Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

Wonderful...!

Thanks, Ralph! :)

Thanks for the PM, Ralph-san! You've made me happy. :yippee:

I figured I'd revive this thread for possible J-D meeting up info, etc.

LA Nisei Week Festival
August 18-26, 2007
http://www.niseiweek.org/ (Though it's mostly last year's stuff for now)

Hmmm, last week of August this year, seems kind of late. :headscratch:

gaijinmark wrote:Hmmm, last week of August this year, seems kind of late. :headscratch:

That's what I said... It'll probably be around 100F. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
That's what I said... It'll probably be around 100F. :beaten:

In that case, I'll pass. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

dochira wrote:In that case, I'll pass. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

Eh, I'm kidding.

Maybe 95F. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Eh, I'm kidding.

Maybe 95F. :beaten:

OK, I'll consider it again. I'll only be :sweat: :sweat: in this case. :hehe:

dochira wrote:OK, I'll consider it again. I'll only be :sweat: :sweat: in this case. :hehe:

That said, it'll probably rain.

Hawaii in downtown L.A....! :woot: :dancing:

bmwracer wrote:

Maybe 95F. :beaten:

Just be glad you're not one of those guys dressed up in all that Samurai crap having to ride a horse in the parade. :sweat: [/list:u]

At the rate this year is going it's not too early to plan for Nisei week.

I think I'm coming down with several folks this year. Kelly for sure and my cousin Ben if he's still in class in art school in Pasadena. Also Erica who gave up acting to study the arts of filming; behind the camera works.
Moreover, I've got an itch to participate in the Odon dancing the second Sunday. Last year they gave Odon classes if you wanted to look better than totally ridiculous. so I may attend the class (if offered again).
:shakehead:

gaijinmark wrote: Just be glad you're not one of those guys dressed up in all that Samurai crap having to ride a horse in the parade. :sweat: [/list:u]

Or all the gals in the kimonos. :sweat:



Er, Odon classes, Ralph?

Either you mean "Udon" or "Obon."

I think.

:sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Or all the gals in the kimonos. :sweat:



Er, Odon classes, Ralph?

Either you mean "Udon" or "Obon."

I think.

:sweat:

That's the problem I have with the Japanese language. Everything sounds alike and I'm too lazy to keep looking up the correct spelling.
Obon it is. b and d are too close to remember which is which.

:shakehead:

ralphm1999 wrote:That's the problem I have with the Japanese language. Everything sounds alike and I'm too lazy to keep looking up the correct spelling.

I'll bet someone in Japan is saying the exact same thing about English. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Or all the gals in the kimonos. :sweat:



Er, Odon classes, Ralph?

Either you mean "Udon" or "Obon."

I think.

:sweat:

Well, if you're talking about dancing, maybe you mean "ondo". You just switched a few letters around. :headscratch:

Super No. 1 wrote:

Well, if you're talking about dancing, maybe you mean "ondo". You just switched a few letters around. :headscratch:

right again. It's Ondo. That's where the different groups dance in a line going from one end of the street to the other end in a long oblongish circle. And we the public are invited to dance alonside of them...
I posted pictures of the dance:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v223/ralphm1999/LA%20Nisei%20fest%20Aug%2020%202006/

:bow:

bmwracer wrote:
Or all the gals in the kimonos. :sweat:

Thankfully, the SF Court (and the Seattle and Hawaii as well) can wear standard American formal attire at Nissei week. But the poor LA contingent... always wonder how they dealt with the LA heat.



Cheers, :drink:
PCM

pcmodem wrote:But the poor LA contingent... always wonder how they dealt with the LA heat.

They're probably not wearing anything underneath the kimonos. :beaten:

Talked with my oyaji, looks like we'll probably fly down to LA for Nisei Week. Will probably hang out withhim and his judo buddies and his Shinto priest amigo.



Cheers, :drink:
PCM

bmwracer wrote:
They're probably not wearing anything underneath the kimonos. :beaten:

Wouldn't I like to confirm this myself. :naughty: :hehe: :bonk: But... :beatyou: :beaten: for me.