick and Mrs. Joan Nicholas, $1,000 SHIGEKO MAMIYA Support Drive but if a name has been HATA Mrs. Linda and Mr. Russel B. Takei, $250 Ms. Diane Y. Wong and Mr. Nelson Dong, $250 Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Judy Hruska, $1,000 inadvertently omitted, please let us know Mr. Nobusuke and Mrs. Fumi Fukuda, $500 In Honor of NAOKO A. ITO Mr. Scott and Mrs. Kimberly Mamiya, $250 at (415) 567-5505 or [email protected]. In Memory of JOE TONDO General donations will be recognized in Ms. Janis K. Ito, $200 In Honor of CHIYO, CHITO and In Memory of KENT HORI Mr. Gary and Mrs. Sharon Kato, $50 the next newsletter. The Honorable Patricia Ito, $500 MICHI TASHIRO In Memory of ROX MATSUDA Mr. Ard Kozono, $250 Mrs. Yae Tondo, $50 Mrs. Leslie Tashiro, $50 Mrs. Noriko Matsuda, $250

24 JAPANESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | WINTER 2016 JCCCNC | WINTER 2016 25 Ms. J. June Ohara Ms. Hope Kamimoto Mr. Gordon and Mrs. Kaeko Park-Li 30th Anniversary Donors Mr. Harold T. Omatsu Mr. Harvey and Mrs. Gay Kaplan Ms. Ruth Posey Ms. Linda Omori Mr. Gary and Mrs. Sharon Kato Ms. Yukiko Sakai We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to our 30th Anniversary Donors who contrib- Mr. Victor K. Ono and Mr. Thomas Kawakami Mr. Randall Sakamoto uted a gift to the JCCCNC through the 2016 Year End Annual Support Drive during the period Ms. Jennifer Tambara-Ono Mr. Russell and Mrs. Harumi Kishida Ms. Michiyo Schmidt-Petersen November 15, 2016–January 31, 2017. Mr. William and Mrs. Louise Osada Mrs. June Kitagawa Mr. Sim and Mrs. Tsuyako Seiki Mr. Giichi and Mrs. Nancy Sakurai Mr. Calvert and Mrs. Betty Kitazumi Mr. Walter and Mrs. Harumi Serata PLATINUM CRANE Ms. Machiko Nakatani Mr. Paul Osaki Mr. Henry and Mrs. Adelina Serata Ms. Hiroko and Ms. Yaeko Kuwatani Ms. Mary S. Shek !",###+ Mr. Peter and Mrs. Ayako Yee Mr. George and Mrs. Doris Sasaki Mr. Roy and Mr. Warren and Mrs. Ellen Lew Mr. Randy Shigio and Mr. Greg Ishizaki Dr. Craig Yonemura and Mr. Yone and Mrs. Daisy Satoda Mrs. Rosemary Shigematsu Mr. Greg Low Mrs. Linda T. Shigio Mr. Kiyoshi Sakakura Ms. Pamela K. Matsuda-Yonemura Dr. Dennis and Mrs. Wendy Shinbori Mr. Russell B. and Mrs. Linda Takei Mr. Frank and Mrs. Yoko Lum Mr. Gary Shimasaki Mr. Eugene Van Dyk Dr. Todd M. Yonemura Mrs. Yone Shintaku Mrs. Sumako Takeshita Mr. Kazuo Maruoka Mr. Jonathan Y. and Mr. Yasunari G. Yamada Mr. Thomas and Mrs. June Sugihara Mr. David and Mrs. Teruko Turner Ms. Sandi Matoba Mrs. Joyce Shindo SILVER CRANE Mr. Kyle Tatsumoto and Ms. Kelly Walton Mr. Robert and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Slintak GOLD CRANE !"##$!%%% Ms. Carole Hayashino Ms. Diane Y. Wong and Mrs. Diane Matsumura Mr. Shiro and Mrs. Annie Suenaga Mr. Nelson Dong !(,###$!',%%% Mrs. Mary China Mr. Craig and Mrs. Jean Teramoto Mr. Gerard and Mrs. Rosie McCormick Mr. Lawrence Sugimoto Dr. Reiko True Mr. Tosh Mitsuda Mr. Kirk and Mrs Flora Sujishi Mr. Kazuo Abey Mr. Jerry and Mrs. Shelley Ferguson Mr. Will and Mrs. Myrna Tsukamoto RUBY CRANE Dr. Ken and Dr. Mary M. Mizono Ms. Midori Tabata and Ms. Mutsuko Arima Mr. Nobusuke and Mrs. Fumi Fukuda Mr. Keith and Mrs. Pam Uyeda !(##$!&'% Mrs. Eiko Mouri Mr. Charles M. Ingram Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Diane Durst Ms. Helen Gan Mr. Kahn Yamada Mr. Kenneth Abiko Dr. Keith Muramoto Mr. Kenneth Takahashi Mr. James and Mrs. Cynthia Hayashi Mr. Robert and Mrs. Carolyn Hamaguchi Mr. Dick and Mrs. Elaine Yamamoto Ms. Keiko Akashi Mr. Seiki and Mrs. Lynette Murono Mr. Kentaro and Mrs. Kiyomi Takeda Ms. Dina Hirahara-Honda Dr. Dean and Mrs. Debra Hirabayashi Mrs. Lois Yonemoto Mrs. Sumiko Akashi Mrs. Alice Nakahata Ms. Atsuko Takeshita Mr. Sakae and Mrs. Viola Horita Dr. Ronald and Mrs. Cynthia Hiura Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Akiko Arikawa Mrs. Emiko Nakahiro Mr. Ben and Mrs. Fumiko Takeshita Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Judy Hruska Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Yoshiko Ho EMERALD CRANE Ms. Jean Barsch Mr. Hiroshi and Mrs. Joyce Nakai Mr. Satoru Taniguchi Ms. Janis K. Ito Ms. Mikiko Huang and !&"# $ !'%% Ms. Pamela Burns and Ms. Nancy K. Nakai and Mrs. Yae Tondo Mrs. Naoko Ito Mr. Marshall Stoller Mr. William J. Edick Mr. Dale Spink Mr. Pete* and Mrs. Lynda Unger The Honorable Patricia Ito Mrs. Ikue Burney Mrs. Kazue Ihara Mr. Jim Carmack Mr. Michael and Mrs. Tokiko Ushijima Dr. Saburo Kami Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fujii Mr. Ryan Iwasa Mr. Harold Chan Mrs. Megumi Nakamura Mr. Gary and Mrs. Cammie Uyeda Mr. Kaz Maniwa and Ms. Sharon M. Fujii Mr. Hiroshi and Ms. Eleanor Dong Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Jackie Nakano Mr. Milton K. Wong and Ms. Masako Fukunaga Mr. Hiroshi and Mrs. Janice Fukuda Mrs. Sadako Kashiwagi Ms. Lynne Fujimoto Mr. Henry Nakao Ms. Dianne K. Furuya-Wong Mr. Hitoshi and Mrs. Joan Mr. Bill and Mrs. Rose Fukumitsu Mrs. Mitsuko Kawashiri Mr. Lucky Fung Ms. Millie Ng Mr. Ken and Mrs. Nancy Woo Matsukuma Mr. Steven and Mrs. Mae Gotanda Ms. Gail Keikoan Mr. Shig and Mrs. Terrie Furuta Dr. Harry and Mrs. Anna Nomura Ms. Ethel Woong Mr. Bradley Menda Mr. Herbert and Mrs. Julieta Honma Mr. George Kobayashi Mr. Roy D. Hardy Mr. Daniel Nunotani Mr. William and Mrs. Irene Wu Mr. Frederick and Mrs. Joan Ms. Aya Ino Mr. Richard and Mrs. Ruby Hata Mr. Minoru and Nicholas Mr. Keith and Mrs. Priscilla Kojimoto Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Ella Kitagawa Mr. Robert and Mrs. Delphine Obana Mr. Patrick and Mrs. Sandy Hayashi Mrs. Suzanne Yamada Ms. Janet Ninomiya Dr. Gary and Mrs. Lisa Mizono Mrs. Kikue Kiyasu Ms. Harua Oda Mrs. Mary K. Hidekawa Mr. Ron and Mrs. Emiko Yamada Mr. Allen and Mrs. Patricia Okamoto Mr. Eddie and Mrs. Alice Moriguchi Dr. Robert Kiyomura Dr. Linda Oda Mr. Ken and Mrs. Lynn Higa Mr. Gary and Mrs. Karen Yamamoto Mrs. Sally Osaki Mr. Ronald Morimoto Mr. Ard Kozono Mr. Ricky and Mrs. Glenda Okamura Mrs. Kaye Higashi Mr. Michael Yamashita Ms. Marilyn C. Oshiro Mrs. Shirley Murakami Mr. Gary and Mrs. Annie Lum Mrs. Nancy A. Okano Dr. Jon and Mrs. Ema Hiura Mr. Robert and Dr. Alicia Sakai Mr. Kaz and Mrs. Cindy Nakamoto Mr. Scott and Mrs. Kimberly Mamiya Mrs. Barbara Y. Okumura Ms. Setsuko Ichimoto * deceased Mrs. Keiko Spenser Ms. Kay Nomura Mrs. Noriko Matsuda Ms. Hanaes Ono Mr. Roy and Mrs. Georgette Imura Ms. Marumi Suyeyasu Mrs. Mickie Ochi Mr. Bruce and Mrs. Joy Morimoto Ms. Teresa Ono Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye Mrs. Lorraine Suzuki Mr. Myron Okada and Dr. Leroy M. Morishita and Ms. Patricia Orr Every e!ort is made to include gi"s received Ms. Lynne Ogawa Ms. Brenda Jow Mrs. Violet Tanaka Ms. Barbara Hedani-Morishita Dr. Jerry and Mrs. Eleanor Osumi toward our 2016 Year End Annual Support Mr. Van Okamura and Ms. Miyako Kadogawa Mr. John S. Ota and Drive but if a name has been inadvertently Mr. Yoshimitsu and Mrs. Takeko Toya Mrs. Nanami Naito omitted, please let us know at (415) 567- Ms. Glynis Nakahara Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Mimi Kagehiro Ms. Mari Matsumoto Mr. John and Mrs. Marge Tsukamoto Mr. Bobby Nakata 5505 or [email protected]. 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