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Nisei Week (二世週祭, Nisei-shū Matsuri) is an annual festival celebrating Japanese American (JA) culture and history in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Nisei means 2nd generation in Japanese, describing the first American born Japanese, a group which the seven-day festival was originally meant to attract. Though named for the Nisei generation ...
LA EigaFest, is an annual film festival held in Los Angeles, California hosted by the Japan Film Society. It showcases the latest Japanese films to the American audience. The festival also hosts a Shorts Competition (the Golden Zipangu Awards) [ 1] and a Business Panel [ 2] every year. "Eiga" is the Japanese term for "Film."
Added to NRHP. August 22, 1986. Designated NHLD. June 12, 1995 [3] Little Tokyo (Japanese: リトル・トーキョー), also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America. [4] It is the largest and most ...
Japanese-American culture in Los Angeles. This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles, California .
People at Anime Expo 2015. Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA). The convention is traditionally held annually on the first weekend of July, spanning the course of four days.
Los Angeles Tofu Festival, usually known as Tofu Festival or Tofu Fest, was a weekend matsuri held every August in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles from 1995 to 2007. Due to redevelopment in Little Tokyo there was no longer enough space to hold a festival of the size of Tofu Fest, and the last festival was held in 2007. [1] [2]
2019. On August 17, 2019, 88rising held their second annual Head in the Clouds music festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park. [13] The lineup included the return of Rich Brian, Joji, Higher Brothers, Niki, and Dumbfoundead. [13] The festival also included artists established in the South Korean music industry, including iKON, Jackson Wang ...
Years active. 1969–present. Kinnara Taiko is a Japanese American drumming ensemble (playing taiko) based out of Senshin Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles, US. They began playing taiko in 1969 when a few third-generation Japanese Americans gathered after an Obon festival and had an impromptu experimental session on an odaiko drum. [1]