The 81st Nisei Week Grand Parade held on Sunday, Aug. 13, included dancers, taiko drum performers, participants from local community groups and high schools, elected officials and representatives, and ...
A long running celebration of Japanese culture returns to Little Tokyo with the 82nd Nisei Week Japanese Festival. The free festival will take place over the course of two weekends, Aug. 10-11 and Aug ...
Nisei Week began in 1934, and was inspired by the hardships that the aging issei (or first-generation Japanese immigrants) in Little Tokyo were facing. Business at local shops was slow, Okamoto said, ...