Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

Wynter wrote:Sugoi! Everything is so crisp and clean. What's the sculpture up front supposed to represent?

I've no idea... I think there's a sign or placard there, but I never took the time to read it. :beaten:

qilver wrote:

not sure the exact dimensions of the LA Little tokyo New Otani Beer Garden, but the one in Tokyo, is 400 acres, or i think i read that wrong, but is a lot bigger.

400 acres, dood? I dunno that sounds kind of doubtful...but the yeah the various beer gardens in Japan are orders of magnitude larger....the Tokyo New Otani Hotel is several times larger than the Little Tokyo branch.

Ikebana display inside the cultural center.

(crappy photos: the flash created a shadow behind the display, giving it a out of focus look... :puppydog:)

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bmwracer wrote:Ikebana display inside the cultural center.

i hope you took it home with you....

Tu_triky wrote:i hope you took it home with you....

Not that one.

It looks like four sticks of dynamite ready to blow. :beaten:

@b-kun: Nice pics! I don't think the Ikebana looks that out of focus.

More ikebana.

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bmwracer wrote:
Not that one.

It looks like four sticks of dynamite ready to blow. :beaten:

I think it's gorgeous! As is the last one you posted. The arrangements really are a work of art. :applaud:

Gorgeous pics, B-san. :muack:

Wynter wrote:I think it's gorgeous! As is the last one you posted. The arrangements really are a work of art. :applaud:

Gorgeous pics, B-san. :muack:

I shoulda squatted down to cancel the rear shadow effect. :banghead:

One of the downsides of being tall. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I shoulda squatted down to cancel the rear shadow effect. :banghead:

One of the downsides of being tall. :sweat:

It's just a slight shadow. I wouldn't worry about it. Still grand shots. :)

Nice pics, Beemer.

Was really darn hot at the Tofu Festival section, food was so so. More Thai food booths than Japanese.

The New Otani was hosting the pagent, the girls from Hawaii, Seattle, LA, and SF were all there.

Hope everyone had a good time. Bought a lot of mochi and manju at Fugetsu-do and the Mikawaya shops in the village mall and over at the 333 Alameda location as well.



Cheers, :drink:
PCM

pcmodem wrote:Nice pics, Beemer.

Was really darn hot at the Tofu Festival section, food was so so. More Thai food booths than Japanese.

I have nothing against Thai food...but that's pretty lame to see at the Tofu festival that is part and parcel of Nisei Week. :headscratch:

qilver wrote:

i think i took pix last time, forgot where i put them...B you post yours...

not sure the exact dimensions of the LA Little tokyo New Otani Beer Garden, but the one in Tokyo, is 400 acres, or i think i read that wrong, but is a lot bigger.

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FYI: 400 acres is roughly 3/5ths of a square mile.

krim wrote:\

FYI: 400 acres is roughly 3/5ths of a square mile.

the traditional size of an American football field is roughly one acre...so that's a beer garden the size of 400 football fields ....i doubt it, son. :bonk:

pcmodem wrote:Nice pics, Beemer.

Was really darn hot at the Tofu Festival section, food was so so.

If they had this Abutama tofu dish, I'd be there in a heart beat. Download the clip to see what I'm talking about.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/wfvk1c (27 MB)

Tu_triky wrote:

the traditional size of an American football field is roughly one acre...so that's a beer garden the size of 400 football fields ....i doubt it, son. :bonk:

Like I said... the formerly "traditional" housing block in Australia was a quarter acre... but much less now... even so, 1600 houses is a small suburb :P

Anime Dad wrote:

Like I said... the formerly "traditional" housing block in Australia was a quarter acre... but much less now... even so, 1600 houses is a small suburb :P

in any event it's a lot beer...... :drink:

gaijinmark wrote: It's a slang term meaning "half" as in half-Asian, half something else. [/list:u]

Hapa is a Hawaiian word. One of its earliest usages was in the term "hapa haole" (haole is also a Hawaiian word used to describe caucasians). The phrase "hapa haole" not only referred to people who were part or half white; it was (and still is) also used to describe Hawaiian songs which had English lyrics.

shin2 wrote:

Hapa is a Hawaiian word. One of its earliest usages was in the term "hapa haole" (haole is also a Hawaiian word used to describe caucasians). The phrase "hapa haole" not only referred to people who were part or half white; it was (and still is) also used to describe Hawaiian songs which had English lyrics.

learned something new...rie miyazawa is hapa.

Beautiful pics, beem! I especially like the bamboo arrangement one (didn't notice the shadow till you pointed it out).

bmwracer wrote:
One of the downsides of being tall. :sweat:

Yeah, but tall guys = <3 :D

shin2 wrote:

Hapa is a Hawaiian word.

For a sec, I thought it wasn't a Hawaiian word since people outside of Hawaii use it too. :P