Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

geoffropuff wrote:i think this year's nisei week t-shirt was done by tokidoki.

Oh yeah? That's a pretty popular brand.

Tu_triky wrote:Oh yeah? That's a pretty popular brand.

That's really a brand?

I thought he was joking. :sweat:

Here's the 2010 Nisei Week Queen candidates: http://www.niseiweek.org/court/2010/

gaijinmark wrote:Here's the 2010 Nisei Week Queen candidates: http://www.niseiweek.org/court/2010/

Thanks gaijinmark. My favorites are Jamie and Brynn, but I think Lauren will win for Queen. :)

gaijinmark wrote:Here's the 2010 Nisei Week Queen candidates: http://www.niseiweek.org/court/2010/

My pic would be Lani. :)

Lani is quite pretty, a good selection for queen.

My choice would be Brynn, she is beautiful, Lani would be 2nd choice.

Yow, I just found out that my niece knows two of the gals in the Nisei Week court: Jamie and Christy. :shocked:

But I picked Lani to win. :sweat:

The one I like the best is... err.... oh....

I have to sit down, I'm getting dizzy. :inlove:

Itazura ichiban wrote:The one I like the best is... err.... oh....

I have to sit down, I'm getting dizzy. :inlove:

Take deep breaths. :)

The Book-Off that was at the Rolling Hills Plaza is moving (it really was a horrible location) to Del Amo Fashion Center:http://www.bookoffusa.com/?cmd=news&id=34

gaijinmark wrote:The Book-Off that was at the Rolling Hills Plaza is moving (it really was a horrible location) to Del Amo Fashion Center:http://www.bookoffusa.com/?cmd=news&id=34

Nice... It's even closer to home. :mrgreen:

gaijinmark wrote:The Book-Off that was at the Rolling Hills Plaza is moving (it really was a horrible location) to Del Amo Fashion Center:http://www.bookoffusa.com/?cmd=news&id=34

Yeah, they were having a good clearance sale in the final days at the old location. I work out almost every day at the LA Fitness at the mall, so I'm there all the time. This is good.

I happened to visit Mitsuwa in San Jose recently, and somebody is establishing a Japan Arts and Cultural Center in the same strip mall:
http://jpnarts.org/
Why the strip mall? Japantown SJ is in need of their revitalizing touch. Mataka mo, honto-ni. :grumble:

Nisei Week officially starts today :woot:

Tonight they crown this years Nisei Week Queen. I know there was some discussion about who was selected queen last year, I wanted to relate something that happened to me. About a month ago I went over to JANM, they were showing the movie You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (link here:http://www.jacksoo.com/) Anyway, Dana Fujiko Heatherton, this years Nisei Week Queen was there. I talked with her for a little bit and I realized that the Nisei Week Queen and her court go to a lot of functions. They go to Japan, the Cherry Blossom Festival in S.F. and other stuff. At these events the Nisei Week Queen always has to give a speech, so obviously a big part of deciding who should be queen is how articulate she is, how she presents herself, etc. because she's representing Little Tokyo and the Los Angeles Nisei community. After talking to Dana for awhile it was pretty obvious to me why she got picked. I'm not criticizing the other candidates because I've never met them. I'm just saying, , ,

I need new friends: I couldn't find a single person who wanted to go to the Nisei Week festivities. :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:
My pic would be Lani. :)

And the winner is, , , :http://rafu.com/news/2010/08/lani-nishiyama/

gaijinmark wrote:And the winner is, , , :http://rafu.com/news/2010/08/lani-nishiyama/

I can pick 'em. :mrgreen: :dancing:

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Lani Nishiyama, 2010 Nisei Week Queen

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Lani Nishiyama, 2010 Nisei Week Queen

I heard there is natto contained in the scepter. It is literally a scepter of power.

Tu_triky wrote:I heard there is natto contained in the scepter.

That explains why she's grimacing. :hehe: