Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

bmwracer wrote:
There's an entire thread on the pluses and minuses about that which is pretty interesting... Now if I could just find it... :sweat:

Oops! Gomenasai...... :sweat:

amberrsan wrote:Oops! Gomenasai...... :sweat:

Oh! No need to apologize.... I was just pointing out that thread if you were interested in reading the posts...

bmwracer wrote:
Oh! No need to apologize.... I was just pointing out that thread if you were interested in reading the posts...

Haha...........I guess it is just really easy to get off topic! :hehe:

Getting us back on topic, I remember years ago when my cousin worked Nissei Week, he met Kristi Yamaguchi. Said she was the most boring person he'd ever met.
-PCM

... he met Kristi Yamaguchi. Said she was the most boring person he'd ever met.

Not all Nisei Week Queens are boring, and some of them are down right attractive. I knew Lisa Yamamoto, the NW Queen from the '70s, and she was sharp, bright and quite attractive. We worked together for a few years and my GF at the time was pretty jealous. (BTW, her official photo does not do her justice! She's much prettier in person).

Nihon-jin wrote:

... he met Kristi Yamaguchi. Said she was the most boring person he'd ever met.

Not all Nisei Week Queens are boring, and some of them are down right attractive. I knew Lisa Yamamoto, the NW Queen from the '70s, and she was sharp, bright and quite attractive. We worked together for a few years and my GF at the time was pretty jealous. (BTW, her official photo does not do her justice! She's much prettier in person).

I don't think Kristi was a Nisei Queen, but I did meet Tamlyn Tomita (Nisei Queen 1984) when she was one of the parade marshalls in 1991 (?)... She was/is a doll. :D

FYI, Kristi was an American Olympian, won the Gold medal for figure skating back in the 1992 Olympics.

She's also a former member of the SALCO Buddhist Temple. :)
-PCM

Nihon-jin wrote:
Not all Nisei Week Queens are boring, and some of them are down right attractive. I knew Lisa Yamamoto, the NW Queen from the '70s, and she was sharp, bright and quite attractive.

70's!?... wow... so how long have you been goin to this event over the years?

so how long have you been goin to this event over the years?

It's been a while since I've gone to Nisei Week. When my parents were still living and active in the community, we'd go virtually every year - if nothing else, just to see the events - but more often to help with some of the activities. Nowadays, I rarely get there anymore. I know, shame on me! :bonk:

Here's the site: http://www.niseiweek.org/

Anyone in the SoCal area attending this year?

bmwracer wrote:Here's the site: http://www.niseiweek.org/

Anyone in the SoCal area attending this year?

Sorry I can't attend but I'm curious..Who gets to vote on the Nisei Queen? :) They showed the candidates' photos. Are you going to attend bmwracer? What is your favorite event?

bmwracer wrote:Here's the site: http://www.niseiweek.org/

Anyone in the SoCal area attending this year?

i'll be at that one booth with kou shibasaki, ryoko hirosue, yuko takeuchi, rina uchiyama, koyuki, and rie miyazawa...

should be fun.....

Tu_triky wrote:i'll be at that one booth with kou shibasaki, ryoko hirosue, yuko takeuchi, rina uchiyama, koyuki, and rie miyazawa...

should be fun.....

Which booth is that??? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Which booth is that??? :headscratch:

the one in my dreams....haha...........

sorry, brother, i was kidding...hallucinations can be quite powerful it seems...and real....

Tu_triky wrote:the one in my dreams....haha...........

sorry, brother, i was kidding...hallucinations can be quite powerful it seems...and real....

You had me convinced...

Did you go last year?

I missed out: my chump of a brother flaked out in the last minute... His school bud, Mike Komai (editor of the Rafu Shimpo) was the grand marshall, too. Drag.

Enna wrote:Sorry I can't attend but I'm curious..Who gets to vote on the Nisei Queen? They showed the candidates' photos. Are you going to attend bmwracer? What is your favorite event?

Hey bmwracer,

When you are done drooling over the imaginary booth, do you feel like anwering my questions I posted above? :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:
You had me convinced...

could you imagine? if even one of those women showed up it would be a media fuggin' blitz.....i kid you not! the japanese press, at least would be all over that shiet like white on rice.....i gurantee you it would be a nisei festival with a record level of attendance....dude, i was going to throw in your betty, ryoko yonekura, but that would have been a dead drop giveaway......:)

Did you go last year?

I missed out: my chump of a brother flaked out in the last minute... His school bud, Mike Komai (editor of the Rafu Shimpo) was the grand marshall, too. Drag.

aw, sounds like it would have been a cool experience....sorry to hear that....i didn't attend myself....i just recently starting throwing arond the idea of going to the Los Angeles Tofu festival next month...but that's actually after Nisei

EDIT: it's at the end of Nisei Week...Sorry.



http://www.tofufest.org/

Tu_triky wrote:
could you imagine? if even one of those women showed up it would be a media fuggin' blitz.....i kid you not! the japanese press, at least would be all over that shiet like white on rice.....i gurantee you it would be a nisei festival with a record level of attendance....dude, i was going to throw in your betty, ryoko yonekura, but that would have been a dead drop giveaway......:)

Dude, I'd be there in a heartbeat. :sweat:

@Enna: I don't think the public has a vote. At least I believe that's the way it works for the Cherry Blossom Festival Pageant in SF Japantown.

dochira wrote:
Dude, I'd be there in a heartbeat. :sweat:

No fuggin sh*t, huh? I don't think of myself as a rabid fan or anything but it would be a friekin' mob scene, dude.

Enna wrote:Hey bmwracer,

When you are done drooling over the imaginary booth, do you feel like anwering my questions I posted above? :grumble:

Gomen. I had to visit the benjo to wipe the drool offa my face... :mrgreen:

I've no idea who votes on the Nisei Week Queen, but it's probably a select group, and not the general public.

I always try to attend every year, but it's tough trying to find someone else who wants to go along... I have no friends. :sweat:

Favorite? Hmm. I've been loving the taiko demonstrations the last couple of years... They used to have a carnival with a lotta cute college gals, but that event hasn't been around lately... :grumble: