THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL Feb. 8-21,2019
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F+ HOW TO REACH US IT'S TIME FOR THE Letter to the Editor Email: [email protected] Olline: www.pacificcillzen.org Te l: (213)620-1767 AN APOLOGY FOR TULE LAKE RESISTERS Ma l: 123Ellison S. Onizuka SI, Suil e 313 SPRING CAMPAIGN Los Ang eles, CA 90012 or over 70 years, former Tule Lake resisters Greetings Pacific Citizen subscribers! STAFF have been stigmatized for their difficult de• Execulive Edilor F cisions of protest during World War II and Allison Hcnnnto have been negatively labeled as those "No, Nos" Senior Edilor Digilal & Social Media by the Japanese American community. It is time Ge org e Johnston I hope YOIl are reading this somewhere warm! in membership over the past two decades. that the JACL finally admits that formerTule Lake Business Manag er February is generally the peak of seasonal Subsequently, the P.e.'ssubscription base has resisters had the courage and the right to protest Susm Yo koycrna depression, and even the most well-adjusted also taken a hit With so many alternatives the injustice of America's concentration camps. ProdlDIion Arlis! might find themselves feeling out of sorts to traditional reporting, some have asked Ma ie ScrnJ nte Nearly two decades ago, the JACL finally, amidst this long winter's record-breaking whether it is still necessary to have a publication officially apologized to the Heart :Mountain and Circulalion cold spells. like this. Eva Tin g all other draft resisters for their principled stand, However, one thing that has always cheered However, the P.e. holds tremendous potential but to this day, an apology to Tule Lake resisters The Pacific Citizen newspaper me up is reading a good book or magazine. If for helping define what the next itemtion of this (lSSN. 0030-8579) is publi shed has been its own No, No. YOIl enjoy reading this paper as milch as we community is. Conversations and discourse oom i- m oothl y (exC8j:t once in Past JACL leaders, members and ex-GIs long December and January) by the enjoy making it, Iask YOIl to consider making through the writings in this paper have helped maintained animosity toward former Tule Lake Japanese American O tizellS a donation during the Pacific Citizen's annual previous generations to conceptualize their LeagJ e. Pacific Citizen, 123 Ellisoo resisters, but now a new generation of JACL Spring Campaign. identities and stay connected to the national S Olizu ka SI. Sui te313 leaders and members predominate. An officialJACL Lo s A ng ~ es, CA 00 01 2 Originally published under the title The community even for those who live in apology is needed, admitting Tule Lake resisters Pericdcal postag3 paid at L A . CA Mkkei Shimin in October 1929, Pacific Citizen geographically isolated areas from the larger POSTMASTER: Soo d aooress had a right to protest the incarceration and were is a landmaIk publication for its role in uniting Japanese American community. ch an ges to Nati on al JAa... 1765 unfairly stigmatized all these years. This JACL Sutter St . San FrandsOJ. CA 9411 5 the Japanese A merican community through Your contributions can help give the gift apology shouk! happen soon, beforeall incarcerated JACL Presidenl: Jeffrey Moy journalistic coverage. This paper came into of knowledge to our current generations of at Tule Lake pass away. ExecuIive Director: Dav id Inooe being ata time when the children of Japanese Japanese Americans by helping us to provide After the war, people asked, "What camp were RC. EDITORIAL BOARD immigrants were first coming of age in this staff with much-needed office software, you in?"I never hesitated to say, "Ibston and Tule Reb Busdler. mair perSO"l : Roo country, and many of our Nisei generation computer equipment, archiving materials Lake," butI was always angered by their even-muted Kuramoto. MDC: Marci a Chun g, found this paper to be a formative element of and the funds to ensure that the P.e. remains CCDe: Nancy Ukai. NCIANPDC: knowing responses. establishing their Japanese American identities. a printed option for many of our readers. Sh ~ cb1 Arak aki . PNIAOC: Kayla The Japanese American community has been !;Vatanabe. IDC: Jm n Saito Jr., A lthough several Japanese-language Staff is hard at work to make sure this brainwashed by the JACL and the commonly used PSIAO C: Juli Yosn in aga, Yooth Rep newspapers on the West Coast of the United publication continues to provide you with "No, Nos" slur that implied wrongdoing. They do States predate the P.e., our publication was quality reporting on issues that matter to you SUBSCRIBE not understand that Tule Lake resisters were put in Get a ooe-year su bSCf ij::tion ct the the first (and now only) nationwide newspaper and ourcommunities. Absolutely 100 percent difficult positions and were trapped into protesting Pacific Citizen newspaper at specifically catering to the tastes of our of your donations allow the P.C. to continue www pad ficdtiz8llag a call the injustice of incarceration. They were punished Japanese American community. doing so. (21 3)620- 1767 by the government, many suffered significantly and During the incarceration years, production Please consider a donation of any amount in addition have been long stigmatized by their ADVERTISE of the paper moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, that you are able. To adverti oo in the Pacific Citizen, own community. where it continued to provide quality reporting To donate to the Spring Campaign, fill out call (213) 62D-1 767 or e- mail The JACL, with their super patriotism position lX@pacifio::itiz8ll .org on nationwide issues impacting Japanese the coupon included in this newspaper or during and soon after the war, were in strong Americans. In the decade-long quest to realize give directly on the P.C.'s website at www. LEGAL opposition to 12,000 TuleLake inmates. They had No part ct thi s PJ~ ica t i oo may be redress, the P.e. was there reporting every step pa cificcitizen.org. urged their segregation from others in nine camps, r8jXoctJ eBd without the exp-ess along the way. The P.e. is an institution within would not help ACLU attorney Wayne Collins permission ct the Pacific Citizen our community, and we hope it will continue Thank you one and all, Ed ta ials, letter s, news and the oppose deportation of over 5,000 renunciants to to be for many years to come. cp nions exp-essed by cdumnists Japan and would not support his heroic efforts to ether than the national JAa.. While we are excitedly celebrating our 90th Rob Buscher, regain their citizenships. p-esid8llt a national d re ct a do anniversary all-year long, we find ourselves Chair, Pacific Citizen not necessaril y refl ed JACL PJ li cy at a crossroads, as traditional membership Editorial Board EV8llts and p-odJcts advertioo d in organizations sllCh as theJACL have decreased " See LETTER .n page 9 the PC. OJ net carry the impidt 8Il ruoo m8llt ct the JAa.. or thi s pu ~ i cat i oo. We reserve the ri !ilt to .------, . edit arMes. (!) 2019 , Pericdcals paid at Los Ang3les, Cali f and mailing office i PACIFIC CITIZEN ;~'<:,"~ JA'CL MEMBERS Change of Address The P'C.'s mission is to "educate on the past Japanese American experience and II you've mCNed, please send new preserve, promote and help the current and future AAPI communities." iriormaliOlllo: National JACL Name: ______1765 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA94115 Address1: ______2019 (415) 921-5225 ext. 26 City, ______SPRING 6 weeks lor Phone Number: ______CAMPAIGN E-mail : Pacific Citizen Newspaper 123 Ellison S . Onizuka St. #313 Los Angeles, CA 90012 JACL MEMBER? DY D N 0$50 0$100 0$150 0S200 Oother (213} 620-1767 "Your oonations will help build and preserve a cohesive library of th e Pacific Citizen to eci.J cate future generations. www.PacificCitizen.Org PACIFICO CITIZEN COMMENTARY Feb. 8-21 2019 3 NIKKEI VOICE IS NAOMI OSAKA JAPANESE ENOUGH? Unfortunately, other biracial stars in Japan have faced prejudice. The Pittsburgh, Pa.-born singer Jero, who By GilAsakawa is African-American and Japanese, moved to Japan and had a lO-year career as an "enka" 10ve following the exciting young career star, perform ing the style of music that can be of Naomi Osaka, the world's first Japa• described as amix of Japanese blues and big• I nese tennis star, who has been ranked band pop. He was treated as a novelty, gaining No.1 by the Women's Tennis Assn. after her gasps and applause when he was introduced recent win in the Australian Open. during the early part of his career. Last year, I love her passion and skill and determination he announced he was putting his singing career to win. And most of all, I love that she is on hold to become a computer engineer, which mixed-race, with aJapanese mom and Haitian is what he had studied in college. dad. And, I also love that she's culturally as World's NO.1-ranked tennis sensation Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open ArianaMiyamoto, a half-black, half-Japanese American as she is Japanese or Haitian. woman from Nagasaki, made headlines when Osaka was born in Japan, and her family Japan even though they've been mostly raised in accused of whitewashing the star. she won the Miss Japan title in 2015. At the came to the US. when she was just 3 years the United States because, as explained by their Which brings us to the most striking part of time, the media made a huge deal of her old. They first lived with her father's family mom, they "feel" Japanese. It may have helped Osaka's stardom: She's biracial Japanese and ethnicity, and she had to deal with a lot of in Long Island, NY., and by the time she was that the US. Tennis Assn. wasn't interested black. Most Japanese, especially the media, racism. She used her one-year reign to speak 10, the family (which includes an older sister in Naomi until she started to gain attention have embraced her for showing the world that out about prejudice and for biracial Japanese. who also competes in tennis) moved to Florida, as a rising star. When the USIA invited her a tennis player from Japan can be great. Ironically, the 2016 Miss Japan was also where they still live. to join them, Osaka declined. But she's received some flak from racists biracial, Japanese and Indian. Osaka claims both American and Japanese Now, she has sponsorship deals like any in her chosen country. It may be a further A powerful documentary, "Hafu," looks citizenship. She's 21 now, and the media has American athlete might Except, of course, challenge that like many of us Japanese at the plight of biracial people in Japan and begun pointing out Japan's citizenship law: she's representing Japanese companies. Nissin, Americans, she can understand some Japanese the challenges they face in a society that has At 22, Japan doesn't allow dual citizenship. for one - the company that invented instant but can't speak fluently. So far that hasn't hurt historically valued racial homogeneity. It's Naomi will soon have to choose her nationality. ramen in the 1950s and Cup Noodles in the her. When a reporter asked her to respond to available on Amazon Prime and definitely Her sister, Mari, who's already 22, is still 1970s. Unfortunately, Nissin had to apologize a question in Japanese, she replied in English worth watching. listed as playing for Japan by the International recently for an animated TV commercial that ... and her fans blasted the reporter for being Tennis Federation The sisters have represented gave the athlete oddly lightened skin and was rude and un-Japanese. .. See NAOMI OSAKA on page 9 A MOTHER'S TAKE lliE NEGRO MOTORIST BUILDING BRIDGES, NOT WALLS GREEN-BO{)K experiences and dialogue with each other. You ferred, he could drive back to use his mo• saw that people from diverse backgrounds tel restroom and then return to the event. By Marsha Aizumi could find common ground, and their thoughts Dr. Shirley chose to go back to his motel. could evolve if they listened deeply with an Although this movie was about a relationship ecently, my husband and I saw the open heart to each other. between a white man and a black man, I also J:?;:;::';.:.-:r;::<,,~~ movie "GreenBook." ltis a story about You also saw how different personalities saw it could be about any two people who are \Mtor HGrm, - l'cl>Iillon- ... ,,_""' ...... "-'c:., a world-class black pianist who hires an could come together with mutual trust and willing to open their hearts and listen to the R -~ Italian man, not only to drive him around, but mutual respect. Tony Lip was a spontaneous, perspective of another person that may view also to protect him as well. For two months in often emotional individual, and Dr. Shirley the world differently. 1962, they toured around the country, even to was a structured, more formal man. Yet, I used to move away from religious people, the Deep South, to bring music to audiences, they learned from each other and in the end, afraid oftheirjudgment on me as a mother of then I remember King's words, and I feel my most of whom were wealthy and white. "Green lived life at a higher level because of their a transgender son. Basically, I put up a wall. strength return. Whispering right behind him Book" refers to "The Negro Motorist Green shared experiences. They remained friends Today, I am more willing to share our story is Yuri Kochiyama. And I know that together Book," which was published annually from throughout their lives. in churches and with religious individuals, so we can make this world better. 1936-64 to show African-American travelers Both of these individuals were good people, that compassion for the LGBTQ community safe places to eat and sleep. and their time with each other brought them might bring greater acceptance and openness aWe must acceptfinite disappointment, If you plan to see the movie, there might greater awareness, understanding and empathy. to their thinking and institution. but never lose infinite hope." be some spoilers in my column, so you may I also walked away from this movie with greater In return, I have come to understand there are - Dr. Marlin Luther King Jr. want to read this after you see "Green Book." awareness, understanding and empathy myself. good people in churches who just don't know aDon't become too narrow. Live fully. Tad and I walked out of the theater agreeing I left the theater remembering a story that a how to supporttheLGBTQ community. Where Meet all kinds of people. it was a great movie. Not only was the acting colleague told me about being mistaken for a do we start? What do we do? These are often You will learn something from everyone. good, but it also educated us from a heartfelt lower-level job just because he was black. He the questions I am asked. Conversations I am Follow what you feel in your heart." perspective. Early in the movie, star Viggo is a respected attorney for a large New York having with churches and temples are helping Mortensen's character, Tony Lip, wanted to law firm. How demeaning that must have felt us both come together as well as work together. - YuriKochiyama throwaway glasses that two black workmen being judged only by the color of his skin. I am writing this article on Dr. Martin Luther drank from. His wife pulled them out of the I thought of how humiliating it was for King Jr.'s birthday. I wonder what he would MarshaAizumi is an advocate in the LGBT trash, shaking her head. Tony was clearly racist Dr. Shirley to be invited to play for an have thought about the way our world has community and the author of the book But as Tony drove Dr. Don Shirley, played audience in the South, but not allowed to use progressed? Sometimes while reading the aTwo Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, by Mahershala Ali, around the country, you their restroom. Instead, he was offered an headlines and listening to the news, I am Her Transgender Son and Their Journey to saw their relationship grow through shared outhouse away from the house, or if he pre- discouraged as a parent of aLGBTQ child. But Love and Acceptance." 4 Feb. 8-21 , 2019 NATIONAL/COMMUNITY PACIFIC. CITIZEN JANM AND THE NIPPON FOUNDATION WORK TO GATHER RESEARCH ABOUT YOUNG NIKKEI AROUND THE WORLD The online survey, available thru Feb. 28, aims to deepen the understanding of Nikkei communities in the Japanese diaspora. The JACL National Board met at its San Francisco headquarters on Feb. 2, where it LOS ANGELES - The Japanese outlined 2019 goals as the organization commemorates its 90th anniversary this year. American National Museum is col• laboIating with the Nippon Founda• tion on a large-scale, global research project to learn how young people JACL NATIONAL BOARD MEETS TO of Japanese ancestry (Nikkei) un• JAPANESE AMERICAN derstand and express their Japanese heritage. NATION AL MUSEUM DISCUSS FUTURE PLANS AND GOALS The project, the first of its kind, aims to deepen the understanding of espite intense rain, thun• issues, all while commemorating DREAM Act, work with the 1-1LB Nikkeicommunities in the Japanese der and lightning outside, the 90th anniversary of JACL and and NFL on providing broader diaspoIa, including their differences D making for a bleak day in its national newspaper publication training to their players regarding and similarities, as well as their needs the Bay Area, inside JACL's San the Pacific Citizen this year. anti-Asian racism and JACI..'s sign• and challenges now and in the future. Francisco headquarters, the or• JACI.:s current National Board ing on several amicus briefs con• The project will target Nikkei ganization's National Board had is ready to meet these challenges cerning hate crimes, the LGBTQ ages 18-35, regamless of when their many positive plans on its agenda head-on. community and affirmative action. ancestors emigrated from Japan, ''We have to make sure that we their destination country or where f1E1il' during its quarterly meeting on SecretaryiTreasurer James Kiri• - ~ [ill Feb. 2. take care of ourselves and find the hara reported that YTD member• the individuals now reside. Among the main items on its right balance ... so that this orga• ship revenue yielded $548K, com• The research will gather data from agenda was discussion on how nization can thrive into the future," pared to 2017's $541K JACL also participants regarding demogIaphics, THE NIPPON best to continue the organization's said JACL National President .Jef• experienced a significant decline the prevalence of Japanese cultural FOUNDATION civil advocacy work and increasing frey 1-kly. "To think back on the in equity net assets since August activities and influences in their lives membership numbers among chal• hst six months and when we start• 2018 due to investment valuation and their connectedness to local lenging financial times and staffing ed talking about what our goals for declines based on the stock market. Nikkei communities and Japan. our term were going to be to what He stressed the importance of the An online survey (https:llwww. surveymonkey.comlrfTNFNikkeiSur• A brief break our long-term goals are now for organization's need to stay on top B;t; THE NIPPON veyEN), avaihble in four hnguages f."t in the rain JACL as an organization, I can see of the budgeting process and con• (English, Japanese, Fbrtugueseand \,;I """" FOUNDATION allowed for a all the work we're doing.... We're tinued monitoring by the Financial Spanish), to gather this information little sun at at a place where we know what we Oversight Cbmmittee. was launched in late January and is Japantown's want to accomplish, and that will Although 2018 accounted for 200 avaihble online until Feb. 28. Peace help set us up for future success." fewer members, revenue finished FOllowing the survey, focus groups Pagoda. JACL Executive Director David ahead of budget expectations due Inoue updated the board on his to an increase in dues, reported VP will be convened in 10 countries, lished in 1962 as a nonprofitphihn• current search to fill the vacant 1-1embership Haruka Roudebush. including Australia, Brazil, Canada, thropic organization, active in Japan business manager position. He remains firmly committed Japan, the Netherlands, Paraguay, and around the world. Its range of At the moment, Inoue is inter• to his goal of 10,000 members by Peru, the Philippines, the United activities encompasses education, viewing potential candidates. the end of 2019, as well as the stan• Kingdom and the US. social welfare, public health and "I'm using this time where darization of national dues rates. The team leading this research other fields - carried out in more weare looking at how to revise Roudebush also praised 26 chap• includes Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks, than 100 countries to date. Together our staff and how to operate ters for increasing membership for senior research associate and assis• with numerous partner organizations with the best efficiency." the year, including &:lnoma Cb., tant professor ofAsian Pacific Ameri• in Japan and worklwide, it funds and Despite staffing vacancies, 42; Honolulu, 8; Silicon Valley, 11; can Studies at Loyola 1furymount assists community-led efforts aimed Inoue noted that JACL's ad• and Fresno, 6; PSW, five chapters University; and Dr. Lindsey Sasaki at realizing a more peaceful and vocacy wolk continues on gained members; PNW, 4; IDC, Kogasaka, assistant director of Study prosperous global society. all cylinders. 28; 1IDC, 6; EDC, Philly added 13 Abroad at Fbmona Cbllege. And JANM is the first museum In his report to the members. Rooks' research focuses on in the U. S. dedicated to sharin g the board, Inoue outlined Phnning for National Cbnven• ethnic and multiracial identity, ethnic experience of Americans of Japanese JACI..'s wolk regarding tion in Salt Lake City (July 31- community deveiq>mentand cultural ancestry as an integral part of the the Muslim travel ban, Aug. 4) is well underway, reported competency in community health nation's history. Through its compre• family separation and VP General Operations 1-hrissa and wellness; Kogasakaspecializes hensive colb::tion of Japanese Ameri• detention, its lead in Kitazawa. in cross-cultural exchange and train• can objects, images and documents, the Japanese Ameri- And VP Planning and Develop• ing, international migration and the as well as exhibitions, educational can Cbnfinement ment 1futthew Farrells reported Asian diaspora in Latin America. programs and publications, JANM Sites Program, that a nationwide fundraising The Nippon Foundation, which shares the Japanese American story DAo\ and the initiative will roll out soon. • initiated this project and selected with local, national and international JANM as its partner, was estab- audiences. • PACIFIC. CITIZEN COMMUNITY Feb. 8-21 , 2019 5 high winds, heat, cok! and rain. The 11"anzanar at Dusk program, which is THE 50TH ANNUAL MANZANAR PILGRIMAGEI co-sponsored by the Nikkei Student Unions at California State University, Fullerton; California State University, Long Beach; MANZANAR AT DUSK SET FOR APRIL 27 California State Fblytechnic University, Fb• mona; the University of California, Los An• Preliminary details for the 2019 event have been announced, with bus geles; and the University of California, San transportation available from Los Angeles. Diego will follow a couple of hours after the 1funzanar Pilgrimage at 5 p.m. at Lone Pine LOS ANGELES - The 50th Annual High &hool, which is located at 538 S. 11"ain 11"anzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Street (US. Hwy 395), approximately eight 11"anzanar Committee, is scheduled for miles south of the 11"anzanar National His• April 27 at the 11"anzanar National Historic toric Site, across the street from 1-1cDonald's. Site, located on U.S Hwy 395 in California's Through a creative presentation, small Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone group discussions and an open mic session, Pine and Independence, approximately 230 1funzanar at Dusk participants will have the miles north of Los Angeles. opportunity to learn about the experiences 11"anzanar was the first of the Ameri• of those incarcerated in the camps. Fartici• can concentration caps in which more than pants will also be able to interact with for• 120,000 Japanese Americans and their im• mer incarcerees in attendance to hear their migrant parents were unjustly incarcerated personal stories, share their own experiences during World War II. and discuss the relevance of the concentra• Each year, more than 1,000 people from all tion camp experience to present-day events walks of life attend the 1funzanar Pilgrim• and issues. age, including students, teachers, communi• Further details about the Pilgrimage and The Roll Call of the Camps at the 49th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage: ty members, clergy and former incarcerees. the 1funzanar at Dusk program will be Banners representing the 10 American concentration camps, the Crystal Planning is underway for the afternoon announced at a hter date. City Internment Camp and the 100th Battalionl442nd Regimental Com• event, as well as for the annual1funzanar at The 11"anzanar Committee has also bat Team/Military Intelligence Service are shown here Just prior to being Dusk program, which follows the pilgrimage announced that bus transportation to the pil• marched into the Manzanar cemetery for the traditional interfaith service. that same evening. grimagewill be avaihble from Los Angeles' This year's 11"anzanar Pilgrimage will Little Tokyo. The bus will depart at 7 a.m., commemorate the 50th anniversary of the broader public aboutourstory. In some ways, Cultural performances will begin at arriving at the pilgrimage at approximately first organized 11"anzanar Pilgrimage in pilgrimages created the basis for the redress 11:30 am., while the main portion oftheday's 11:30 a.m. and will also take participants 1969. movement to be established and grow, and it program will begin at Noon. to the Visitor Center at the 11"anzanar Na• "The fact that the 11"anzanar Committee helped prepare the community to talk about Pilgrimage participants are advised to tional Historic Site following the afternoon and the 1funzanar Pilgrimage have been their unjust incarceration at the Commission bring their own lunch, drinks and snacks, program. The bus shouk! arrive back in in existence for 50 years, enduring and on Wartime Relocation and Internment of as there are no facilities to at the 11"anzanar Los Angeles at approximately 8:3 0 p. m. spanning geneIations, is very important to Civilians hearings in the early 1980s." National Historic Site (restaurants and fast• Reservations for the Little Tokyo bus will take stock of," said 11"anzanar Committee Embrey added that over the past 50 years, food outlets are located in Lone Pine and be accepted on a first-come, first-served ba• Co-Chair Bruce Embrey. "The 11"anzanar the 1funzanar Pilgrimage has oought to Independence, which are nearby). Water will sis. The nonrefundable fare is $45 per seat, Pilgrimage has endured. It has become an honor and remember the strength, endurance be provided at the site, but participants are $30 for youth (17 years of age and younger). important part of our community's effort and dedication of the former incarcerees. asked to bring a refillable water bottle that Complimentary fares are available for those to make sure our nation remembers what "We always try to remind everyone how can be filled at refilling stations on site. who were incarcerated at any of the former can happen when the rights of any commu• the endurance and strength of those Issei, Those who wish to participate in the American concentration camps or other nity are trampled upon under the guise of Nisei and Sansei and others who survived traditional flower offering during the confinement sites during WWII. national security concerns or because of camp and the aftermath of their incarcera• interfaith service are advised to bring their Anyone wishing to attend the 11"anzanar xenophobia. tion was remarkable," Embrey stressed. own flowers. at Dusk program that evening should make "The pilgrimages were a quest, searching "This year, we hope to capture how strength Pilgrimageparticipants shouk! also beaware other transportation arrangements. for the truth of what happened, led mostly and endurance has been central to demand• that weather in the Owens Valley can be un• Both the 1funzanar Pilgrimage and the by young Sansei (third-generation Japanese ing justice over the decades, as well as to predictable and can change rapidly. The 11"an• 1funzanar at Dusk programs are free and Americans)," Embrey continued. "As it got winning redress and reparations. It is this zanar Committee advises participants that open to the public. more established, the pilgrimage became enduring spirit and search for truth that they should always wear a hat, use sunscreen a safe place for the survivors of camp to has kept the pilgrimage alive and relevant (ultraviolet light is not affected by clouds and For more infonnation, or to reserve a seat talk story, revealing the atrocities of camp, and has made it an important voice in our is more intense at higher elevations) and be on the bus departing from little Tokyo, call and educating the younger generations and nation's dialogue about civil rights." prepared for any kind of weather, including (323) 662-5102 or e-mail 50thpilgrimage@ manmnarcommittee.org. MANZANAR COMMITIEE LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE they're using a computer, tablet or smartphone." Eventually, the new website will include historical and LOS ANGELES - The 11"anzanar Committee, sponsors Pilgrimage, 1funzanar at Dusk, our Katari project, our educational material from the old website that dealt with of the annual1-hnzanar Pilgrimage since 1967, the accom• Student Awards Program, statements about issues affecting Japanese American incarceration. panying 1funzanaratDusk program since 1997 and Katari, our community and a lot more, it was notour main website, ''We're in the process of reviewing, editing and updating a new project targeting college students, has announced the which continued to be where many people looked first for much of the historical, educational and literary material hunch of its new website, https:llmanzanarcommittee.org. information. 1funy didn't now our blog existed. In any from our ok! website," 11"atsuda noted. "That'll take time, The new website combines its obsolete website and its blog case, our website was ok! and difficult to keep updated. We but once that project is completed, it'll be easy to add that into a single, modern site that will provide historical and never really had the resources or time to update it, letalone content to the new site, and it'll be easy for visitors to find." educational information about the 1funzanar Committee, modernize it, until recently." In addition, manzanarcommittee.org, "WWw.manzanar as well as news about current Committee activities, articles, 1futsuda noted that the Committee received a lot of com• committee.org and blog.manzanarcommittee.org will statements on current issues, along with theannual11"anzanar plaints each year, especially in the weeks approaching the continue to work and will take visitors to the new website. Pilgrimage and 1-hnzanar at Dusk programs. ann ual1funzanar Pilgrimage. Visitors might need to empty their browser cache before the ''We had two separate presences on the Work! Wide Web," "Our new website, with its modern-day underpinnings, is new site is avaihble. said Gann 11"atsuda, director of communications and social easy to update and maintain, not to mention easy to navigate, media/web editor of the 1funzanar Committee. ''While our and it's mobile-friendly, too. We believe visitors to ourwebsite For more infonnation, contact the ManmnarCommittee blog has all of our updated information about the 11"anzanar will be able to easily find the information they need, whether at (323) 662-5102 or email [email protected]. 6 Feb. 8-21 J 2019 IN-DEPTH PACIFIC e CITIZEN JACLers were first in line to visit Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto. The Buddhist temple is one of the most popular sites in Japan, originally built in 1397 as a residence for shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. d{ opportunity is something that was unique, spe• Connie Oecena, FEATURING THE BEST Jessica Savage cial and memorable for the 22 JACL travelers who attended the recent 2018 NCWNP District and Bonnie Savage JACL trip to Japan from Nov. 6-17, 2018. (San Jose JACL) OF THE BEST IN JAPAN Pam Yoshida and Meg Mizutani, NCWNP enjoy low tide on representatives to National JACr.;s United Miyajima Island. Twenty-two JACL travelers , T here are so many opportunities for States-Japan Relations (US-JR) committee, youth to travel to Japan . . . what created this concept more than two years ago in trip to Japan with the group. "One goal was to about adults and older Sanseis?" order to provide an opportunity to visit Japan from the NCWNP District show that Japan is easy to navigate, and at the "Are there Sanseis still affected by the World for Sansei who have never traveled there. The end of the trip, several first-timers indicated recently em barked on a War II incarceration of being taught that it intent of the trip was to provide the seasoned that they would like to go back again - by was not good to be 'too Japanese?'" "Are Japan traveler with flexibility to plan his/her themselves (the NCWNP had the welcome unique trip that created there a lot of Sansei who have never been to own itinerary on "open" days on an otherwise assistance of several tour guides and local Japan? Why?" "best of the best" Japan tour. The result was special memories to last friends)! I didn't have any expectations other These questions posed by JACLers led to a a fast-paced tour that included every mode of than to return everyone back to the U.S. safely!" Northern Califoruia-Western Nevada-Pacific transportation (ferry boat, shinkansen train, a lifetime. On the first full day in Japan, the NCWNP District JACL trip to Japan, one that was specifi• streetcar, subway and taxi) and some of the most group planned a guided tour of the Edo cally designed for the first-time Japan traveler, popular shrines, temples and castles in Japan. Museum, Asakusa (Sensoji Temple and shopped but with enough flexibility in the itinerary to Loosely thought of as the "Adult Kakehashi" along Nakamise), then to Kappabashi (Tokyo's attract even the most-frequent Japan traveler. trip, this NCWNP trip group consisted of 22 kitchen district) to create wax-replica food While there are other tours with a similar travelers (16 of whom were first-time Japan followed by a Chanko Nabe dinner in the itinerary (Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura, travelers) ranging in age from 28-82 years Ryogoku area famous for its history of sumo Hakone, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Miy,yima Island), old! Travelers were from the JACL chapters of wrestling. the concept of "bridging" can't be found in a Contra Costa, Fresno, Gilroy, Placer County, The Japan JACL chapter is one of the commercially coordinated trip. This "bridging" Sacramento, San Jose, Selma, Silicon Valley, NCWNP District chapters, so it was natural to Stockton and West Valley. The itinerary reach out to the Japan JACL chapter to develop consisted of five professionally guided an activity that would engage the Japan JACL tour days and five "free" days with with the NCWNP chapters. The Japan JACL optional planned itineraries. developed not only one activity but several in "I knew this was going to be a great the short time that the group was there. group when we got to our first escalator (From left) Lalo Sanchez (Fresno), 'The Japan JACL chapter were gracious and and as we rode up, I yelled out, 'Left Rich Saito (San Jose), Floyd Shi• generous with their time and commitment to side,' and everyone shifted over to the momura (Sacramento), Jim Craig this trip, and it was wonderful to see so many of left," said Yoshida, who made her fifth (Placer County) and Gordon Koo them attend ourjoint activities," said Yoshida. (West Valley) in the mountainous town I of Hakone, known for its hot springs and views Of ~ M ;: o~u ~ n : t : F ~ U ~ ji _____,_~ .,... Enjoying a multicourse traditional kaiseki dinner in Hakone The group gathers for a photo before their kaiseki dinner and on sen in Hakone. PACIFIC" CITIZEN IN-DEPTH Feb. 8-21 J 2019 7 Following a day of visiting Senkakuji (the shrine of the 47 Ronin), Meiji Jingu, Hara• juku, Omotedando and Shibuya, the group joined the Japan JACL chapter in the evening, with one of their monthly activities, an ESS (English Speaking Society) session with native Japanese speakers. Several groups of three to six persons com• bined with NCWNP and Japan JACL members to discuss their Japanese American history, which also soon deviated to conversations of common interests. Great food and snacks Teruko coordinated by the Japan JACL chapter Takemoto and followed the activity, and presentations of Ginny Higa at omiage from the Japan chapter and NCWNP Fushimi Inari members were presented by Debbie Yano in Kyoto. The (Japan JACL) and Yoshida (NCWNP). Shinto shrine The following day, there was a choice of three is famous for planned tours: The Tokyo National Museum its thousands in Ueno Park (led by Japan chapter member of vermilion Takamichi Go, a Japan history instructor), Among the first destination points was the the Samurai Museum (led by Gordon Koo, famed Golden Pavilion. Arriving before bus• West Valley JACL), Odaiba Mega-Web Mu• loads of school children, the group was first seum (led by John Ino and Debbie Yano of in line at Kinkakuji temple. the Japan JACL chapter) and an afternoon of After a spectacular early-morning view Kabuki theater at Kabuki-za (led by Joyce of the temple and surrounding grounds, an Iwasaki, San Jose JACL). The day ended excursion to Arashiyama followed, where with a fabulous Enkai-style dinner in Ginza the group opted to see the bamboo forest and led by Kristy Ishii, where Japan JACL chapter monkeys on the mountain. They then took a members and NCWNP District members ate, trip to Nijo Castle. drank and exchanged lively discussions about The next day, the trip participants went to identity, among other topics. Kiyomizu-Dera, Nishiki Market and then After three full days in Tokyo, the group trav• chose between an afternoon at Fushimi Inari eled to JOMM (Japanese Overseas Migration or lantern making with a family who is known Museum) in Yokohama with a tour by museum for its hand-crafted lanterns throughout Japan: surrounded the island, immersing the curator Shigeru Kojima. This museum is a Kobishiya Chube: Kojima Shoten. famous torii gate in water. highlight of the JACL youth Kakehashi trips Traveling by shinkansen the next day, the In the meantime, others planned adven• and is often the "starting point" of understand• breathtaking Himeji Castle was on the itin• tures on the final day in Hiroshima, which ing the sojourn of the Issei to the Americas. Ruthie Shimomura at the hotel on the day erary while enroute to Hiroshima. Here, the included connecting with their family and The day continued to Kamakura and ended of departure from Hiroshima to Tokyo group toured one of the best-preserved mili• heritage. Gilroy JACLers Lily Kawafu• in Hakone for an evening of ryokan-style ac• tary castles in Japan in the beautiful town of chi and June Otaguro reconnected with commodations, with several travelers visiting Himeji. It was late afternoon by the time the cousins whom they had only met once ment in planning this memorable trip to Japan. the onsen at least three times before departure group arrived in Hiroshima. before. Teruko Takemoto of the Selma JACL, Special thanks to the Japan JACL chapter and the next morning! The group's Hakone stay The late afternoon stroll to the Hiroshima accompanied by two nieces and a nephew, Japan chapter Co-Presidents John Ino and was enriched with a short cruise across Lake Peace Memorial was so bering. In some ways, visited her mother's gravesite in Hiroshima. Kristy Ishii, and to Debbie Yano for sugges• Ashinoko, then to local craft learning: Yosegi the visit at the end of the day was an appropri• Unexpectedly, she was reconnected with an tions and providing the "bridging" component Zaiku (wooden puzzle box making), fried ate time to visit this memorial, as this was a aunt by a local police officer. And Stockton of this trip. It was a great pleasure to make the kamaboko making at the famed Suzuhiro turning point of how the world and many of JACLer Karen Sakamoto ventured to an area connections with you and meet members of kamaboko factory and sampling and touring of the group's lives were changed forever. The in Hiroshima where she was raised to find that the Japan chapter! Thank you, too, to Kintetsu a small eighth-generation family owned sake devastation of the atomic bomb is unimagi• progress and development had displaced her International, who handled the travel arrange• brewery, Inoue Shuzo Hakoneyama. nable and the urgency of peace was a common neighborhood. This continuation of "bridging" ments (local General Manager Maki Hoshino The next destination was Kyoto. The NC• theme, along with resilience. was a memorable way to end the trip, and these assisted the group on the trip). This trip would WNP JACL group was among thousands of The next day was an open day to tour Miya• amazing experiences became a part of all of not have been possible without all of you. visitors in Kyoto, as fall is a popular time of jima Island. The opportunity to walk up to the the group's experiences. ''I've gotten inquiries from several people year to visit Japan. beautiful red torii gate at low tide was rare. The Japanese tradition of omiage also about this trip from other (JACL) districts, "Chisa Matsunaga, who is a student in Osaka, Many enjoyed a relaxing day touring the island became a common practice, with trip par• and while I LOVE the cities that we went to, spent the entire time with us in Kyoto to help and its many delicacies of street food, grilled ticipants sharing gifts among themselves there is so much more of Japan to explore," us tour since all the activities there were oysters and visits to the many temples on the and others throughout the trip. While many said Yoshida "Japan is so diverse and regional. optional," said Yoshida. island. By the time the group left, high tide are new JACL members, perhaps this can be So, if NCWNP plans another trip, the itinerary a common bond of a shared might be different, but this would be more experience that was not obvious challenging since the places we went to were until the trip began. easy to navigate. I'll be evaluating this in the "Favorite memories included next few weeks with the Japan JACL chapter seeing our group members in• members, NCWNP District Council and our teract with our tour operators trip participants will be meeting for a trip re• by giving omiage or taking union this month - we'll evaluate all of this." pictures with them," Yoshida For some attending this trip, Japan had said. "Nearly two-thirds of the never been a travel plan before. But for all, it group had never been to Japan is hoped that this will be one of many trips and were very overwhelmed to Japan. While the destinations the group in the beginning, but felt very traveled to were among the most-popular comfortable at the end of the and most-frequented places to visit in Japan, trip." the experience to travel as a JACL group was Many thanks to the NCWNP unique. District and NCWNP District JACL Japan chapter members at ESS Gordon Koo and Pam Yoshida (West Valley) sample "My favorite memories," Yoshida recalled, Governor Carol Kawase for in Tokyo street food on Miyajima Island. "are all the times that I saw members of our their support and encourage- group 'connect.'" • REP. SEN. MAZIE THE GOLD ACT OF 2019 IRlU !IIRlIIAllU OIY WASHIN '"!,,rio _ , " SbigeMW>. '''I'm'''''- FILM 'FOR SAKE OF THE SETS S iii",,,,Wi> f<,e ~ IMt 0.1:1" '" roe r.rtio,," po"'-Nydl:lrd Iall: al;o,. camp be "'''''' Illey -...n\edto p _ ctt ""' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Families appi to defeat the dangerous and communities for 40 years. "Sherry Hirota's deep passion for USA has announced Sherry Hirota un-American Public Charge Rule "This recognition from Families underserved populations marries as the winner of its Health Equity and shift the narrative about health USA comes at the perfect moment beautifully with hercommitmentto Health Advocate ofthe Year award care coverage for immigrants. to bring together communities across ensure health care is seen as a right, on Jan. 25 for her efforts in advanc• Hirota is CEO of Asian Health the country around health care forall not a privilege. It is our delight to ing social justice through health care &rvices, an Oakland, Calif.-based and while stopping Public Charge, recognize her tremendous work." advocacy. community health center and advo• which threatens health care for Hirota has been a leader in work• cacy organization. An advocate and immigrants," said Hirota. Hirota was recognized during an ing with immigrant communities pioneer in the Asian American and Said Fatrick Willard, senior di• awards luncheon held during the to access and maintain health care Facific Islander health movement, rector of state and national strate• 2019 Health Action Conference at the coverage and has led #Onenation- she has championed underserved gic partnerships at Families USA: HyattRegency in Washington,D.C. LETTER » continued from page 2 They also contri• said, "Pilgrimages AMERICAN HOLIDAY TRAVEL buted to long stig• arevitally important 2019 TOUR SCHEDULE matization by the to ourcommunity in community. Now healing the deep and Splendid Sicily Holiday Tour (Elaine Ishida) April 6-15 ironically, JACL persevering wounds Palermo, Corleone, visit a family farm, Agrigento, Taormina. strongly supports mi• of incarceration. nority communities especially true of Charleston-Savannah-St. Augustine Tour (Carol Hida) . . April 7-13 in their resistance Tule Lake, where Charleston, Fort Sumter, Beaufort Horse Drawn Carriage Tour, and protest against the scars of injustices Savannah, Jekyll Island, St. Augustine Trolley Tour injustices. What inflicted by our Japan Spring Countryside Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) · April 12-23 about the Tule Lake government were Tokyo, Sakata, Akita, Oga Peninsula, Hanamaki Onsen, Matsushima, resisters and their protests against compounded by the ostracism Aizu Wakamatsu, Ouchijuku, Iwaki Hawaiian Show, Ashikaga Flower Park. a huge injustice? many experienced from others Writer 1-hrtha :Nakagawa wrote in the Japanese American South America Japanese Heritage Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) . . May 9-24 an extensive three-part article in community." Argentina - Buenos Aires; Brazil- Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, the Rafu Shimpo about the Tule Although thoughtful and Iguassu Falls; Lake pilgrimage held this past sympathetic, words are quickly Peru - Lima, Machu Picchu. Meet local Japanese and learn their history. July with over 400 participants. forgotten. Now is finally the time Iceland Explorer Holiday Tour (Elaine Ishida) . . June 5-11 She noted that both Gary 1-heda, for action towaru an official JACL Reykjavik, Blue Lagoon, Strokkur Geyser, Gullfoss/Goiden Falls, then-JACLnational president, and apology to all former Tule lake David Inouye, JACL executive inmates. Thingvellir National Park, Viking Ship Museum, Lake Kleifarvatn. director, attended the pilgrimage. Grandparents-Grandchildren Japan Tour I (Ernest Hida) Waitlist . · June 17-27 Maeda was asked about a Sincerely, Grandparents-Grandchildren Japan Tour II (Ernest Hida) . July 1-11 JACL apology to former Tule Tokyo, Hakone/Atami, Hiroshima, Kyoto Lake inmates. His answer: "That Yukio Knwaratani, Alaska Land & Cruise Tour (Elaine Ishida) . . July 16-28 mightbea good idea." Inouyeina Longtime JACL member Fairbanks, Denali National Park, Talkeetna, Anchorage, Hubbard Glacier, July/August Pacific Citizen article and former Tule Lake inmate Glacier Bay, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, Vancouver, Seattle. Hokkaido Summer Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) . · July 17-29 Chitose, Furano, Asahikawa, Rishiri Island, Wakkanai, Sapporo, Otaru, Lake Toya, Hakodate, Tokyo NAOMI OSAKA» continued from page 3 Western Mediterranean Holiday Cruise (Carol Hida) . Aug 18-31 Rome, Gibraltar, Malaga, Barcelona, Provence, Monte Carlo, Dc:hito Arudou, a Caucasian Ame• herself with a humility that is deeply, Monaco, Florence/Pisa. Holland America Line rican who moved to Japan to teach well, Japanese. and married a Japanese woman, But being ranked at the top of the Yellowstone & Mt. Rushmore Holiday Tour (Elaine Ishida) . Sep 22-29 changed his name(hewas born David world helps. Let's hope Osaka can Jackson Hole, Yellowstone National Park, Sheridan, Mt. Rushmore. Ardwinkle) and nationality and even keep winning and maintain her star Japan Autumn Countryside Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) . Oct 17-28 became an e~rton racism in Japan. status. Tokyo, Sado Island, Kanazawa, Shirakawago, Amanohashidate, He warned Clsaka in a Japan Times ItcouH bereally interesting to IOlbw Tottori, Matsue, Tamatsukuri Onsen, Kobe. commentary that even without the her career if she chooses to become Kenya Wildlife Safari Holiday Tour (Carol Hida) . Oct 9-21 challenge of her identity, Japanese an American athete in O::tober, when fans have been brutal on top athletes she turns 22. Would her Japanese fans Nairobi, Amboseli-Nakuru Lake-Masai Mara National Parks, Mt. Kenya who peaked and couldn't regain their continue to love her? Safari Club, Sweetwaters Tented Camp, Jane Goodall Chimpanze Sanctuary. heights. Adding her mixed ethnicity, Let's hope so. But myself, I'm Kyushu-Shikoku Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) . Nov 10-22 he predicts, will beatough challenge hoping she chooses Japanese citi• Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Beppu, Matsuyama, to overcome. zenship. I think hercelc:hrity in Japan Kochi, Takamatsu, Shodo Island, Tokushima. In another Japan Times commen• can help change some attitudes about tary, former diplomatKuni Myake race across the Facific. For more information and reservations, please contact: pointed out that xenophobia exists in every society, and Clsaka represents Gil Asakawa is fonner chair of AMERICAN HOLIDAY TRAVEL contradictions in modern Japanese thePacificCitizenEditorialBoard 312 E.1st Street, Suite 240 * Los Angeles, CA 90012 oociety and raises the question ofwho and author of "Being Japanese is Japanese. In the end, she noted that American" (Second Edition, Stone Tel: (213)625-2232 * Email: [email protected] Japan is naturally becoming more Bridge Press, 2015). He blogs at Ernest or Carol Hida Elaine Ishida (Tel: 714-269-4534) multicultural, and Clsaka conducts www.nikkeiview.com. 10 Feb. 8-21 , 2019 CALENDAR PACIFICO CITIZEN A NATIONAL GUIDE TO NOTABLE COMMUNITY EVENTS Inlo: Email inlo@jci-gardena. Nisei Paradox Inlo: Visit [email protected]; org, visit jci-gardena.org or call Ontario, OR http://www.janm.org/exhibits/con• (310) 324-6611. Feb. 21; 7 p.m. tested-histories!; https:/lwww.imdb . • Meyer McLean Perlorming Arts comltitle/tt1436341/; https:llwww. Kishi Bashi Theatre imdb.comltitle/tt496B024/; https:1I Orange, CA 676 S.W. Fifth Ave. porttolio.du/edu/amache. Feb. 28; 7:30 p.rn Price: Free The popular seasonal Kaiseki work• Musco Center lor the Arts This play tells the story ofthe Japa• shop continues with a spring menu Chapman University nese American men who refused to NCWNP featuring an elegant multicourse meal MDC enlist in the WWII draft while their in the Kaiseki tradition using fresh 415 N. Glassell 'Then They Came for Me: families were unjustly incarcerated ingredients to reflect the flavors and Price: Tickets $25-$45 AAPI Youth Summit: Rooting Our Incarceration of Japanese during the war. This is their story of colors ofthe season. This workshop Singer/songwriter/violinist Kishi Stories, Rooting Ourselves Americans During WWII and the why. The Four Rivers Cultural Center will feature four dishes including Bashi makes his Musco Center Minneapolis, MN Demise of Civil Liberties' Exhibit invites you to hearthis true story of chirashi sushi, Kaiseki-style miso debut as he reimagines the sonic March 2; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. San Francisco, CA American citizenry and patriotism. soup, wild sea scallops with fish worlds of everything from Dvorak's University 01 Minnesota Thru May 27; Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.- "American String Quartet" to his own Inlo: Visit 4RCC.com or call 6p.m. roe and dashi soup stock made with (Building TBA: Check website lor kelp and dried bonito. songs reminiscent of contemporary (541) 889-8191. The Presidio details) Info: Visit www.jcccnc.org. indie pop to Japanese folk songs to Price: Free and open to all students; 100 Montgomery st. Talking Heads covers. Kishi Bashi's Presented by the Jonathan Logan Japanese American heritage plays lunch will be provided. Medaka No Gakko Japanese Culture CCDC During this third-annual event, stu• Family Foundation, this exhibit a central role in his music as he Summer Day Camp dents will have the opportunities to offers an expanded focus on the grapples with the realities of the im• CCDC's Annual Day of Remembrance Palo Alto, CA discuss how to bring their histories, experiences of those returning to migrant experience and the complex Luncheon & Oflicer Installation Northern California following the June 24-July 12; 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m.; communities and identities into their histories written into his DNA. Don't Fresno, CA closing of the incarceration camps 1-4 p.m. Extended Care workasAAPI students, professionals miss this unique musical/multimedia Feb. 17; Noon Social Hour; Programl following the end of World War II. It 2751 Louis Road and community members. Topics experience. Lunch 1-3 p.m. also features imagery by American Price: $450 per child by Jan. 31; include exploring how these aspects Inlo: Visit www.muscocenter.orglor Price: $40 of life can shape new imaginations photographers Dorothea Lange and $500 after Feb. 1; $400 per child lor tickets or call (844) 626-8726. Join CCDC at.s annual Day of Re• for the future. The summit will also Ansel Adams, alongside works by extended care incarcerated Japanese American art• membrance luncheon and officer include a keynote, workshop ses• The mission of Medaka is to convey ists Toyo Miyatake and Mine Okubo. Kollaboration EMPOWER Conlerence installation that will also feature sions and time for networking. the customs, values and aesthetics Combined with additional artifacts Los Angeles, CA guest speaker Tom Ikeda, founder Inlo: Visit https:llwww.lacebook. of Japanese culture. This three-week made by camp survivors, historical March 23-24; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and executive director of Densho, day camp, open to K-6th grade stu• comleventsl197889637825812/. documents, videos and a wide array JANM whose mission is to preserve and dents, has been in operation since of cultural, curatorial and political 100 N. Central Ave. share the history ofthe World War II 1982, featuring a dedicated team of programs, this exhibit illuminates Price: Registration opens in February. incarceration of Japanese Americans teachers that provide lessons in art, EDC this historical event from several to promote equity and justicetoday. music, cooking, Japanese language This two-day event is for aspiring vantage points. Prior to the luncheon, join the sec• and history. Parent participation is Asian Americans of all ages and pro• Inlo: Visit www.ThenTheyCame.org fessions to gather and learn directly ond annual Yonsei Memory Project The Collective Power 01 Rhythm: required: half-day in class, activity Memory Bus Ride from 8:30-11 a.m. Rebuilding the Japanese American or email [email protected]. team and Obon shift. from some ofthe community's most Inlo: Luncheon RSVP before Feb. 13. Identity Inlo: For more inlormation, email inspirational professionals. Attend• ees will be able to explore a variety For more inlormation, contact Travis Cambridge, MA 39th Annual San Jose Day 01 [email protected] of creative career paths, industries Nishi at (559) 281-6497 or email tsni• Feb. 19; 6 p.m. Remembrance and lor additional parent information, and practices to maketheirdreams [email protected]; lor Bus Ride RSVP, visit Harvard Graduate School 01 Educa• San Jose, CA email [email protected] Feb. 17; 5:30-7:30 p.m. a reality. This unique experience will https:llwww.yonseimemoryprojecl. tion, Askwith Hall bridge communities, generations, comldorlebruary2019/. 13 Appian Way San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin industries and innovative minds. On this Day of Remembrance, this 640 N. Fifth SI. Inlo: Visit https:/Iempower. Price: Free PSW program will explore howtaiko drum• kollaboration.org. ming became a source of transform a• Commemorating the 77th anniver• Tsuruya Kokei: Modern Kabuki Prints IDC tive change to redefine identity and sary of E.O. 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942, Revised & Revisited this year's event, presented by the Mile High JACL's Day 01 Remembrance recognize the power of rhythm and Pasadena, CA Denver, CO social patterns to produce a uni• Nihonmachi Outreach Committee, Thru July 14 PNW will feature speakers Don Tamaki, Feb. 17; 1-3 p.rn (additional events fied, collective force to enact social USC Pacilic Asia Museum Day 01 Remembrance Taiko Concert Teresa Castellanos and Chizu Omori, Feb. 15 and 16 detailed below) change. This event will also feature as well as a performance by San 46 N. Los Robles Ave. to Benelit Pilgrimage to Minidoka History Colorado Center 94-year-old Dr. Yutaka Kobayashi's Jose Taiko. Don't miss the tradi• Price: Admission Iree lor members; Incarceration Camp in Idaho experience as an incarcerated Japa• 1200 N. Broadway nese American during WWII. tional candlelight procession through $10 General Admission; $7 Students Seattle, WA Price: "Contested Histories" and JACL Japantown! and Seniors; Free lor Children Under Feb. 17; 1 p.m. Info: Contact Erika Ninoyu at ninoyu@ events are Iree; museum admission gse.harvard.edu. Inlo: Visit www.sjnoc.org or call 12 Seattle University, Pigott Auditorium is required to view additional exhibit (408) 505-1186. This new exhibition celebrates the 901 12th Ave. 30th anniversary of the contem• galleries. Screening 01 'The Ito Sisters' Price: $20 General admission; This year's keynote speaker will be porary artist's first solo show and Somerville, MA Dowa No Omatsuri 2019: A Festival $10 Students with identilication Satsuki Ina, who will focus on the 01 Children's Stories features the complete collection of Sponsored by the Seattle University March 1; 5:30-8 p.m. his actor prints from 1984-93. The ex• women of the Japanese American San Francisco, CA International Student Center and experience, who often have been Tufts Alumnae Lounge hibition also showcases actor prints the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning 40 Talbot Ave. Feb. 24; Noon, Silent Auction; by Sharaku as well as two-dozen relegated to the shadows of history. Committee, this concert will fea• Shewill spotlight specifically on three Price: Free; dinner will be provided. 1:30 p.rn Theater Perlormance prints by contemporary Japanese Palace 01 Fine Arts Theater ture performances by several re• women: Mitsuye Endo, Iva Toguri This event will feature a screening of and western artists. nowned taiko groups from the Seattle 3301 Lyon SI. and Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga. A panel the film "The Ito Sisters." followed by Inlo: Visit pacilicasiamuseum.usc. area, as well as show educational a panel discussion featuring Antonia Price: $30 Advance Purchase Tickets; discussion and Q &A with audience edu or call (626) 449-2742. exhib's through the collaboration with Grace Glenn, the filmmaker, and her $40 At the Door; $10 Youth 5-17 members will follow. In addition, the the Minidoka Pilgrimage, Seattle History Colorado Center will host a mother, Evelyn Nakano Glenn. This Nihonmachi Little Friends presents GVJCI Day 01 Remembrance University, National ParkServiceand special three-day exhibit (Feb. 15-17) film focuses on the experiences its annual theater production and Gardena, CA the Minidoka National Historic Site. from LA-based JANM's "Contested of Issei and Nisei women whose auction featuring hosts June-ko Feb. 23; 1:30-4 p.m. A silent auction and general store Histories: Art and Artifacts From the voices have largely been excluded Nakagawa and Benh Nakajo. It will will also be in the atrium to help Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection." from American history. This event feature students of the NLF with Gardena Valley JCI Hall support the work of the Minidoka On Feb. 16 at 7 p.m., there will be is sponsored by the Tufts Japanese performances of "Sweet Dreams" 1964 W. 162nd SI. Pilgrimage. The concert will benefit a free but limited seating (RSVP Culture Club. • and "A Journey Together," inspired Price: Free youth and senior scholarship pro• required: [email protected]) for by various children's stories. All This year's GVJCI Day of Remem• grams forthe 17th annual Minidoka a special screening presented by proceeds will benefit the programs brance program will examine the Pilgrimage. History Colorado Centeron "Children and operations of NLF. parallels between what happened ADVERTISE HERE in America 77 years ago and what is Inlo: Tickets are available at ofthe Camps" and the short feature Inlo: Call NLF at (415) 922-8898 or https:lldor2019.bpt.me(pleasebring "Seppuku," followed byadiscussion Events in the calendar section email [email protected]. happening today. It will also feature are listed based on space the premiere of Jon Osaki's docu• identilication lor Will Call tickets); with the filmmakers. And on Feb. availability. 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