Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

bmwracer wrote:
Mark your calendars...! :woot:

not until those yearly j-calendars come out, they are due out in a few months.... :bonk:

qilver wrote:not until those yearly j-calendars come out, they are due out in a few months.... :bonk:

September-October.

bmwracer wrote:
September-October.

where do you normally order from?

i've ordered thru Kinokuniya, and yesasia.com last year

qilver wrote:where do you normally order from?

i've ordered thru Kinokuniya, and yesasia.com last year

Either Yesasia or Amazon Japan.

bmwracer wrote:
Either Yesasia or Amazon Japan.

Lately I've been ordering lots of stuff from CDJapan. I've found that even though yesAsia has low postage, they mark things up a lot more than CDJapan. When I compare the total price between the two including postage, CDJapan beats them 2 out of 3 times.
Have to order my Kuninaka Ryoko calendar soon.... and haruka Ayase too. Kuninaka did not have a 2006 calendar... almost died :shakehead:
But thnak goodness Haruka Ayase came out with a beautiful calendar.

ralphm1999 wrote:Lately I've been ordering lots of stuff from CDJapan. I've found that even though yesAsia has low postage, they mark things up a lot more than CDJapan. When I compare the total price between the two including postage, CDJapan beats them 2 out of 3 times.

Amazon Japan has decent prices, but their shipping is outrageous. And they don't offer free shipping at all, even though you're spending an arm and a leg.

Just uploaded some candids from the Nisei festival for Sunday 8/20:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v223/ralphm1999/LA%20Nisei%20fest%20Aug%2020%202006/

ralphm1999 wrote:Just uploaded some candids from the Nisei festival for Sunday 8/20:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v223/ralphm1999/LA%20Nisei%20fest%20Aug%2020%202006/

Cool.

Thanks Ralph.

ralphm1999 wrote:Just uploaded some candids from the Nisei festival for Sunday 8/20:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v223/ralphm1999/LA%20Nisei%20fest%20Aug%2020%202006/

wow, that drum ensemble looked amazing!

I want geta sandals! :pout:

Wynter wrote:

wow, that drum ensemble looked amazing!

I want geta sandals! :pout:

I have never heard any drums before to equal this group. Every building on the street seemed to vibrate with the intensity of the sound. I was totally mesmerized as was everybody else.... And the gymnastic motions of the drummers in perfect coordination and rythms were a wonder to behold. Next year I'm taking my camcorder so you guys can get a better feel for it. :good: :good: :good:

The girl singer with the small combo sang 'The Girl From Ipanema' in Japanese. Was very soft and gentle and a pleasure to listen to.

You should hear the San Francisco Taiko with Tanaka Seiichi at the helm. There's a good chance they founders were students of Tanaka-sensei.

ralphm1999 wrote:

I have never heard any drums before to equal this group. Every building on the street seemed to vibrate with the intensity of the sound. I was totally mesmerized as was everybody else.... And the gymnastic motions of the drummers in perfect coordination and rythms were a wonder to behold. Next year I'm taking my camcorder so you guys can get a better feel for it. :good: :good: :good:

The girl singer with the small combo sang 'The Girl From Ipanema' in Japanese. Was very soft and gentle and a pleasure to listen to.

Awww sounds amazing! Hopefully I'll be there next year to hear them on my own! :fingerscrossed:

ralphm1999 wrote:Just uploaded some candids from the Nisei festival for Sunday 8/20:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v223/ralphm1999/LA%20Nisei%20fest%20Aug%2020%202006/

great photos, ralph, thx. :applaud:

I opened up a new section in my website with tons of photos from the parade and Anime Festival. My friend was helping to organize the Anime Festival and some of my friends were perforiming so I was there most of the time and didn't have time for much else.

http://super-no1.com/niseiweek2006/

Super No. 1 wrote:I opened up a new section in my website with tons of photos from the parade and Anime Festival. My friend was helping to organize the Anime Festival and some of my friends were perforiming so I was there most of the time and didn't have time for much else.

http://super-no1.com/niseiweek2006/

Oooh, more pics. Thanks! :)

Wynter wrote:

Awww sounds amazing! Hopefully I'll be there next year to hear them on my own! :fingerscrossed:

Somone on another forum linked me to the home page of the Taiko drummers. I had no idea this group is so famous. Since they are based in Little Tokyo I'm going to visit their headquarters on my next visit. :applaud:
http://www.zendeko.org/events.htm

ralphm1999 wrote:

Somone on another forum linked me to the home page of the Taiko drummers. I had no idea this group is so famous. Since they are based in Little Tokyo I'm going to visit their headquarters on my next visit. :applaud:
http://www.zendeko.org/events.htm

Thanks! Verra intense... :victory:

I forgot to mention one thing: there's this fantastic watercolor artist named Osamu Saito and he's always in Little Tokyo at the time of the Nisei Week festival (and maybe other times as well)... His watercolors impressed me so much taht I even commissioned him to do a special watercolor for me, which currently resides in my entry way... I'll post a couple of pics soon.

Here's Saito-san's site: http://members.aol.com/sosamu/index.html :D

bmwracer wrote:I forgot to mention one thing: there's this fantastic watercolor artist named Osamu Saito and he's always in Little Tokyo at the time of the Nisei Week festival (and maybe other times as well)... His watercolors impressed me so much taht I even commissioned him to do a special watercolor for me, which currently resides in my entry way... I'll post a couple of pics soon.

Here's Saito-san's site: http://members.aol.com/sosamu/index.html :D

and i do have to say, it is great work, and the art piece is very nice in Bmw's place...
i like the koi fish...
maybe someday i can get my own japanese garden and koi pond.... :victory:

qilver wrote:and i do have to say, it is great work, and the art piece is very nice in Bmw's place...
i like the koi fish...
maybe someday i can get my own japanese garden and koi pond.... :victory:

You really wanna have a pond full o' koi?